The joyful Minnesota governor is a valuable spokesperson for Harris whose background and personality can help the Democratic ticket undermine Trumpā€™s efforts to woo Americaā€™s men.

Tim Walzā€™sĀ first official speechĀ on the Democratic ticket displayed all the reasons thatĀ Kamala HarrisĀ has been lauded for picking the Minnesota governor as her running mate. Personally, I think one outshines all the rest.

Walzā€™s military background and his work as a high school teacher and football coach, along with his palpable joy andĀ open expressions of compassion for people in need, offer America a vision of what manhood can look like ā€” heā€™s a ā€œjoyful warriorā€ offering a vision in contrast with whatā€™s being offered by Donald Trumpā€™s bravado-driven campaign.

And heā€™s clearly willing to challenge Team Trump on that front. He displayed that even before he received the call to join Harrisā€™ campaign, using public appearances to refer to Trump and his allies asĀ ā€œbulliesā€ who are truly weak at heartĀ and by mocking the GOP ticket for ā€œrunning for He-Man Women Haters Club or something.ā€

  • KillingTimeItself
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    9ā€¢3 months ago

    so far the worst theyā€™ve had to say is that heā€™s left leaning. Oh no, he likes queer people having rights, what ever will we do.

    I think every other significant dig has turned into a meme almost immediately so itā€™s not working very well.

    • The Quuuuuill
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      2ā€¢3 months ago

      Theyā€™re also trying to claim heā€™s a coward for not serving in the military long enough. 24 years is apparently a short timeframe in the eyes of a republican

      • KillingTimeItself
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        3ā€¢3 months ago

        he served for 9 years in the military, and then transferred to the national guard, is what im reading.

        This also ignores that trump was a vietnam draft dodgerā€¦

        • The Quuuuuill
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          4ā€¢3 months ago

          Even Vance with his honorable discharge doesnā€™t have the service record the man he attacked hasā€¦

          • KillingTimeItself
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            2ā€¢3 months ago

            yeah, itā€™s certainly a hard pressed point to make the argument on, but not like most conservatives would care anyways. Though to be fair, none of them were voting for kamala either anyway lmao.

    • @tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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      Over on r conservative theyā€™ve got nothing to say about his actual policies. Iā€™m just surprised the guy mentioning the horse thing got downvoted

      • KillingTimeItself
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        3ā€¢3 months ago

        yeah makes sense, republicans dont even run on policy anymore, so itā€™s quite literally a crippled platform, they can only scream and yell about shit that makes them mad.

        As for the horse cum thing, i think anybody that says that needs to be perma banned. Itā€™s insane to me that itā€™s even gathering friction, and i wonā€™t take satire as a answer for unironically stating that someone drinks horse cum this time.