So what took Walz from, nationally speaking, a relative unknown to major-party vice presidential nominee? You might just call the entire thing “weird.” Recall how Democrats started calling Republicans Donald Trump and JD Vance “weird” a few weeks ago. The attack might have felt like something out of high school, but the crazy thing is that it seems to have worked. Why Walz? He’s been credited as the first one to have started calling Republicans weird in any large-scale way.
A selection not without risk
Minnesota is likely not going to be competitive this fall. Walz is not likely to help Harris with many swing voters. Pennsylvania, on the other hand, is almost certainly a must-win state for Harris if she wants to be president. In fact, it is probably the most important swing state this cycle.
Harris skipped over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro in favor of Walz. Shapiro, who was long seen as a front-runner for the vice presidential pick, divided a lot of the online left over his perceived views on the Israelis and Palestinians. Did she not choose Shapiro because she was afraid of the online left?
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Date: 2024-08-07 03:05 pm (UTC)So what took Walz from, nationally speaking, a relative unknown to major-party vice presidential nominee? You might just call the entire thing “weird.”
Recall how Democrats started calling Republicans Donald Trump and JD Vance “weird” a few weeks ago. The attack might have felt like something out of high school, but the crazy thing is that it seems to have worked.
Why Walz? He’s been credited as the first one to have started calling Republicans weird in any large-scale way.
A selection not without risk
Minnesota is likely not going to be competitive this fall. Walz is not likely to help Harris with many swing voters.
Pennsylvania, on the other hand, is almost certainly a must-win state for Harris if she wants to be president. In fact, it is probably the most important swing state this cycle.
Harris skipped over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro in favor of Walz. Shapiro, who was long seen as a front-runner for the vice presidential pick, divided a lot of the online left over his perceived views on the Israelis and Palestinians.
Did she not choose Shapiro because she was afraid of the online left?