Tim Walz VP Pick Highlights Support for His Progressive Stances
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Published 2024-08-07
We look at the record and response to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s selection as Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s new running mate. Walz is a former public school teacher and high school football coach who served 24 years in the National Guard and was elected governor in Minnesota in 2019 after six terms in Congress. After starting out as a more centrist politician, Walz began a “surprising” shift toward more progressive policies, particularly in the post-Trump years, says Jacobin staff writer Branko Marcetic. His governing record includes codifying abortion rights in Minnesota, investments in education and child care, an “A” rating from the NRA that eventually fell to an “F,” and passing additional police funding after the 2020 George Floyd protests. Walz’s progressivism has major “limitations,” Marcetic explains, and it remains to be seen if he and Harris can turn their feel-good rhetoric into “real solutions.” We also examine the choice of Walz over another reported vice-presidential front-runner, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, as well as what his ultimate selection says about a changing Democratic Party.
Transcript: www.democracynow.org/2024/8/7/kamala_harris_tim_wa…
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All Comments (21)
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that jibe about JDV getting off the couch to debate Walz is priceless
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👏 👏 👏 Bernie Voters 4 Harris-Walz
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You cut off the clip before you see the kids spontaneously hug the heck out of him!
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If only this could translate to actual progressive policies on immigration and gaza
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Love the genuine joy on their faces!
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" WE'RE FIRED-UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "
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I'm getting whiplash from Democracy Now's toggling between condemning the holocaust of Palestine and shilling for the Democrats who are effectively committing the holocaust of Palestine.
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He can speak. Maybe we can get a press conference more often.
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Recent Headlines move From a Divisive Person who touches his Ear because of a hateful wound to his ear to a Uniting guy who touches his ear to demonstrate his healing and infectious Joy. I'm just saying😮😊 ❤
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I love you, @AmyGoodman. Bronco is a great analyst. Walz is giving me hope that I wasn’t expecting
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Yes we will, yes we can! Not going back! We fight we win! We fight for someone we don’t know because we fight for community!
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I reckon Trump is catching a chill...down his yellow spine. Walz vs. Vance should be fireworks.
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Let's do this.
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If HRC had not shut out the progressive voters, we could have avoided the Trump era.
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That was simply explosive,.
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Harris-Walz 2024 Vote For Freedom! Save America! We Are Not Going Back! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Love the diversity in the crowd. True representation of America. So excited.
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A key missing piece: CLIMATE CHANGE. Please look up what Walz has achieved for MN. We have a Climate Action Framework, with a goal to achieve next zero emissions by 2050. We have passed key policies like clean energy sources by 2040, clean transportation by 2040. We (the state of MN) has adopted two major omnibus bills mobilizing BILLIONS of dollars to invest in clean energy, agriculture, conservation and reforestation. I really wish for the US to fully understand that this is possibly the very best VP this country has ever seen. I know this because this is my area of work. Walz is a huge Climate action champion.
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Omg 😲 we win together ❤️ 😍 🇺🇸 powerful
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NO POLICIES ON HARRIS WEBSITE
