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My honest sense is that Harris had a concern that Shapiro would overshadow her and be the spotlight of the ticket here,
a Democratic operative told New York Post And I got to tell you, I can't wait to debate the guy. That is, if he's willing to get off the couch and show up,
Walz would be a rubberstamp for Kamala to wage war on American energy, continue aiding and abetting an invasion on our border, and embolden our adversaries as the world is brought to the brink of World War III."
The opposite of normalizing authoritarianism is to make it weird, to call it out and to sort of mock it,
Mercieca told the Associated Press Like all regular people I grew up with in the heartland, JD studied at Yale, had his career funded by Silicon Valley billionaires and then wrote a bestseller trashing that community. Come on, that's not what Middle America is,
By picking Tim Walz as her running mate, Kamala Harris not only bent the knee to the radical left, she doubled down on her dangerously liberal, weak, and failed agenda,
Brian Hughes, the Trump campaign's senior adviser, said in a statement I just have to say it—you know it; you feel it—these guys are creepy and, yes, just weird as hell."
Just as always, it comes down to message discipline for Trump. Let the other side call names and hit Harris-Walz on the issues,
To say, 'Hey, that's a weird thing you're doing,' calling your opposition enemies instead of saying that they're good people who have different policy preferences,
Biden was in the best mood ever,
the adviser recalled after a joint event in Wisconsin Governor Walz is definitely one of the leaders of such support and a reliable friend of our country,
Minnesota stands with the people of Ukraine and condemns Russia for this illegal aggression. Leaders across the world must unite and respond to this attack on democracy."
On the day of the invasion, Walz took to X, then Twitter, to write I gotta be honest with you, I don't really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another."
During an episode of Steve Bannon's War Room in February 2022, a few days prior to the invasion, JD Vance said If I have to run through a brick wall, if I have to do the hard things, I'm willing to do it because I'm not angling for anything else.
The father-of-two said during his talk with Harris on Sunday I'm at the end of my career,
Walz said, a person involved in the vetting process told I'm not angling for anything else.
I have a yellow flag in my head going, ‘Huh, if you squeal loud enough, she hears and responds,
She wanted someone who understood the role, someone she had a connection with and someone who brought contrast to the ticket,
said Cedric Richmond, a former White House adviser who was part of Harris' selection team We have to be a nation that trusts women,
There is something to be said for 'do no harm,'
Sellers said of the Walz selection