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It’s going to be a long time before we are, as a country, comfortable with having two people of colour on the ticket or even two women, as unfortunate as that is,
Peeler-Allen told Al Jazeera You can take all the punditry on the effect of the Walz pick on the election’s outcome and do with it what the great philosopher David Hume said you should do with works of superstition: Consign it to the flames,
The caricature of Uncle Joe is generally a beloved caricature,
Since the day that I announced my candidacy, I set out to find a partner who can help build this brighter future — a leader who will help unite our nation and move us forward, a fighter for the middle class, a patriot who believes, as I do, in the extraordinary promise of America,
While his past positions as a Congressman may have conflicted with anti-war voters, we hope he can evolve on this issue as he has on others,
I’m already seeing memes about people bringing hotdish to the Democratic Convention,
he said, referring to a beloved Midwestern casserole They can run up the score in the popular vote in places like California and New York and come out millions of votes ahead of the GOP nationally, but the Electoral College is now tipped towards the GOP,
So getting a vice president who could appeal in Michigan could appeal in Wisconsin — maybe in Pennsylvania and maybe in Arizona as well — [has become a top priority],
Historically, the vice president, in terms of the election, does not have any impact,
She has not been a good vice president for the American people, and I don’t think she deserves a promotion,
Hello, Eau Claire! Isn't it good to have a candidate who can pronounce the name correctly?"
Walz, who lives about 80 miles away across the Minnesota border, said upon taking the stage Now, more than 20 states in our country have a Trump abortion ban, many with no exceptions, even for rape and incest,
Being a midwesterner, I know something about commitment to the people,
Donald Trump has openly vowed, if re-elected, he will be a dictator on day one, that he would weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies, that he would round up peaceful protesters and throw them out of our country, and even, quote, ‘terminate the United States constitution’,
It's not that Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz because she was bullied into it by the left wing. It's because she picked Tim Walz because that's who she is,
There's a reason the Democratic Socialists are celebrating him,
Cruz said on his podcast "Verdict" Wednesday The Uncommitted movement, in which DSA members played crucial roles nationally and in multiple states, pressured the Democratic establishment into choosing a new candidate and backing down from a potential VP with direct ties to the IDF and who would have ferociously supported the ongoing genocide in Palestine,
the DSA continued in its X thread First and foremost, it says that Governor Walz is a uniter, that Vice President Harris is picking a uniter, for not just the Democratic Party, but for the entire United States,
I think progressive means the following. Most Americans believe that money in politics has an outsized role in what happens in government and, to me, being a progressive means putting the needs of working families ahead of the needs of profit and of special interests and corporations. And so that translates into what we see in Governor Walz and the priorities of Vice President Harris,
The party is recognizing that there's a coalition they have to rebuild,
said Abdullah Hammoud, the mayor of Dearborn, Michigan