** KAMALA HARRIS FOR PRESIDENT -PART DEUX **
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https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/tim-walz-extremist-trump-maga-popular-rcna165895It’s obvious Republicans have no idea what to do about Tim Walz
Trump and the MAGA movement are trying to paint the Minnesota governor as an extremist. But his polices are more popular than theirs.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz; former President Donald Trump.Aug. 11, 2024, 6:00 AM EDTBy Alexander Nazaryan, Politics reporter and writerAccording to an actual tweet from the New Hampshire Libertarian Party, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, whom Vice President Kamala Harris chose as her running mate last week, “has been a leech his entire life.” The message proceeded to list the various self-serving positions Walz has held, including “public school teacher” and “veteran.”
If that sounds deranged, well, that’s because it is. The Trump campaign and its surrogates in the conservative media ecosystem have been desperately trying to paint the 60-year-old Walz as Che Guevara with a Midwestern accent. “This is the most woke, left-wing candidate she could have picked, out of all the names that surfaced,” former American Conservative Union head Matt Schlapp said.
That’s obviously untrue. If Harris wanted to swing hard left, she could have chosen any number of progressives: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sens. Sherrod Brown or Bernie Sanders, or even twice-failed former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. They were all about as close to her short list as I was to starting as power forward for the New York Knicks.
If Harris wanted to swing hard left, she could have chosen any number of progressives.
Instead, she picked “a Norman Rockwell painting sprung to life,” David Axelrod, the mastermind of former President Barack Obama’s political rise, quipped the other day on NPR.
ADVERTISINGOn Thursday, Trump held a press conference at Mar-a-Lago in which he described Walz as dangerous and out of touch with Americans. In fact, Walz is firmly within the American consensus when it comes to actual policy: He is strongly in favor of reproductive choice, as are 85% of Americans, to some extent; Walz enacted paid family leave, another wildly popular policy; as governor, he has pushed for Minnesota to get its energy from renewable resources, in keeping with Americans’ growing recognition of the threat posed by catastrophic weather and elevated temperatures.
If anything, Walz is so thoroughly in the center lane of the policy mainstream that even calling him a progressive may be something of an overstatement.
Republicans, on the other hand, want to all but abolish the administrative state (through the Schedule F executive order Trump signed during his first term and hopes to implement in his second) while hounding women who cross state lines to seek abortions. Their version of freedom involves imposing a severe form of Christian nationalism on the country at large. And rather than even try to sell these radical ideas to ordinary Americans, they characterize dissenters as “childless cat ladies” or literal demons.
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Still, the GOP is trying to paint Walz as the Marxist from Minnesota. Bless their hearts. One loony right-wing activist suggested that Walz changed the flag of Minnesota to resemble that of Somalia. At some point you really have to wonder: How stupid do these people think we are?
Judge for yourself. Walz would “unleash HELL ON EARTH,” Trump warned with his trademark restraint. If “hell on Earth” is making lunch free for children in public schools and legalizing cannabis, then Walz is indeed guilty as charged. He is a Midwestern progressive, in the tradition of Robert La Follette, Eugene McCarthy, Paul Wellstone and Al Franken.
And he exudes genuine American warmth, the kind that was so refreshing to me and my family when we arrived here from the Soviet Union. “Tim Walz is the dad an entire generation wish[ed] they had instead of the one they lost to Fox News,” one social media user joked. The same country that welcomed my family, along with thousands of other Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union, could one day be led by JD Vance, who recently endorsed a book about how progressives are “unhuman.”
Still, the GOP is trying to paint Walz as the Marxist from Minnesota. Bless their hearts.
Trump must be seething as the edgy, joyless Vance creepily follows Harris around the Midwest, where she and Walz have been drawing enormous crowds. At one event, a reporter asked Vance what made him smile. In response, Vance abruptly attacked the reporter, calling it a “bogus question.” Walz practically looks like JFK in comparison to this bearded disaster — and Trump must know it.
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“Republicans Simply Can’t Figure Out How to Knock Down Tim Walz,” went a recent Vanity Fair headline. Here’s a crazy idea: Don’t bother. Just offer better policies. Forget about Walz and simply tell the American people what you plan to do when you return to the Oval Office. Give them a reason to vote for you, and you won’t have to worry about the Democrats.
For example, Trump tried to brand Walz as “Tampon Tim” for his support of transgender rights. As a matter of fact, Walz probably is to the left of most Americans when it comes to protections related to medical treatments for gender dysphoria. That gives Trump an opening — not to attack Walz, but to introduce ideas of his own. Of course, that’s very hard to do when your campaign is practically idea-free. So “Tampon Tim” it is.
On the whole, I suspect Walz will provide a temporary boost to Harris in this critical early stretch while in the long run doing little to either help or hinder her campaign to any substantial degree. The right’s attacks on him are another matter. They reveal a paucity of ideas, a complete surrender to the Trumpian style of relentless attack. It’s an exhausting way to do politics. Even worse, it’s not very effective.
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Still no platform from Kamala…
Great to see she endorsed Trumps “no tax on tips” yesterday in Vegas tho
- no tax on tips (great idea Don)
- abortions YES! No ?s asked
- Tampons for all - via “Tampon Tim”
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Pro choice sounds like part of a platform.teskeinc said:Still no platform from Kamala…
Great to see she endorsed Trumps “no tax on tips” yesterday in Vegas tho
- no tax on tips (great idea Don)
- abortions YES! No ?s asked
- Tampons for all - via “Tampon Tim”
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Maybe he can start paying his bills and be able to land that used plane of his at the correct airport instead of two hours away! What a genius move I’ll show them screw paying them will just land somewhere else and drive or get on a smaller plane! Once a conman always a conmanteskeinc said:Still no platform from Kamala…
Great to see she endorsed Trumps “no tax on tips” yesterday in Vegas tho
- no tax on tips (great idea Don)
- abortions YES! No ?s asked
- Tampons for all - via “Tampon Tim”
solid start…. maybe I can update her websitejesus greets me looks just like me ....0 -
By the way if you believe he’s prolife I’ve got a bridge to sell you! Knowing what we know about him I’d be confident in stating he’s def paid for abortions for his side piecesjesus greets me looks just like me ....0
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Imma stop you right there...josevolution said:Knowing what we know about him I’d be confident in stating he’s def paid for0 -
As governor of Minnesota, one of Tim Walz's accomplishments was signing a 2023 education law that included a mandate for schools to provide free menstrual supplies to students in grades 4 through 12
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tampon-tim-walz-minnesota-law-schools-bathrooms-period-poverty/Imagine being so weird as to have a problem with this? The trump campaign and its simps are flailing something fierce.0 -
ok but I still believe he has!njhaley1 said:
Imma stop you right there...josevolution said:Knowing what we know about him I’d be confident in stating he’s def paid forjesus greets me looks just like me ....0 -
And she faked the crowd at her rally… or..?teskeinc said:Still no platform from Kamala…
Great to see she endorsed Trumps “no tax on tips” yesterday in Vegas tho
- no tax on tips (great idea Don)
- abortions YES! No ?s asked
- Tampons for all - via “Tampon Tim”
solid start…. maybe I can update her websitePost edited by Spiritual_Chaos on"Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"0 -
There was a solid 750-1000 there in Vegas yesterday, had a friend who went. She said she had to RSVP and audience participation is very well orchestrated.Spiritual_Chaos said:
And she faked the crowd at her rally… or..?teskeinc said:Still no platform from Kamala…
Great to see she endorsed Trumps “no tax on tips” yesterday in Vegas tho
- no tax on tips (great idea Don)
- abortions YES! No ?s asked
- Tampons for all - via “Tampon Tim”
solid start…. maybe I can update her website0 -
QtRUmplicans have a problem with anything that has to do with women and making their lives better.Merkin Baller said:As governor of Minnesota, one of Tim Walz's accomplishments was signing a 2023 education law that included a mandate for schools to provide free menstrual supplies to students in grades 4 through 12
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tampon-tim-walz-minnesota-law-schools-bathrooms-period-poverty/Imagine being so weird as to have a problem with this? The trump campaign and its simps are flailing something fierce.0 -
grievance peddling is weird!!Merkin Baller said:As governor of Minnesota, one of Tim Walz's accomplishments was signing a 2023 education law that included a mandate for schools to provide free menstrual supplies to students in grades 4 through 12
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tampon-tim-walz-minnesota-law-schools-bathrooms-period-poverty/Imagine being so weird as to have a problem with this? The trump campaign and its simps are flailing something fierce."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
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The obsession is not only transparent but also creepy AF.Bentleyspop said:
QtRUmplicans have a problem with anything that has to do with women and making their lives better.Merkin Baller said:As governor of Minnesota, one of Tim Walz's accomplishments was signing a 2023 education law that included a mandate for schools to provide free menstrual supplies to students in grades 4 through 12
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tampon-tim-walz-minnesota-law-schools-bathrooms-period-poverty/Imagine being so weird as to have a problem with this? The trump campaign and its simps are flailing something fierce.0 -
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Bentleyspop said:
QtRUmplicans have a problem with anything that has to do with women and making their lives better.Merkin Baller said:As governor of Minnesota, one of Tim Walz's accomplishments was signing a 2023 education law that included a mandate for schools to provide free menstrual supplies to students in grades 4 through 12
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tampon-tim-walz-minnesota-law-schools-bathrooms-period-poverty/Imagine being so weird as to have a problem with this? The trump campaign and its simps are flailing something fierce.
Wow! Quite an accomplishment! Maybe Nobel Peace Prize worthy!
Add it to Kamala’s website immediately…
Press release statement:
”Our VP nominee Tampon Tim has made women’s lives better by installing tampon machines in boys bathrooms all over Minnesota! Elect Kamala and you too could make women’s live better by having tampons available in boys restrooms NATIONWIDE!”
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More like vote for Harris and turn congress blue in order to solidify abortion rights at the federal level.teskeinc said:Bentleyspop said:
QtRUmplicans have a problem with anything that has to do with women and making their lives better.Merkin Baller said:As governor of Minnesota, one of Tim Walz's accomplishments was signing a 2023 education law that included a mandate for schools to provide free menstrual supplies to students in grades 4 through 12
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tampon-tim-walz-minnesota-law-schools-bathrooms-period-poverty/Imagine being so weird as to have a problem with this? The trump campaign and its simps are flailing something fierce.
Wow! Quite an accomplishment! Maybe Nobel Peace Prize worthy!
Add it to Kamala’s website immediately…
Press release statement:
”Our VP nominee Tampon Tim has made women’s lives better by installing tampon machines in boys bathrooms all over Minnesota! Elect Kamala and you too could make women’s live better by having tampons available in boys restrooms NATIONWIDE!”
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“The Minnesota law, however, doesn't specify in which bathrooms the menstrual supplies must be located; instead, it requires school districts to develop plans to ensure all students who menstruate can access free tampons and pads, Lacey Gero, director of government relations at the advocacy group Alliance for Period Supplies, told CBS MoneyWatch. Her group advocates for free tampons and pads in schools, prisons and other institutions and eliminating the so-called tampon tax.
While it's unclear how many transgender children could benefit from free menstrual supplies, the impact is mostly felt by the millions of girls who experience so-called "period poverty," or the inability to afford pads and tampons. About one in four teenagers who menstruate struggle to pay for period products, according to a 2023 study from the advocacy group Period.
"We're hearing from somebody who was a teacher, that [Walz] recognized that students need school-supplied period products, and this issue is something we hear about from students across the country today," Gero said. "My hope is that this being in the public eye brings attention to an issue that many people might not know about or may have never thought about."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tampon-tim-walz-minnesota-law-schools-bathrooms-period-poverty/
OMG, the absolute horror of it all.
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Birth control too…. if Mike Johnson has his way, he’ll be coming after that too.Go Beavers said:
More like vote for Harris and turn congress blue in order to solidify abortion rights at the federal level.teskeinc said:Bentleyspop said:
QtRUmplicans have a problem with anything that has to do with women and making their lives better.Merkin Baller said:As governor of Minnesota, one of Tim Walz's accomplishments was signing a 2023 education law that included a mandate for schools to provide free menstrual supplies to students in grades 4 through 12
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tampon-tim-walz-minnesota-law-schools-bathrooms-period-poverty/Imagine being so weird as to have a problem with this? The trump campaign and its simps are flailing something fierce.
Wow! Quite an accomplishment! Maybe Nobel Peace Prize worthy!
Add it to Kamala’s website immediately…
Press release statement:
”Our VP nominee Tampon Tim has made women’s lives better by installing tampon machines in boys bathrooms all over Minnesota! Elect Kamala and you too could make women’s live better by having tampons available in boys restrooms NATIONWIDE!”
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