How Tim Walz Went From Obscure Governor to Harris’s V.P. Pick

[@zakbednar4939]

I haven't been this excited to vote in over a decade!

[@georgewashington3555]

I just thought about it.. it was the worst of times.. not it looks it might be the best of times.. at least we have the best team

[@gooser__43]

Walz's racist policies and cowardly failures produced the George Floyd riots.

[@michaelthomas2694]

Legit, we have the MOMENTUM! Let’s go Harris/Walz!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@gooser__43]

@@zakbednar4939 Walz, the governor of minnesota; the state that gave the world 🌎 the George Floyd riots.

[@_WF23]

Too bad your vote doesn’t really matter. Everything is predetermined.

[@terryarmstrong8598]

Ezra's interview with Tim Walz seemed more like a conversation than an interview. I loved it.

[@idg0dthrowaway219]

Exactly. It was so good.

[@idg0dthrowaway219]

Walz needs to go on podcasts everywhere

[@mickael486]

She might not be playing it safe but she's playing it right with her heart Tim Walz is an amazing amazing VP pick 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙 We will still win PA 🏆

[@jimgraham6722]

Exactly

[@ramirami3924]

He`s a bozo!

[@jaimeliang2267]

Waltz is authentic that why he interviews well. He is who he is and he is comfortable with who he is. We haven’t seen this, maybe never before.

[@TJPavey]

We have. Wellstone, Mondale, Carter. Walz is in that vein. MN has a type when it comes to politicians that is weirdly representative of centrisms here but yet labeled as an outlier.

[@kevinwoolley7960]

@@jaimeliang2267 He is folksy and has an endearing Midwestern backstory, but he is essentially Midwestern Bernie. This is not someone who will appeal to swing voters.

[@dolliscrawford280]

​@kevinwoolley7960 I think caring will appeal to many swing voters.

[@williamhenry8914]

Walz is a perfect pick. An earthy, veteran, heartlander is a great balance for a Kamala's laywer/attorney general background, as well as the MAGAT 'San Fran Lib' attack line.

[@tyronevincent1368]

Yes. Down to earthty fellow

[@beautifulgirl219]

Kamala is playing it wicked smart. Walz is actually extremely mainstream, his policies are right down the middle of America. His personality is PERFECT for Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. He's a great messenger, his speech is plain spoken and substantive. He's a genuinely LIKABLE guy, not by leftists, radicals, or whomever, but by average Americans. I know, I'm one of them. Frankly, I think Kamala LIKES being around him, trusts him, and thinks he would make a great partner and POTUS if needed. He's not a pundit pick, he is an Americana pick.

[@dotsmada2855]

I think leftists like him just fine to be honest. His record is very progressive. Hard to know what a "radical" is these days as that term is used by the right to describe anyone left of MAGA.

[@beautifulgirl219]

@@dotsmada2855 I'm just saying Walz's "progressive" positions are SHARED by the majority of Americans. 91% of Americans SUPPORT legal protection of the right to vote; 88% of Americans SUPPORT the right to privacy including the right to make reproductive decisions independent of government interference. 84% of Americans SUPPORT religious freedom, with religion being not taught in schools, with separation of church and state. 80% of Americans support universal background checks and assault weapon bans. 80% of Americans say a convicted felon and sex abuser would NOT get their vote for elected office. 67% of Americans and 52% of Republicans support government actions to address climate change. So-called "progressive" positions are actually MAINSTREAM and supported by the majority of Americans. Don't forget the Bipartisan Immigration Bill is supported by the Harris / Walz ticket and was KILLED BY TRUMP / Republicans. Walz (and Harris) is a moderate NUMERICALLY.

[@thel5254]

@@beautifulgirl219 well said!

[@chrisrecord5625]

I would conclude Harris is playing it smart, no brilliantly!!!

[@zebbie09]

I don’t follow politics nearly as much as some, but I immediately got the sense that Walz would have more national appeal than the other candidates. Plus, I like keeping democrats in power in places like Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Arizona etc.

[@markacohen1]

Listen to Klein's interview with Walz. Remarkable. Shapiro was the more calculated choice, Walz the more inspired choice. I admire Harris for making it though I am more worried than I was yesterday about winning (PA 19 EC votes). If Harris wins the Walz (and Shatz) program is the way forward for the Democrat Party: build more HOUSES in Blue cities, stuff like that. A real gamble but a wise one. Klein is generally right on most issues in a complex, slightly against the grain, listen to thorny truths we progressives may not want to hear. I took his program about Biden needing to step down in February to the Bank. It really changed my mind.

[@DanaVastman]

Tim became my dream pic first time I heard him... It just felt so right for the moment. Wow! What an amazing time we live in!💕

[@janmay7961]

Walz comes across as a straight shooter, no nonsense and empathetic human being. Very genuine guy!

[@idrinkfernet]

All aboard the Walz Wagon!

[@WackadoodleMalarkey]

Walz We Can Believe In

[@georgewashington3555]

Chu chu on board !!

[@connollyclara]

The bold choice is the winning choice

[@WackadoodleMalarkey]

To boldly go where no one has gone before

[@samueljay4632]

Who dares wins

[@lashinka2574]

Walz was the exact right choice! Kamala chose right, she didn't make the "safe" bet, she listened to her constituents which is what you SHOULD do! People are celebrating in the street over this choice. She chose right, and I'm here for it. ❤

[@jessicaT12345]

I read that she mainly considered her chemistry with the person she'll be eating lunch with for 4 years. And business owner knows that a partnership is like a marriage; there absolutely needs to be flow and balance, or it won't sustain.

[@notafantbh]

From Spain, I wish you all good luck against Trump. I think this was the best possible ticket so I'm sure it will go all right 👍

[@NotShowingOff]

I’m very happy that Spain chose to call out their Allies on Gaza. That took guts. It looks like more countries in Europe found the courage to protest against it after the Spanish and Irish took a stand on the issue. Still, much work to do. Stay strong

[@emiiii]

Thank you!!!

[@clapclap5452]

I am from Romania and I’m in shock after shock for some years of what America has become, frightening times indeed

[@Masterdebater-q5c]

Love you Spain!

[@KiDCRuDi_]

If Harris wins, America will continue to have you guys, and Europe's back! ​@@clapclap5452

[@wholefoodplantbasedmama5398]

Australian here. I didn’t know who this man was until this morning but he really appeals to me. I hope he appeals to those with community and conservative values.

[@itsallminor6133]

He's a leftist

[@lisanorborg8941]

Agreed!

[@megfunk9870]

Tim Walz is a great pick! We have a hopeful team and Trump is no longer our drama trauma entertainment. Sincerity wins, thank God.

[@taylor3950]

Completely agree. I am truly so sick of dems/the media “refuting” Trump’s lies ie repeating them ad nauseam. The Biden/Harris administration has done some incredible work. I want to hear about that and Harris/Walz’s vision for the future, not Trump’s latest desperate grab for attention.

[@pageljazz]

Tim's great. When America gets to know him, I think we're golden.

Like many folks in Minnesota I am a Scandinavian-American. So I don't see the relationship between Socialism and Capitalism as an either/or choice. I see it as an and/also option. The reason why Scandinavia has such a great economy and why their populations’ rate happiest in the sociological datum. Is because their Socialism compliments their Capitalism and their Capitalism supports their Socialism. American's should stop thinking of these two economic options as an either/or choice. When they could also be a very effective and/also option.💙

[@Leftistattheparty]

No Scandinavian country is socialist. Socialism isn't when government does things. What Scandinavian countries do is Social Democracy, certainly better than America's neoliberalism but not socialism.

[@tarajoyce3598]

US citizens for the most part have no idea all the basics they depend on except food are all socialistic endeavors. Corporations, who control our government officials, actually write our federal and state legislation for the most part. They made socialism a scare tactic just as they did communism to control the worker population without rebellion. Americans are indoctrinated from birth into the harder you work the more you'll be rewarded (rarely if ever happens) and work is priority one (how else can you meet your family's needs). If you have a financial struggle it is because you have poor character, your economic standing is your value. Add to that; education taught from a particular perspective, lack of interest, literal exhaustion and a very dangerous situation arises. The Biden administration has made the first real gains for the majority of citizens. The same citizens who pretend he is Satan incarnate. I myself am frustrated and baffled by my fellow citizens.

[@tarajoyce3598]

​@@LeftistatthepartyHere in the USA anything that is not giving everything to the already wealthy is socialism. 😅

[@marcusaurelius9123]

Similar in Australia. Good social safety net, universal health care.

[@marcusaurelius9123]

​@tarajoyce3598 it's a libertarian leaning society. Blame Murdoch & Musk for much of the discord

[@user-se9ho2qw1n]

Walz is authentic. He is 3 dimensional in his thinking -- perhaps 4 -- He knows how to motivate people toward the positive. He represents one of the necessary pillars of democracy: high quality education for all. Harris represents the other necessary pillar of democracy: the same law and justice for all. Together they support each side of the coin we call Democracy. In the words of Leonard Cohen, "Democracy is coming to the U.S.A." "America, the cradle of the best, and of the worst" (L. Cohen). The people of U.S.A. have never had such a contrasting choice. If you want Democracy, vote for Harris and Walz. If you want "1984," vote for the 1 dimensional preditors -- the robber and the shape shifter.

[@joythought]

💯. I love that you point out how they both vividly represent 2 fundamental pillars of democracy. I hadn't made that connection. Thanks!

[@shunfangin7645]

I didn’t know anything about him until today, I think he seems down to earth, no nonsense, compassionate and a happy warrior. He’s growing on me . I think he is a great choice for the ticket. Being a winning football team coach, he would know how to help strategize a winning game for the Harris/Walz team.

[@thel5254]

@@shunfangin7645 agreed

[@pothos9913]

Meanwhile the NY times ignored all of Trump's crazy senile antics.

[@tumblelinakitty]

Makes you wonder what NY Times thinks THEIR Purchasing base is

[@kevinwoolley7960]

@@pothos9913 are you blind, deaf and dumb? NYT has done nothing but talk about this since 2016.

[@evybrescia5719]

Yes they need to expose him!

[@bobbieminami4484]

Has Trump paid his bill to NYC?😂 I

[@jaimeliang2267]

The value of authenticity is hard to over value, especially if the authenticity is one of goodness.

[@kevinwoolley7960]

It certainly is a counter weight to Harris, who is as authentic as pleather

[@tyronevincent1368]

Great 🎉 reponse

[@Chris_0803]

Biden is the one who seems obsessed with race. Says they don't have access to attorneys and accountants in the most insulting paternalistic way. Hispanics and blacks have only increased their support for Trump in the last few years and why is that?

[@Lou_Mansfield]

Ezra got me Walz pilled. I never expected this

[@HereInPA_Hagen]

He sounds like a REAL PERSON!

[@evolvvartstudio]

When they go weird, we go Walz! 🎉

[@damien3838]

❤ ‘Brand New Tennessee Walz’ 🎼😁

[@lisanorborg8941]

Luv it!!!

[@tarain417land]

Respectfully, Ezra, I disagree. I have seen a lot of comments against Shapiro, which inspired me to check him out. His speech style is very bold and too loud to be a good running mate for Kamala. Walz is actually the safer choice, given the current issues around Roe and IVF. His background in education is a strong play due to Trump saying he will eliminate the department of education.

[@kevinwoolley7960]

@@tarain417land He would have been a much better choice at appealing to the mainstream. The far left anti-israel crowd won over

[@jessicaT12345]

Shapiro sounds exactly like Obama! Cringe!

[@sheribee831]

Balance matters. Walz brings it

[@EarlyRiser71]

@@sheribee831 he's farther left talk. KAMALA. What balance?

[@jessicaT12345]

@@EarlyRiser71 Progressive values are free smart and practical and populist. The Dem Party has stopped running from its shadow and has started to embrace it's core, and that's going to bring labor back to us. Walz speaks to the working class. That's the balance. Kamala is a city-woman and speaks more to the intellectuals, latinos, and women.

[@MPR2]

I'm sooooooo EXCITED for this ticket! VP Harris is a BADASS! I knew she'd make the right choice! Now, #voteblue down the ballot to give them a super majority so they can GET SH*T DONE!! 💯💙🇺🇸🥥🌴🧢

[@EarlyRiser71]

@MPR2 in what way is she a badass? I haven't seen her do anything that makes me think that. Explain.

[@MPR2]

@@EarlyRiser71 Lets agree to disagree! 🙄

[@EarlyRiser71]

@@MPR2 I just asked for examples. The fact you can't give any says it all.

[@MPR2]

@@EarlyRiser71 You're not worth my time. GO AWAY! 🙄

[@jimgraham6722]

Former US Army SNCO, teacher, sports coach, governor. Wonderfully grounded. Excellent - great choice for America. Good luck to the team.

[@kimn5687]

Walz vs Vance debate will be great if Vance will get off the couch. Lol

[@mattstirling7494]

*out* of the couch.

[@damien3838]

@@mattstirling7494- now just stop that MAGA style nastiness! 😉🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@frankr3251]

tim will be too busy stocking the boys bathroom with tampons🤣💯

[@tanyawilliams8254]

💙 Love Tim, Vote Blue America 🇺🇸

[@joezim4254]

As always, Ezra gets it exactly correct.

[@daquidi]

that was a very smart analysis. thanks. i wasn t sure about voting harris/shapiro. walz got announced today and i have already started campaigning privately and i registered to do phone calls. that s the walz effect.

[@RosaAurelia805]

ezra, this is your best work so far, usually I have a tough time agreeing with you, but this is very very well argued, and incredibly, beautifully thoughtful. Thank you for providing this kind of opinion to people like me who rarely tune into your channel.

[@audreymuzingo933]

I woke up to such ecstatic news today. I really didn't expect it. I never get what I want in politics, ha.

[@GmaMom]

Love! Love! Love Tim Walz!!🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@georgewashington3555]

Love Walz !!

[@laurentanonyme5513]

I think it’s notable that Ezra can label the affect of a person as a media phenomenon whom he describes accurately as a generous personality.

[@space_1073]

For me the vp harris picked was going to be an indicator of how she plans to govern. If she had picked Shapiro it would be clear she's scared to actually stand for anything and will capitulate to right-wing framing her entire presidency. But choosing Walz is a sign that she isn't just trying to pick the right people to win states, she actually plans to hold herself to progressive plans.

[@cradio52]

Just make sure you actually VOTE, people! And tell anyone you know to vote too. We lost 2016 partly because juuuust enough people thought Hillary was “safe” to win, so they didn’t bother showing up.

[@KawaiiKasai]

I was iffy on Harris, but I would crawl over broken glass to vote for the progressive policies Walz will bring to the table. I'm excited in a way I haven't been since '08

[@markr.jolliff2554]

May I say that actually there were a hell of a lot of democrats who thought Harris could do this. Those democrats just were never given a voice.

[@jessicaT12345]

Very true.

[@tw4134]

Kamala= inspiration, Walz = Motivation, Coach giving us a pep talk before the big game (Election Day). I loved your interview with him. He has substance and disarming charm. I can see him working with both sides, but not compromising his core values. He oozes authenticity. He’s right, we’re tired of Thanksgiving disagreements. He Stands Up to Trump in a funny common sense, no nonsense way. Vance is Trump without the entertainment.

[@catkins1307]

Exceptional analysis, spot on!

[@Gallaphant]

A truly excellent choice. Of course, Trump and his cronies will level a landslide of lies about Walz, but I really want to see a VP debate between him and Vance. There will be blood on the floor and Walz will walk away with a smile on his face.

[@damien3838]

Yes, and Walz being the gentleman he is will help Vance back up onto his feet after he trips and goes a over t onto that bloody floor. 😊

[@nicholasross8949]

Love your stuff, I don’t always agree, but you always make me think

[@blcatron1107]

Waltz is a positive populist

[@rlarsen4562]

Good show. Thanks

[@teachermomo2624]

Spot on commentary.

[@cherylking1459]

This campaign is a sprint not a marathon. Go Harris Walz!! I booked my room in DC for the inauguration!! Wish you guys were coming to Missouri. We are not a swing state so who cares about us here? I hate the electoral college that makes my vote count for nothing.

[@bengolvin4605]

Ezra: I have been listening to your exceedingly intelligent and interesting podcast for well over a year now, primarily as I take three to five your bike rides here in the SF/Marin Bay Area. Particularly as a fellow Banana Slug (Kresge/Cowell 1971-76), I am DEEPLY appreciative of the depth of knowledge and humanity that you bring to your work. The interview/conversation with Tim Walz was SO refreshing; I cannot wait for the Vice Presidential debate - not for any hoped-for deflation of Vance (I know that you value his and a few colleagues' commitment to some form of economic populism, if that impulse still functions for him), but just to have the world witness a truly human, thoughtful person attempt to deal with Vance as a fellow human being. I know you don't need any encouragement from me, but... DO keep up the great work you are doing. Ben Golvin from SF...

[@dolliscrawford280]

Walz did call out the National guard which takes time to mobilize. He got them ready and sent them in when other methods were not working. We needed them to calm people down and save lives and property for livelihoods. Afterwards he went on our local news and explained his choice and the instructions he gave to the Guard.

[@henriikkak2091]

People are sick of the mad circus that revolves around Trump. The Donald Trump Show. It seems useful to have someone onboard who's able to blow the whistle and cut out the nonsense, and do it in a way that doesn't add to the divisiveness. The objective is not to antagonize the people on the other side but to present them with options. That doesn't mean everyone will take them. Reminding people of their agency is itself important. That should create space for talking about policies. To say, these are the issues that real people care about and here's what we're going to do to address them. Safe isn't what you should go for. Neither is perfection. You just need to be effective in the areas that matter the most and communicate them clearly. A prolonged crisis of trust calls for transparency, authenticity, honesty, and integrity.

[@itsallminor6133]

The left still doesn't understand Donald Trump. Which is hilarious. A decade and they are still confused. But if you watch the Republican party closely, the Congress Republicans. It makes sense. You have to see through the distraction . Through the rhetoric. Like did anyone report on Donald Trump condemning apple for not making apple products in the United States? That be something that came from the Republican base. Instead they report on the distraction side of trump. Which is intended to be the distraction. It's behind trump that you have the base.

[@gailmarieerlandson66]

Walz is solid as a rock. It's much more than the weird messaging! It's who he is as a person! Authentic and compassionate! He will have Kamala 's back, and they both have ours! Truly a campaign for WE the People. Yay for joyful warriors. 😅 Love, love, love the Harris-Walz team! (dt is melting).

[@NotShowingOff]

Walz is a lot more comfortable in the media. Harris will get the urban centers of Pennsylvania. Shapiro will help. Walz won re-election in Minnesota. And Minnesota isn’t always close with a Democrat lean. I’d say Having a governor like Walz is similar to having a Whitmer on the ticket

[@stevezelaznik5872]

Who’s Whitney?

[@NotShowingOff]

@@stevezelaznik5872 *Whitmer* damn autocorrect

[@damien3838]

@@NotShowingOff 🤣

[@elainedaprano9130]

I see Tim Walz as similar to....Joe Biden!

[@catcardinalli197]

This interview was incredible! The interviewer is young and smart! Walz is MORE than just the happy, go-lucky teddy bear dad! He’s VERY smart, well-read, highly informed about government and politics, and a MEGA asset to Harris! I’m SO impressed!

[@lexi-conby]

i agree that walz has that midwest school teacher down to earth genuinely happy everyday non-elite guy. he choses language that is simple and relatable. to frame abortion rights as simple as "mind your own damn business" and calling trump and vance weird is language that especially works for younger voters. more recently they've also adopted "creepy". no, harris did not pick a younger version of biden, rather she picked a younger version of bernie sanders who can tell jokes and have a sense of humor

[@sunnymoondog]

I am a HUGE fan of Walz ❤ But... I greatly dislike the "weird" campaign. That's definitely not what won him over for me. They aren't weird. They are creepy and disturbing.

[@tess7798]

I get that, but weird is a less offensive and a more commonly used word than creepy. So I think it’s a relatively mild word that people could immediately latch onto.

[@sunnymoondog]

@@tess7798 ok, that's fine. I was commenting about the part where they said the weird bit is what made people love him.

[@damien3838]

Actually I commented earlier today, could someone who is AI clever please do the ‘I’m a Creep!’ Song sendup with Trump, JD ( well he already has the eyeliner…) that turd Josh and his lil’ Buddy Gaetz and the ladies Lauren and Marj (Fake Blonde Butch Built…👌🏼) as the back up singers? It would be truly hilarious! Perhaps LP would have the stones for it. Trump would quite literally have an aneurysm! 🎼🤣🎼🤣🍊🎼🤣

[@jannichi6431]

Walz is a Gentleman for sure. Psycho Sociopaths for Opportunity 💰 is just one description. How can ANYONE a bit informed be with a cult captured party with no values or integrity? 🚫🥀

[@jannichi6431]

​Please get on your studio producer...Pronto. The mix is a hit just reading. "Anti Butch Bods" or "The Harris Walz"💃🕺

[@jamielaplante2353]

Thank you!

[@PeloquinDavid]

"Weird" isn't a good term for a lot of MAGA World. For a LOT of them, it's far too mild (though when it comes from a Minnesotan, it really is scathing...) Ezra is too diplomatic in describing Vance as "off-putting": he's downright CREEPY as are SO many of those involved in the "2025" plotting.

[@jannichi6431]

Societal Psychopaths. I've seen the Party in action. 🤠👺👹❤️‍🔥

[@hannahconroy]

Very interesting! i appreciate the thoughtfulness of these insights. thanks!

[@rachelvasquez7826]

I would not have voted for Harris if she picked Shapiro. Her picking Walz signals to me that she will deflect from the overtly hawkish approach towards Israel that has defined the Biden administration.

[@planetvagabond]

I can appreciate your challenges with Shapiro, but if he had been the VP selection, would you have actually not voted for the Harris ticket because of his presence? This is now a purely philosophical thought process because Shapiro is not the VP, but it might be worthwhile thinking through it. Would not voting for Harris have resulted in a less hawkish (I presume Gaza is the major issue in that) US government even if that "not vote" action resulted in a Trump victory? Would the alternative to Harris be a "better" situation?

[@enderwhitekey7238]

Exactly!

[@Synodalian]

If this entire ordeal has taught us leftists anything at all since Biden's horrific debate with Trump, it's that it _is_ possible to bargain with and influence mainstream politics. The best way to do that is _to_ register as a Democrat and vote in every primary. _That's_ how we make sure we get fewer Josh Shapiro's and more Tim Walz's. If we take away our own stake in the party, that vacuum is inevitably going to be filled by someone who may not share our values. And they may have _much_ more outreach.

[@brandonreed09]

Walz has the same views. Harris' husband is Jewish and share the same pro Israel stance. You clearly just haven't done your homework if that's your criteria.

[@Burzuj89]

​@@brandonreed09I don't think Josh Shapiro's Israel policy is that different from the democratic mainstream. However, he has gone on the attack against pro-palestine protesters more than other candidates have, which could alienate some voters.

[@michaelirwin1887]

A winning ticket if there ever was one!!!

[@DQ_Mine]

I think "Strange" is a better word for trump than Weird.

[@LisaGreene-o6x]

I like "creepy"

[@jannichi6431]

Psycho Sociopath works👹

[@jannichi6431]

The whole captured party is a bunch of misfits today. R.I.P. "Conservatives" Common sense is now with Back the Blue🟦

[@anzolomyer4584]

YOU'RE A KINGMAKER, EZRA KLEIN!! FIRST U DROPPED BIDEN OUT, NOW THIS O___O

[@AlsoSal]

What Ezra is talking about in Vance’s appeal as described by Carlson is a form of “costly signaling”. It’s a common anthropological principle wherein someone loudly expresses a view that brings condemnation, or courts martyrdom. What costly signaling does is to get people to say “well they must really believe it. Who would voluntarily accept such costs if they did not?”

[@dotsmada2855]

I'm glad she didn't do what the elites, mega donors and MSNBC clearly wanted. Usually they are wrong and out of touch. This pick of Walz energizes the base and brings Dems together. Shapiro wouldn't have done that. It would have likely just made the previously mentioned folks giddy. I think Harris-Shapiro ticket would have still won, but Walz was the better pick.

[@jessicaT12345]

Walz is a superior pick to Shapiro, even if Shapiro had no scandals (ie: Greenberg murder, paying SA claim with tax dollars, being pro charter schools, student protestors are like the KKK, derogatory comments about Palestinians, etc.). Shapiro is a city boy and I don't see how he would relate to the working class, every-day Joe. Plus, his Obama emulated speech makes me question his authenticity. Walz is the guy you want to have a beer with ;the guy you'd feel safe around; they guy who really has your back. He's not career politician and the slimy type like Gavin Newsome. ... Harris is a genius for this pick, esp. in the face of the pragmatist who myopically only want to win PA and the in face of those who would race-bait with antisemitism with any chance they get. Bravo, Kamala. You've a backbone.

[@WestShoreMan]

Tim just hit it out of the park with his speech!! Lets see if JD can get off the couch and debate!!

[@HerAeolianHarp]

Walz is spectacular.

[@Wizecrack22]

Solid choice. Hoped for Kelly or Buttigieg.

[@iemy2949]

How can Trump be ahead or even? The Biden/Harris administration has been better than expected. And Trump’s heinous crimes have been exposed. What kind of voter has flipped to Trump?

[@itsallminor6133]

Most anyone liking the republican base. It's not even about trump. It's about the base. Break up large corporations. Bring back small and medium business. Go after companies sending our wealth overseas. Make apple make it's products in the United States. Stop bailing out large banks. Make a healthier really balanced healthier economy . Lot of the wealth went out and up from COVID. To the top. Democrats answer is more social programs. Republican base answer is take it back. Don't forget bidens platform of bringing chip manufacturing back to the u.s. Tarriffs. None of that platform Biden claimed actually came from Democrats. It was the Republican base platform that was pushed by trump. It wasn't the democrats. They were identity politics and lost the working class which voted Republican. The working class started voting Republican because they realized it was actually the Republican base that supported them.

[@kendomyers]

When HRC chose Tim Kaine a lot of people predicted he would bring her Virginia which was very swingy at the time

[@jannichi6431]

Couldn't understand why Corey Booker wasn't chosen. Maybe another New Yorker wasn't wise. She picked weak. I have watched him in Congressional hearings for years. She should have known better. Having Jennifer Palmieri again with Kamala is concerning. Hope Biden's former Chief of Staff, Ron Klaine stays away too. Obama knows social media and HOW to win elections. 🗣️🔵Find YOUR Headquarters! Please. Get a yard sign

[@monicabeaston4996]

​@@jannichi6431I love Booker, but his failure to get more traction is doubtless part of America's legacy of racism. Hope he can get more consideration in the future.

[@kendomyers]

@@jannichi6431 Bookers from NJ

[@twinEAH]

After hearing his speech, I am extremely excited. He will wipe the floor with Trump and Vance. He won't be intimidated or pushed around. He speaks plainly. He is smiling and positive. He has great credentials. He is down-to-earth. What is not to like? I think it is a brilliant choice. Kamala is a woman so she has strong intuition. She knows who and what will work the best for her and the country. 🎉👏🔥

[@itsallminor6133]

Let me briefly explain the independent view from my perspective as a independent. And why I am probably voting Republican. The cultural war has been a giant mess for near a decade. I want to go back to normal. We have a month for pride. One day for veterans. That's just whacked. There is homeless people everywhere. Increasing under Dems. That's just whacked. The drug epidemic has worsened. People are worried of their kids picking up dirty needles at playgrounds. That's just whacked. Can't bring your kid to a playground or a park? The pride parade have half dressed some naked people and said to be family events. That's just whacked. It's not exactly a family friendly fair. A girl here overdosed they found her washed up on the river. That's just whacked. And she's one of many. They have so many illegals in this country it's overloaded social services and they don't even know where and who they all are. What happened to the 400 terrorist linked people? No one knows. That's just whacked. It's all completely whacked. Then the vp running for president is "twerking" at her rally. Is that presidential? No. That's just whacked. Maybe she really did fall out of a coconut tree. Now we have the middle east possible war, our troops overseas being killed by drones. No explanations, no answers, no solution. Just aircraft carriers all hanging out in the middle east. That's just whacked. The Russo Ukraine war, Russia blew through every deterrence . Complete failure. No explanation. Democrats wrong about the entire thing. Failed the entire deterrence thing. Failed the imploding Russia thing. Just plain bad judgment and wrong. No accountability, still no solutions, that's just whacked. Every time they claimed something it turned out wrong. That's like a 100 percent failure rate. Even flipping a quarter you should be right half the time. Economy, they are turning out to be wrong now. It's literally like a 100 percent wrong rate. That's just whacked. Harris tells people to not cross the border . Biden tells China to stop the flow of fentanyl. We had more border crossings and fentanyl than ever. They talk, accomplish nothing. And more dead people can float in the river. You could put someone in the white house with their cabinet. Literally have them flip a quarter and have a much higher probability of success. Just statistically. And everyone is wrong sometimes. But all the time? And the democrats have taken no accountability, for anything. None I've seen. The wars, the drugs and overdoses, the homeless, the border. Especially Russia where they were wrong like 50 times just there. Zero , none, accountability. 400k dead. No accountability. Not even a little bit. The dead from overdoses? No accountability. Not even a little. Let's not forget the hiding bidens condition, last minute candidate change. Forget all that. Mostly .. you have Kamala twerking at her rally. While overdoses float down the river. You don't think independent voters deserve to be upset? Is this like a sick joke? What she do in California? That's full of illegals, homeless, drugs and overdoses isn't it? Pretty much? Made the rest of the country like California , Chicago, ? The democrats either aren't listening to independent voters or they don't care. We've been upset over fentanyl for years. The border for years. The democrat agenda does not align with independent voters .

[@wrepresent]

@@itsallminor6133stop pretending you are independent because nobody cares. Harris Walz are winning this election

[@maxheadrom3088]

Do you know why the Vietnam war kept growing and only ened during Nixon's second term? It lasted so long because presidents who were against it, who had written it was impossible to win a war like that, made the safe choice. The guy who wrote it was impossible to win did it after visiting Vietnam as a Senator - John Kennedy. LBJ? Same thing! Nixon? Same thing. Harris did a correct choice - a principles based choice. It was a bold move that I haven't seen ... well ... since FDR died. Now ... there's something that can make the bold choice also the safe choice: Walz has some Sander's like characteristics that a lot of working class americans admire and that may play a more important role in the elections.

[@internetidentity3917]

I think that it's really critical for the health of this nation that someone presents a credible, material alternative to rural Americans and parts of the working class, but in a way that doesn't make voters feel like they're being talked down to.

[@tqbrowne]

Victory lap my guy

[@fighterck6241]

Ballz to the Walz!!!💙🤍❤️🇺🇲

[@dahbean2874]

Shapiro was riskier than Walz. The safest choice was probably Beshear

[@monicabeaston4996]

True. Whatever happened to him? Same with Kelly who also would have been safer?

[@shelleygilbert]

More timely pods like this!!

[@luismanuel2612]

In his speech yesterday in Philadelphia, Walz electrified the audience. He is charismatic and will be very effective in challenging Trump and Vance when needed.

[@oldasrocks9121]

Yo, childless people already do pay a higher income tax rate.

[@ArmHope]

No they don’t because they’re subsidized by other people’s children in their retirement

[@jannichi6431]

Child tax credit got blocked by Republicans! Just last week..AGAIN🤪

[@monicabeaston4996]

​@@jannichi6431they get more exemptions.

[@oldasrocks9121]

​@@jannichi6431Dependents exemptions remain

[@Ielts-i1f]

Thanks

[@luadiva]

every day has been a brighter, sparkling day for me! The grifter era is sooo Y2.01K. I'm here for this new sensibility, bringing together the mods and the progs in a way I didn't expect or had hoped for in the last several years.

[@GratefulComonTheSense]

“Weird” is a skill more than a one hit wonder message. There will be a new “weird” when the time comes 11:25

[@platexproductions]

according to 538 (THE polling people), the "weird" comment was only a hit with Twitter Democrats - MSNBC viewers, died-in-the-wool "democracy is over if Trump wins" types. With Independents, it didn't remotely register. So funny hearing the Democratic Party member commentators bang on about it.

[@shelleyrusnell155]

You lost me on your title. They love Walz. Quit raining on the parade.

[@brianpcox8911]

💙💙💙

[@CliveNDerek]

Tim Walz is a man of substance. WOW.

[@gward117]

Trump is a snake oil salesman who has no oil! Oil-less! 💙💙💙💙

[@bretshawnclark1589]

Please don’t take this in the wrong way but I would compare this decision to that John McCain made when choosing Sarah Palin. His instincts were bad as far as Palin herself was concerned and maybe he was a little desperate, but the similarities are that she had a folksy way about her that appealed to the masses, as does Mr. W. Also odd (but not “weird”) is that he reminds me of Harry Truman, chosen by FDR for whatever reason. HST had some obvious warts - such as liquidating civilians in Nagasaki and Hiroshima the way he did, but the comparisons I think are apt. The alternatives are far worse by any objective standard (I am Green so can honestly give an honest appraisal). She made an inspired choice, one that likely is historic. Kudos Ms. Harris for a wise and thoughtful decision.

[@jannichi6431]

Let's Dance! The Harris Walz Down to your local Headquarters to get the True American word out and have a good time doing it. Place your Yard sign and BE PROUD🏛️🇺🇲

[@helixator3975]

Walz is a great pick. Things are looking up, America! 🇺🇸 🤝 🇦🇺

[@LibraryMom]

Tim Caine was a short sighted pick for VP coming out of the Obama Years. It didnt "balance" the ticket the way Biden did for Obama or Harris for Biden, Gore for Clinton.

[@bobbieminami4484]

Walz is from the heartland of America!

[@calumashleymcdonough8955]

Amazing dialogue

[@erik_carter_art]

Ezra seems pissed that she didn't pick Shapiro. It's weird to me that people say that Shapiro was the right choice and Walz the wrong choice. Because how do you know the campaign, who have more information than you, didn't come across things about Shapiro in the vetting process that they felt would become a drag on the campaign?

[@ggcruise]

I think a good case could be made for quite a few options. One candidate didn't need to be "the only right choice" and all the others were thereby "wrong" I am ready to learn more about Walz and everything I've heard is good! I would have felt the same about Shapiro, Beshear, etc. Let's go win this thing!!!

[@Seiwyn]

He seems pissed?

[@erik_carter_art]

@@Seiwyn Haha, he kind of did towards the beginning of the video when I made my comment. Leveled out later on.

[@dylanstafforini9861]

Frankly I think it’s naive to think that there wouldn’t have been only minimal friction from the left on Shapiro. Biden was on track to lose due to the left wing and younger votes absence of support for him precisely on the policy of Israel. That wouldn’t just go away.

[@monicabeaston4996]

Yep. Ezra is generally right here, but that statement was laughingly false. Chicago would have been a mess. There would have been demonstrations at lots of Shapiro appearances. He would have been answering questions on why he called demonstrators KKK- wanna bes - big distractions.

[@dolliscrawford280]

I agree that the weird line should be uses sparingly to keep its potency.

[@RasAlHaq]

Team Normal vs DonOLD's freaks! 🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸

[@Edo9River]

😂😂I got the opposite feeling from your interview with Walz

[@conor2439]

"Kamala is going to win because Kamala is brat and the whole world is coconut pilled." "JD Vance is too online."

[@michaelf8221]

That is a bit of a sardonic comment by Ezra...

[@zakbednar4939]

The difference is that stuff is the online community reacting to her, whereas he is reacting to fringe online movements.

[@theblexican]

Kamala isn't going around talking about being coconut pilled and being brat at her rallies. Trump and Vance run around pulling out deep cuts from their rumble/truth social/x echo chambers at their rallies as if moderates and undecideds actually know wtf they're talking about

[@itsallminor6133]

​​@@theblexicanthis is a difference. The Democrat platform is shallow now. The Republican program has been aligning for years to begin this cultural fight back. And the Republican platform is pulling from intellectuals while putting a clown at the top. You can see which side is trying to be serious. While seeing the side that is organized and serious and pretending not to be. It's a long term play not even on this election. Decade or more out. Because it's against the academics on the left matching and raising them behind the scenes

[@MelkamMengued]

I got whiplash from this fantastic turn-around. From despair thinking the orange clown making his way back to the white house to the rejoicing to see him going to jail in 2025. Make THAT part of Project 2025. Best feeling ever.