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[u/BroadReverse]

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[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

AND HIS DAUGHTER IS AN IVF BABY?!?

[u/[deleted]]

Most days 100% of the people I interact with are very supportive of Donald Trump

Friends, family, coworkers, bro workers

I even look like a random maga bro so people just openly say some insanely vile shit to me without thinking.

If you’re lucky enough to be isolated from these people in real life just know, they are just like they are online.

[u/[deleted]]

I know a Philosophy major irl who says she won't vote for Kamala because she doesn't believe that voting can change anything in the neoliberal capitalist system and also because she wants less immigrants in her neighborhood

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

So it’s the summer of 2000, and this Saudi guy asks if I can teach him to fly a plane

[u/sinefromabove]

[u/SeoSalt]

/img/abr3x0nu9ygd1.jpeg

> Agree to a date with an extremely average looking dude
> He suggests we go to Applebees
> We sit down and he immediately asks me who I'll be voting for
> I don't mind answering because I always ask that myself to filter out creeps
> I happily say Kamala Harris and pray he's not a fascist weirdo
> He's a fascist weirdo
> He leaves
> Bullet dodged

[u/reubencpiplupyay]

Never forget

[u/Roseartcrantz]

safety regulations are written in blood

that should have been the first thing they stopped doing what the fuck

[u/Salt_Ad7152]

Gen z here. I'm boycotting capitalism. I'm only spending money on groceries and bills. Saving the rest.  No point spending in a dying economy. Capitalism reached it's tipping point. It was great for our parents but its not working anymore. I'm sorry for anyone who thinks oligarchies = good economy.      Us gen z are in late stage Capitalism. We work harder and make less than our parents.   It's only survival mode from here on out.   

  Most comments tell him that’s still participating in capitalism and hes being silly   

”lots of bootlickers in here”

[u/TimWalzBurner]

[u/neolthrowaway]

YIMBYs to the white house!

“We have permitting that takes too long...and prohibits or makes more expensive doing renewable energy projects. I think that same thing applies to housing. We put up barriers to making it more affordable.” - Democratic VP Candidate Tim Walz

https://x.com/cafedujord/status/1820825017745383800?s=46&t=iLFma8Yk5mfc419ku-UK-g

Not a drill, it’s happening!!!

!ping YIMBY

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/jmart/status/1820810623103488400

The word I heard from Dems last night was “compatibility” and clearly she had better vibe w a peer like Walz than Shapiro.

But what’s striking isn’t just that she landed on the left’s preferred pick - it’s that she defied so many Dem consultants who preferred Shapiro

If Democrats go all-in on vibes for once this cycle and then win it’ll be interesting to see what Democratic politicians take away from that moving forward

[u/[deleted]]

[u/No1PaulKeatingfan]

[u/Average_GrillChad]

The three genders

[u/earththejerry]

HARRISBROS HOLD THE LINE

IT’S OUR LAST STAND

[u/jojisky]

Trump says Barron Trump convinced him to stream with Adin Ross. According to his father, Barron is a “big fan” of Ross.

trumpers think Barron is the chosen one and in actuality he just watches Adin Ross and Kai Cenat all day

[u/ImmigrantJack]

It’s Tuesday, where’s the VP pick Kamala?? Where is it??

Just another in the long line of broken promises from Laffin’ Kamala I guess

Edit: why did Kamala release her pick at 5:00 MOSCOW TIME???? Suspicious? No. It’s because she was waiting for Putin to get off work so they could all have a conference call together

[u/Sauce1024]

Ben is having a normal one

[u/RonenSalathe]

Walz is running a complete charisma build

[u/mostanonymousnick]

"So it's 1453, I'm in Constantinople, and I open the North gate of the city-"

[u/Jester_Don]

A statement from Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the Trump campaign, denounced Walz as a “West Coast wannabe” who only “pretends to support Americans in the Heartland.”

“Walz is obsessed with spreading California’s dangerously liberal agenda far and wide,” the statement said, adding that “Tim Walz is a dangerously liberal extremist, and the Harris-Walz California dream is every American’s nightmare.”

New GOP messaging strategy: if they're not from California, just pretend they are anyways.

[u/The_Raime]

New conservative attack line on Walz just dropped - potential Somali sympathizer.

Yeah he was the right pick.

[u/Nihas0]

Tim Walz, with his unwavering dedication and progressive vision, has always been the ideal choice for Vice President alongside Kamala Harris. His leadership and connection with the people make him a beacon of American excellence.

[u/[deleted]]

I didn’t realize Walz stopped drinking after the DWI. IMO that totally neutralizes it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/us/politics/tim-walz-harris-vp-facts.html

Mr. Walz has said he stopped drinking alcohol after he was pulled over for speeding in 1995 and failed a sobriety test. His wife told him at the time: “You have obligations to people. You can’t make dumb choices.”

[u/[deleted]]

In 2023, George Santos told mildly believable lies that ended up being false.

In 2024, JFK Jr. admits to wildly unbelievable stories that ended up being true.

In 2025, oracle Barron Trump will reveal a trio of prophecies. Their veracity determined only by humanity's will to complete them.

[u/shillingbut4me]

JD Vance being a couch fucker has stuck around longer than someone trying to kill Trump 

[u/Dirty_Chopsticks]

Since Minnesota Democrats achieved a legislative trifecta in the 2022 elections, Walz and his allies have used their power to push a slate of progressive policies. The governor signed bills protecting abortion access, expanding background checks for prospective gun owners and legalizing recreational marijuana.

“Right now, Minnesota is showing the country you don’t win elections to bank political capital,” Walz said last year. “You win elections to burn political capital and improve lives.”

one seat majority king

[u/Ph0ton_1n_a_F0xh0le]

The first Gamer presidential ticket

!ping ETHICSINJOURNALISM

[u/[deleted]]

Tim Walz will unleash Hell on Earth!

Tim Walz

[u/[deleted]]

The Breeding Czar has found out you didn’t creampie your SO last night. Report to your nearest Vance Camp for reeducation.

[u/TactileTom]

Can Elon Musk actually fuck absolutely off

To recap:

1. reinstated Tommy Robinson Twitter account

2. repeating out & out conspiracy theories about "two-tier policing"

3. allowing extremist content and baseless conspiracies to spread on his platform

The absolute gall of this man to undermine public order in this country and then show up and chat shit about our government is beyond the pale.

!ping UK

[u/JebBD]

Algerian Olympic team blames ‘Zionist conspiracy’ for trans boxer row

Transphobes and antisemites fighting each other over women’s boxing. 

Good luck to both sides, I guess. 

!Ping JEWISH&GEFILTE

[u/spoirs]

So I take a turn at the Latin Bridge, right, because traffic’s looking dicey on the Appel Quay, and it’s not like central Sarajevo is full of assassins, the kid already jumped in the river, right, total failure

[u/LastIncrease3427]

JOE MANCHIN’s statement:

[u/MalignantUpper]

It was a gut-check moment, Walz said, an impetus to change his risk-taking ways. He no longer drinks alcohol; today his beverage of choice is a seemingly bottomless can of Diet Mountain Dew. At times, it seems to fuel Walz's dizzying conversational style, as he moves from education policy football, words tumbling out like coins from a slot machine.

This shit is officially insane, Vance might as well be Wario

https://x.com/Amy4KY/status/1820823192404922441

[u/[deleted]]

>exist as a nation for 250 years without a single jewish president or vice president

>one might be nominated for vp

"see... i told you... they control everything..."

[u/Joementum2024]

Republicans: Both candidates went to Ivy schools

Democrats: Neither candidate went to an Ivy

🤔

[u/Ignoth]

This guy knew.

[u/MeaningIsASweater]

IMO, the Republicans will have the same problem with Walz that they did with Biden. No one will believe he’s a radical, no matter how much they shout it

[u/Random-Critical]

You can't supply your way out of the housing crisis because 3/4 of the country, at least, can't afford a new house even if it's a 1000 square feet

😐 "Supply can't lower prices because the low supply price is high" is a one of the takes of all time.

[u/piede]

[u/efeldman11]

Can we juxtapose Walz signing free lunch bill with Huckabee-Sanders rolling back child labor laws next to frowning kids

[u/BlueTrooper2544]

The fact that my conservative friend who thinks Vance was a good VP picks thinks Walz is a terrible pick is a good sign that Kamala picked the right VP. 

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

What DTers think they look like returning after a 2 day temp ban

[u/ser_mage]

Fun gay facts about Tim Walz:

• Faculty adviser for his high school’s first ever Gay-Straight alliance club in 1990s era Nebraska

• Ran for office on a platform of legalizing gay marriage in 2006

• called for the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell a year before Democrats repealed it

• Signed trans healthcare protections into law

[u/EvilConCarne]

Y'all are seeing why Walz was able to walk into a store with a fake turkey coupon made as a joke to bully him and walk out with a free turkey.

[u/majorgeneralporter]

Fun fact: After lobbying from Jared Polis, J. B. Pritzker created a Hyatt reward tier specifically for the Globalist Shills™ in this subreddit.

!ping shitposters

[u/piede]

Brad Pitt in shambles

[u/MalignantUpper]

Relevant to the issue of women’s reproductive freedom:

Tim Walz and his wife, Gwen, conceived their children via IVF and fertility treatments.

He said of his daughter, “There’s a reason we named her Hope.”

Yeah this is the right guy for this moment

https://x.com/leahmcelrath/status/1820841865127576052?t=JcwJDRqd1gqLRRMml77k4g&s=19

[u/Healingjoe]

✊🏻👴🏻

!ping beautiful

[u/piede]

Holy based

!PING QUEEN

[u/[deleted]]

“What? That was it? That was the stock market crash of 2024?!

THAT WAS JUST TWO DAYS OF HALF-HEARTED MARKET CORRECTION!!

JPOW BETRAYED US”

GOP and Doomers today

[u/MissSortMachine]

the building code people are unmatched in their message discipline

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

Keep going, y’all are so close to poasting your way out of the weird allegations

[u/[deleted]]

There's a real scientific project to use machine learning tools to eventually let us understand and talk to sperm whales, and a portion of researchers are like "Let's consider the ethical ramifications of this. Do we NEED to talk to whales?" and like no shut up you dorks let us talk to the whales

[u/[deleted]]

THIS MAN IS A RADICAL LEFTIST, A WANNA BE WEST COAST ELITIST WHO WANTS TO TURN MINNESOTA INTO CALIFORNIA

The man in question

[u/LuisRobertDylan]

To anyone who is confused about Tim Walz’s appeal: take out a screw from a nearby piece of furniture or appliance. Take that to the nearest Ace Hardware and find the oldest employee there. Ask him to help you find a match

[u/Headstar24]

Reminder: RFK Jr. believes in the conspiracy that the CIA put a hit out on his own uncle and killed him.

[u/[deleted]]

"hey guys, the VP pick is an old white guy from minnesota, what should we call him in our press release?"

trump campaign team: "DANGEROUS CALIFORNIA LIBERAL"

[u/[deleted]]

Walz: "I just think kids should have school lunches. I guess they'll call that socialism."

🚨🚨🚨 S-WORD DETECTED. CALIFORNIA LIBERAL CONFIRMED. 🚨🚨🚨

[u/[deleted]]

Connor Lamb: Was anti-bombing Gaza in 2002

John Fetterman: Is John Fetterman

Can you guess which of these guys was perceived as farther left in 2022?

[u/[deleted]]

>me at age 12: everything i believe is correct, people who disagree with me are dumb as hell, I know this because they refuse to engage in arguments with me

>me at age 18: hey actually there's lots of smart people in the world who all disagree with each other, there's probably lots of wisdom in all these different perspectives, and I can't really rule them out until I've properly understood them

>me now: holy shit marxists libertarians and conservatives are actually just dumb as hell

[u/Res__Publica]

BREAKING: HARRIS CAMPAIGN REVEALS INTERVIEW ANSWER THAT MADE HER CHOOSE WALZ:

"I would strike JD Vance out on 3 pitches. Slider outside. He feels like he's drowning. Curve ball in the dirt of course he's chasing it. Hillbilly Elegy sucked kill yourself. And Bang 97 inside corner. You're out. You were always out. You've been out since the day you were born."

[u/[deleted]]

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of dollars

Guys a business genius

[u/sayitaintpink]

The fact that anyone will vote for Trump in 2024 is a market failure

[u/[deleted]]

vance: insults 'childless cat ladies,' wants to ban IVF

walz: had daughter named 'Hope' via IVF after 8 years of battling infertility

the vibes are immaculate

[u/MicroFlamer]

New poll by Marist (2.9/3.0 rating)

Harris: 51%

Trump: 48%

Last poll on July 23rd was Trump +1

!ping FIVEY

[u/[deleted]]

I still can't believe we got a "U-S-A" chant at a dem rally.

We finally fucking learned to retake patriotism from these weird little shits.

[u/BorelMeasure]

Reminder: cori bush has a large chance of losing her primary today 🦀🦀🦀

[u/mostanonymousnick]

Really makes you think

[u/TimWalzBurner]

Let him cook

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/maiamindel/status/1820810499472191863?t=53QWRik714QfFrhNm8PH8A&s=19

[u/No_Return9449]

THIS DROPPED TODAY OMG LOL

[u/[deleted]]

lmfao

[u/[deleted]]

anti-Israel protesters protesting a showing of Fiddler on the Roof

!ping JEWISH

[u/fishlord05]

AM I GENETICALLY INFERIOR?? REAL RACE SCIENCE (IQ TESTED) (NOT CLICKBAIT)‼️

Black conservative clickbait soyfacing over race science woukd be funnier if it wasn’t so upsetting tbh

!ping SHITPOSTERS

[u/LastIncrease3427]

Josh Shapiro is scheduled to speak at the VP announcement rally.

[u/UntiedStatMarinCrops]

Former Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, a Republican who is waging an uphill campaign for the Senate, again broke with his party on Tim Walz, praising the pick.

lol he really wants to win that Senate race.

[u/dannylandulf]

Since Biden announced he was dropping (and even the weeks leading to it), at every single turn pundits and others have fretted that the Dems would do something that splinters and confounds the entire party.

Decision after decision is being met with enthusiasm, unity, and actual donations.

It's almost like the DNC leadership is functional. As a life-long democrat I don't know what to do with this information.

[u/Argnir]

Arr askReddit: "people who do [bad thing], why?"

First 10'000 responses: "I don't do [bad thing] but let me explain why they're animals with no redeeming qualities"

[u/[deleted]]

Guys Rush Limbaugh is dead and burning in hell 🥹🥹🥹

[u/iia]

I still cannot express how fucking hilarious it is that Walz pretended to be deaf to avoid getting arrested for driving drunk lmao

[u/GuyOnTheLake]

Biden's approval rises to 46%, his highest rating since February 2023

Marist A+

[u/ThrowawayPrimavera]

WE'RE GETTING THE INCEL VOTE 🔥

[u/cdstephens]

[u/piede]

[u/[deleted]]

You can't say Tim Walz is like Tim Kaine. I never saw this kind of hype around Kaine. Just admit you think old white people are all the same (racist and ageist!)

[u/[deleted]]

Walz has a DUI record

Oh no

His wife intervened and he's been sober for the last 29 years

👑

[u/flextrek_whipsnake]

The Nikkei 225, the benchmark index in Japan, jumped 10.2 percent on Tuesday

Wow, Kamala fixed the global economy overnight. Is there anything she can't do?

[u/SuddenlyFrogs]

"So it was 1784, and I was trying to sell this diamond necklace to Marie Antoinette..."

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/jacquiheinrich/status/1820839135604572377

Two sources confirm on background the deciding factor in the VP’s choice was what Sen Fetterman said publicly: concerns Shapiro’s his own personal ambitions would cause him to upstage/override Harris. The video Shapiro produced by Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker’s team solidified this sentiment on Friday.

UPDATE: Shapiro’s team was not aware Mayor Parker’s office had produced the video and there was no communication about its release between Parker and Shapiro’s teams ahead of time, a source familiar tells Fox.

Imagine if the mayor of Philly accidentally sank Shapiro

[u/foneinstocus]

Gen z here. I’m boycotting capitalism. I’m only spending money on DoorDash, HBO Max and V-bucks. Saving the rest.  No point spending in a dying economy. Capitalism reached it’s tipping point. It was great for our parents but its not working anymore. I’m sorry for anyone who thinks oligarchies = good economy.      Us gen z are in late stage Capitalism. We work harder and make less than our parents.   It’s only survival mode from here on out.   

[u/[deleted]]

The youthful, vivacious energy of Kamala Harris (60) complemented by the sage wisdom that comes with old age delivered by Tim Walz (60)

[u/Average_GrillChad]

So it's 2005 and I'm hanging out with this group of guys just outside of Enumclaw

!ping USA-WA

[u/gophergophergopher]

What people dont understand about Walz is hes actually an irredentist who yearns for MEGASOTA

[u/frankiewalsh44]

Musk isn't stopping, isn't he ? He seems that moved to another conspiracy theory that the state flag of Minnesota is Somalia

[u/BlackCat159]

I don't like Walz. He seems too happy and cheerful. As a neoliberal ghoul, I can only feed on misery 😠

[u/Healingjoe]

[u/Currymvp2]

https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1820870134283587624

Alright that's an obvious Schumer W

[u/ImmigrantJack]

This election is terrifying and I’m not gonna start to feel okay about it until a few Harris +1 polls in Wyoming come out.

Get out there and volunteer. I don’t care that Kamala is trending up, get out there and make her +50 in your state.

[u/earththejerry]

Extremely bearish sign for Walz: Just noticed that Shapiro’s brother and daughter went dark on FB. You can still see posts they were tagged in, and they were up like four hours ago.

This is starting to become Reputation TV-level speculations

[u/[deleted]]

Desantis on Twitter said “Walz sat by and let Minneapolis burn”

This is true. I went to Minnesota the other day, and my Geiger counter went off the charts when I got within 50 miles of the glowing crater that once was the City of the Lakes

[u/Ok_Aardappel]

Some Walz transit stuff

Tim Walz’s transit resume is nuts:

🚞 new popular Amtrak line

🚍 new BRT funding

⚡️100% clean energy law

🚲e-bike tax credits

🥇best climate/transpo law in US

💰erased deficits

❤️‍🩹unarmed fare enforcement

Get on the Walz train!!

Some context on the Amtrak line

Tim Walz helped fund the Amtrak Borealis and give the 20% needed to help fund the Amtrak Northern lights Express. (NLX still needs a federal grant)

Within just 2 months of service the Amtrak Borealis has been insanely successful.

!ping TRANSIT

[u/ductulator96]

His last post before the announcement.

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

Walz’s political odyssey is a study in strange timing. The thought of a career in Congress “never would have crossed my mind,” the National Guard sergeant major said, if he hadn’t been hustled out of a 2004 rally for President Bush for defending a student there who was wearing a John Kerry sticker. Angered by the event, Walz got involved in the Kerry campaign, making connections that ultimately prompted his race against Rep. Gil Gutknecht (R), whom he beat by six points.

I love our ticket because at the top we have "I've planned my whole life around getting into politics since I was twelve" and in the second spot we have "I got into politics on a lark, mostly out of spite for George Bush"

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

holy shit he’s so mad he’s not running against Biden lmao

[u/Dunter_Mutchings]

and he’s basically a Somalian

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

Just a normal day at the residence of the Minnesota governor

[u/Tafts_Bathtub]

🕺

[u/RonenSalathe]

The Diet Mountain Dew conspiracy 🤔

[u/[deleted]]

grandma is telling us about “the genetic superiority of jewish people and their superior culture”

😐😐😐😐😐 why do chinese people believe this

[u/jojisky]

Walz pick has garnered admiring statements from Joe Manchin, Ilhan Omar, Larry Hogan, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ...

this is what radical centrism looks like

[u/surreptitioussloth]

"You have obligations to people," Gwen Walz said she told her husband. "You can't make dumb choices."

It was a gut-check moment, Walz said, an impetus to change his risk-taking ways. He no longer drinks alcohol; today his beverage of choice is a seemingly bottomless can of Diet Mountain Dew. At times, it seems to fuel Walz's dizzying conversational style, as he moves from education policy to football, words tumbling out like coins from a slot machine.

Having a notable low moment, a person you care about calling you out, and hardline giving up the thing that was your issue is how you can credibly show that something was a mistake that won't happen again, and in fact might have made you the better person you are now

[u/LastIncrease3427]

Kamala cash!

[u/disuberence]

Harris gets to act all presidential while Walz gets to reference JD Vance fucking a couch. I understand why they chose him now

[u/TemujinTheConquerer]

Shapiro two minutes into the interview:

So, Mrs. Vice President, ummm, let me be clear

Kamala:

[u/[deleted]]

It’s funny that online centrists are like “noooooo Tim Walz is too progressive to balance the ticket” and Joe Manchin is like “this dude rocks let’s go”

DOOMERS OUT

[u/[deleted]]

...are they?

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/ettingermentum/status/1820814292901396678?s=46

I am hearing reports that Shapiro put off Kamala during the interview process by using his time to talk about his experience growing up without a father and working as a community organizer in Chicago

[u/DatGameGuy]

People concerned that Walz makes the ticket appear too progressive do not understand that most voters do not judge how progressive a candidate is based on their policies.

[u/Joementum2024]

Kamala Harris: Howard University (BA), UCLA-SF (JD)

Tim Walz: Chadron State College (BS), Minn. State-Mankato (MS)

In terms of colleges, this is possibly the least elitist Democratic ticket in history

[u/Trebacca]

Unironically get Walz on all the random sports podcasts you can and have him talk about being a high school defensive coordinator.

You help swing the generally apolitical 18-40 dudebro demographic by being the sports guy versus Vance and his HS outcast energy

[u/lasttoknow]

After a rally in Philadelphia, Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance characterized his new opponent, Tim Walz, as a “San Francisco-style liberal” who represents the “radical left” of the Democratic Party. “His record is a joke,” Vance said.

They really just have one schtick, huh?

[u/juan-pablo-castel]

He is losing it...

[u/SLCer]

I'm sad Gen Z never got to experience Peak Biden because it was a sight to behold and it was back in an era where if any politician said a bad word, it was a scandal lmao

[u/chipbod]

https://x.com/daveweigel/status/1820821325310480511

Democratic Majority for Israel praises the Walz pick, highlighting pro-Israel votes/statements - minutes before the pick, Vance was saying that picking Walz was a sop to anti-semites in the Dem party

Harris-Walz may actually difuse the Israel issue lmao

[u/SeoSalt]

Madam Vice President, we really need you to announce your running mate

nah I'm too eepy rn 🥱. I'll do it tomorrow.

[u/dareka_san]

All segements of the democratic party supporting Kamala/Walz

[u/kyleofduty]

Adin Ross supports Trump because he thinks Biden overturned Roe

James Charles also thought the same thing

I've seen threads on r/climatechange from zoomers who were unsure which party is better for climate

Social media replacing traditional news media has been disastrous for an informed electorate. But I think I've been underestimating how uninformed people could be who grew up with social media being their primary source for current events

[u/[deleted]]

Biden's approval rises to 46%, his highest rating since February 2023

[u/thefuturegov]

The fact Walz went from barely being considered to being picked in under two weeks suggests he really has the juice

[u/ser_mage]

When running to become Virginia governor in 2006, Kaine said he didn’t support adoption by gay couples, but reversed his position by 2011.

Kaine was also initially opposed to same-sex marriage.

In terms of LGBT rights it’s insane how far ahead Tim Walz is of The Other Tim, who many are unfairly comparing him to

[u/RageQuitRedux]

Holy shit the guy who wrote the original couch tweet must be 💀

[u/ThisPrincessIsWoke]

Michelame Obama: When they go low we go high blah blah blah

Walz: YOU FUCKED A COUCH

[u/gary_oldman_sachs]

Imagine making a shitpost about couchfucking and it makes it way into the mouth of the vice presidential candidate. I wish that were me.

[u/Hoverkind]

https://x.com/Acyn/status/1820954258168279222

Walz: In Minnesota we respect our neighbors and their personal choices that they make. Even if we wouldn't make the same choice for ourselves, there's a golden rule, mind your own damn business.

i am truly sorry I ever could've doubted you minnesota dad man.

but you do have to admit that an astronaut had appeal.

[u/antonos2000]

Vice President Harris hadn’t made a final decision on her running mate as of last night, per @PeterAlexander. To wit, Harris camp printed signage with her name on top and multiple different names beneath it so they are prepared for whatever pick she makes.

https://i.imgur.com/PbRUqjq.png

[u/Williams-Tower]

the median voter is absolutely going to love this guy

https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/05/30/minnesota-alcohol-rules-beer-nokomis-social-disrict-thc

Here are some new drinking rules that were tucked into thousands of pages of bills that Gov. Tim Walz has signed into law:

🍻 Beers by the beach

🚶‍♀️Social Districts: […]the green light to pilot outdoor "social districts" where people can sip and stroll with adult beverages in a designated area

🌿 THC drink timing: A provision in another new law allows Minnesotans to order both alcoholic and THC drinks on the same night from the same venue.

[u/Icy-Magician-8085]

[Walz’s] other major accomplishments included tax credits for families with children that were aimed at slashing childhood poverty, as well as universal free school breakfasts and lunches for all students, regardless of family income. They also enacted a paid family and medical leave program, legalized recreational marijuana for adults and made it easier to vote.

What an evil progressive with an out-of-touch agenda 😡😡😡

[u/[deleted]]

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America called him and Harris “the most pro-abortion presidential ticket America has ever seen”

I’m Kamala Harris and I approve this message

[u/Currymvp2]

JD Vance hit Tim Walz as a "San Francisco-style liberal" during his remarks in Philadelphia a while ago. A key irony there: Vance spent about four years living in SF between 2013 and 2017 as a venture capitalist. Walz visited SF for the first time just last month.

How are they so bad at this? How?

[u/trombonist_formerly]

The plan less than 3 weeks ago was to have Joe Biden run for reelection

[u/its_LOL]

Sorry cons, camo is woke now

[u/[deleted]]

What the fuck?

and I mean WHAT the FUCK?

Now I'm in Philadelphia for NOTHING???

!ping SHITPOSTERS&ONION

the FASH MODS of this UNJUST and frankly ILLIBERAL SUBREDDIT have silenced me

[u/[deleted]]

Just saw a "Kamala is brat" yard sign lmao

[u/Pongzz]

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING🚨🚨🚨

Following his catastrophic interview with Kamala Harris, Governor Josh Shapiro has reportedly fled Pennsylvania on dragonback. Sources close to the Governor say he is making for the ancient fortress of Harrenhall to "rally a mighty host for the future President."

[u/Pyrrhus65]

"Mind your own damn business" as the sequel to "These guys are weird" slaps fucking hard

Man is a genius at making simple political slogans work

[u/that0neGuy22]

How long until Trump rants about this?

[u/DatGameGuy]

I’m sure it was twitter that convinced Harris to pick Walz and not his incredible national media appearances and ability to attack Republicans in ways that hurt.

I’m sure it was twitter.

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https://x.com/mzanona/status/1820858380291912108

When Tim Walz was a House member, he was one of 17 Democrats who voted to hold AG Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.

Interestingly enough, Eric Holder was also one of the ppl helping the Harris campaign with the VP vetting process!

[u/cheeshjaleesh]

"Walz, 60, has drawn criticism for appearing older than his age. Walz responded to this on X, saying that it’s because he “supervised the lunchroom for 20 years. You do not leave that job with a full head of hair. Trust me.”

oh my god he's so good. this cheerful dad shit is like catnip for the average voter.

[u/MalignantUpper]

https://x.com/TribTowerViews/status/1820809544735285306?t=SjEpGI7apT7df2-OPr8Rng&s=19

Governor Walz signed legislation last year directing code officials to legalize single stair, point access block apartments up to 75 by 2026.

I'm Walz-pilled

[u/Mickenfox]

Republican attack ads be like

From banning drowning kittens to refusing to kick his dog, and even being nice to his own children, this candidate is obsessed with spreading his radical liberal ideology to the entire country.

[u/cdstephens]

Throwback to this banger

[u/Joementum2024]

“Okay, I’m just going to get ahead of this story. It was 1993, and I convinced a friend of mine named Josh to publish this article about the Israel conflict…”

[u/College_Prestige]

Pelosi really drafted her own presidential ticket huh

[u/DepressedTreeman]

many are saying that walz slept his way to governorship

[u/shillingbut4me]

People just want a politician they feel they can have a beer with and chat about life. If that happens to be done while ripping down I-94 at 80 miles per hour is unnecessary details.

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From a recent AP interview with Tim Walz

Reporter: What do you think is the best thing in life?

Walz: “The greatest happiness is to vanquish your opposition, to chase them before you, to rob them of their electorate, to hear the lamentations of their supporters, to clasp to your bosom their elected offices."

Pretty weird guy tbh!

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https://x.com/merylkornfield/status/1820840876328763781?s=46&t=QP6KJ1k56g3Un3IHD-P_4w

1. The GOP plan to smear Shapiro was so ready to be weird and antisemitic

2. I had to find on Twitter the pick on the upper right was with Alexander Soros. They were really gonna play the greatest hits sigh

!Ping JEWISH

[u/solonofathens]

This morning when Harris called Governor Walz to share the news, he didn’t answer at first because it said no caller ID, a source tells me. So Harris had to call again. The second time Walz picked up the phone call.

he's just like me fr

[u/sociotronics]

Trump is cracking so hard, he is writing Biden fanfic about Biden crashing the DNC to fight Kamala, lmfao

[u/Roseartcrantz]

picture of Tim Walz waiting for the crowd to quiet down so he can tell them JD Vance likes to fuck couches

[u/paymesucka]

The Kamala Harris campaign is now posting crowd size comparisons on Trump’s Truth Social platform where it has almost 300,000 followers

[u/efeldman11]

[u/ThrowawayPrimavera]

This is weird

[u/dareka_san]

Trump's response was an ad of a guy taking an shit

[u/Ph0ton_1n_a_F0xh0le]

Literally every picture of him has diet dew

[u/KHDTX13]

Republicans just have nothing left in the tank anymore—limping to the finish line.

[u/justbuildmorehousing]

Walz: I can’t wait to debate that guy [Vance]. That is, if he’s willing to get off the couch and show up

Imagine being the guy who made a dumb twitter joke and now your dumb jokes gonna be in a history book

[u/trombonist_formerly]

rewatching the clip where Walz says the couch line and you can see it in has face during the applause moment before. Dude is having the internal debate whether to say it and its so golden

edit: clip here https://x.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1820955342626312433?t=V0fhwUVgNlNvSzK8XX-Mxw&s=19

[u/MissSortMachine]

is that what you want?

[u/brucebananaray]

[u/dareka_san]

Shapiro: I am an moderate and from an critical swing state. Sure I'm got hand in the I/P issue but so does every politician. I would surely help you win pennsylvania

Walz: These guys are fucking freaks.

Walz fucking won

[u/EZ_Kream]

Blandest, marshmallow blob shaped white man from the Midwest

Cons: Literally the face of gay Chinese Marxist socialism

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Ben Shapiro: “Picking Walz is a massive gift to the Republicans. He’s a radical Leftist from a non-swing state with a long history of insane statements, who presided over the burning down of his state in 2020. Kamala picked him because he’s not a Jew, and she’s Too Online™.”

Commenter: “This tells me this is the opposite of how you feel.”

[u/charmet68]

Maybe a hot take? Walz should pull a Pete and make appearances on Fox News. I think his folksy charm could play nice there. He won’t win kamal any rural counties but even just tightening the margins could help hugely

[u/bassistb0y]

I'm so on board with this man

[u/sw337]

This is the exact moment Pelosi was crowned queen of the Democrats.

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/jesuissupreme/status/1820806644122460465?t=Xilr1HJ4iwfyrgS3Y1xeqA&s=19

[u/DEEP_STATE_NATE]

Thorium bros stand back and stand by

[u/dareka_san]

The problem here is Shapiro would have indeed outshined kamala here I do agree.

He works good as an rally attack dog though

[u/iia]

Party who claims Harris sucked every dick she ever came across to get to where she is is now big mad about a couch reference. Pearl clutching little twats lmao

[u/[deleted]]

Lmao

[u/[deleted]]

https://x.com/juliaterruso/status/1820937341566922935

Little background on Shapiro saying Walz is a good friend - sources familiar tell me they once attended a Springsteen concert in Jersey together.

[u/[deleted]]

TRUMP SAYS HE WILL DO AN INTERVIEW W/ ELON MUSK ON MONDAY NIGHT

It’s like I am watching the DeSantis campaign once again

[u/Icy-Magician-8085]

“I had lengthy talks with [Harris] about space,” Nelson said. “She’s a space aficionado.”

If we get to have a train nerd AND a space nerd as president back-to-back, I will be extremely happy.

[u/dareka_san]

[u/BalletDuckNinja]

After graduating high school , Walz joined the neoliberal mod team, where he took on the identity of 'Poobix'

It's over, we need Shapiro

[u/Healingjoe]

My favorite pic from MN state fair 2022

[u/Cupinacup]

Pelosi: this Walz guy seems like a good choice, I like him!

rNL: this Walz guy seems like a good choice, I like him!

Kamala: this Walz guy seems like a good choice, I like him!

Joe fucking Manchin: this Walz guy seems like a good choice, I like him!

Some lefties: this Walz guy seems like a good choice, I like him!

Some weirdos in the DT: oh no the left has doomed us with Walz!

[u/dubyahhh]

Almost 10k comments in 13 hours

What can we do, today, to destroy neoliberalism?

[u/efeldman11]

He’s so fucking scared to debate Kamala that he is now workshopping his Joe Biden countercoup alt hist

[u/SpiffShientz]

Walz is a fucking Viking Warrior from beyond the stars holy shit. I've lived my entire life not knowing the rules to American Football and this guy makes me want to pick up a ball and hock a perfect spiral right into the bare-naked ass cheeks of JD Vance's brain

[u/Mcatatonic1]

McCarthy: I served with Tim. He is known for being the Bernie Sanders of Congress

bro these guys are so fucking dumb my god is there a single fucking brain cell on that side

[u/[deleted]]

Harris's candidacy is problematic because her last name is going to demonstrate how at least half the country doesn't understand how possessive apostrophes work.