Republicans Are Struggling to Paint Tim Walz as a Villain
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Republicans struggle to find an effective line of attack against Gov. Tim Walz, who was picked as Kamala Harris' running mate.

The GOP is scrambling to find a line of attack against Kamala Harris’s VP pick — and it’s not going well

Tim Walz has made his debut as Kamala Harris’ running mate, and Republicans are struggling to apply their standard villainization playbook to the Minnesota governor.

Walz has been making waves for weeks now as a good-natured, relatable politician with a particular aptitude for dressing down the Republican agenda in terms that any voter can understand — and the GOP hates it.

Republicans are scrambling to paint the governor-turned-VP candidate as a devilish Marxist hellbent on running the country into the ground — their usual stuff — while leveling a bunch of other really weird attacks. Here are some of their most pathetic attempts to turn voters against Walz.

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Normal people know better.

    We’ll see. I suspect we’re going to get a full-court press against Walz, particularly after the DC media circuit was shilling so hard for Shapiro and didn’t get what they wanted.

    He’s going to get the same tarring and feathering as the Sanders campaign did, back in 2020, after Chris Matthews nearly had a heart attack on air when Bernie won Nevada.