Tim Walz has taken on a leveled-up approach in a race to the finish of the 2024 election, after a more cautious and buttoned-up start as Kamala Harris' running mate.

Tim Walz has taken on a leveled-up approach in a race to the finish of the 2024 election, after a more cautious and buttoned-up start as Kamala Harris’ running mate.

In the weeks following the vice presidential debate, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz has been sounding more like the aggressive campaigner who got the role than the buttoned-up figure he’s cut since joining the ticket.

Dressed in khakis and a navy Harris-Walz sweatshirt Monday, Walz delivered some of his sharpest attacks yet against former President Donald Trump. Walz appeared more natural in his latest appearances on the trail, including in his signature flannel in rural Pennsylvania, after shedding the blue sport coat and white collared shirt he’s favored for the last few months.

He’s also getting back on the TV circuit, with appearances coming up on “The View” and “The Daily Show,” according to a campaign official, after Walz went viral pre-running mate selection with his labeling of the GOP ticket as “weird” in a cable news interview.

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  • LeadersAtWork@lemmy.world
    801·
    1 month ago

    Been saying it since that terrible debate showing from Biden, though at the time I thought Biden might be able to make a turnaround so I was talking about him:

    The only way they’re going to make up ground is by putting politeness behind them. They need to be firm, acknowledge the wrongs, call out the bs, and just generally play hardball. That’s the current need and I’m glad both Harris and Walz appear to understand this.

      • Billiam@lemmy.world
        832·
        1 month ago

        Convincing Republican voters it’s okay to vote for a Democrat when the Republican candidate is a fascist is a political strategy, yes.

        Glad you seem to understand that.

          • barsquid@lemmy.world
            321·
            1 month ago

            Perhaps it is a better strategy to reject Repubs who might actually convince people who actually vote, and instead go after socialists on lemmy.ml who have all been spending the last several months writing that both sides are the exact same side with zero differences.

          • FrowingFostek@lemmy.world
            9·
            1 month ago

            I would categorize them as conservative institutionalists. Which, in my opinion, the liberals have an easier time appealing to them ideologically.

            Electorally thats a benefit and, thats the minimum we need against fascists right now.

            • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml
              2·
              16 days ago

              Well how’d that turn out for them? The party slid rightward and lost. “Blue no matter who” 😆😆😆

              Now it’s the party of Dick Cheney, my favorite war criminal.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
    540·
    1 month ago

    This feels like one of those games where the QB crushed it in the first half, and just completely fell apart during the second half. Now its up to the star running back to make it happen while the QB is still blowing it.

      • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
        321·
        1 month ago

        Your trolling says more about you than it does me. I advocated to swap the candidate for literally months because Biden was an absolute TRAINWRECK of a candidate. There was about a 0% chance of Biden winning this election, and if I recall correctly, you defended keeping him as the candidate, in-spite of the incredibly obvious fact that he was losing the election in a dramatic fashion. You defended him to the point of calling any one asking to remove him a trolls, bots, and Russian assets.

        So you weren’t interested in improving the Democrats chances of winning. You were just behaving like an abusive troll. And I called that Biden wouldn’t be the candidate litterally 8 months out. I was right, and literally almost everyone in this forum was wrong.

        And for a few weeks, we had a good thing going with Kamala. But she’s shifted to campaigning with neocon’s and being “pro-buisness”, and accordingly, her polling is dropping off a cliff.

        She needs to shift back to how she campaigned/ policies she had before and up until the convention. IF she doesn’t, she will lose this election.

        But you aren’t here for nuance. You just want to pretend that you are on the right side of anything.

        And just as before, you aren’t interested in figuring out what it would take Kamala to win. You are just here to abuse.