“We see it now: The hate has shifted to the trans community,” Walz said. “They see that as an opportunity. If you’re watching any sporting events right now, you see that Donald Trump’s closing arguments are to demonize a group of people for being who they are.”
“We’re out there trying to make the case that access to healthcare, a clean environment, manufacturing jobs, and keeping your local hospital open are what people are really concerned about,” he continued. “They’re running millions of dollars of ads demonizing folks who are just trying to live their lives.”
I’m honestly heartened to hear Waltz specfically voice support for trans folk. This is opposed to Harris who said she would follow the law in regards to my community, which sounds good but I need everyone to understand that it could be said by a governor in a southern state enforcing anti trans legislation. Waltz actually went the distance to say we should to be legally left alone. There is a stark difference between these two statements, even if I glad to hear both.
He doesn’t get nearly as much press as Vance which is sad. He just seems like a nice guy and awesome Dad and for that alone I’d be glad to have him as VP.
Hey not trying to be an internet jerk, just wanted to point out that his last name is Walz not “Waltz”. Hope you have a great day.
Oh dang, you’re totally right! I honestly appreciate ya pointing that out, thank you and have a great day as well! ♥️
Yeah, the news can’t seem to get it correct, so i get your confusion. They also pronounce it “waltz”.
Its really pronounced like “walls”.
Honestly called the gov office right after he got the nomination.
I’m a teacher, I want to still be at least, but they’ve made it dangerous for trans people to exist in Oklahoma. There’s currently a court hold on ANY investigation based on gender identity discrimination in schools.
Harris spoke in support of funding all transgender healthcare as doctors see necessary, including for inmates, years ago and when asked to double down on that stance recently she did so.
I’m glad Harris framed it that way. It’s a position that’s easy to make into a rough sound bite. The goal is always to not make the election about trans people. Politicians harping on trans issues regardless of position do poorly. Call opposition to us a real freak show move and talk about how real Americans want the Midwestern values of all of us just getting along at our manufacturing jobs.
The Harris Administration is actively trying to silence Walz’s beliefs.
It’s ironic because it’s Walz himself that has ignited support for Harris.
So frustrating as a progressive
Tim Walz is the Captain Picard we’ve needed for a long time.
This comment makes me happy I put a Star Trek stamp on my mail in ballot
Now wait a minute, he may speak perfect English without the faintest trace of a French accent, but I’m doubting he was born and raised in France like Captain Picard and his brother and his brother’s family.
Be careful, you might start a new birther rumor.
GOP might make it a point of discriminatory quote against Waltz and his long list of French brothers .
Horrible take… Walz is certainly no Picard.
He ain’t no Frenchie. I think you mean Archer, or you’re probably as narrow-minded as the Vulcans, WHO WON’T LET US EXPLORE SPACE IN PEACE, which is what we have been working hard for and what daddy wanted for us 🎶🤠🎸🚀🦅🎶 Space pregnancy? Trip~! 😂👏🤣👏😅👏🤣👏😂
Sir, this is a Wendy’s
What… is… happening…
Insider joke for Trekkies who watched “Star Trek: Enterprise”.
Bless this man, he does appear to be the real deal. Someone please buy him a drink
I’m on the other side of the world, and would happily chip in. Start a GoFundMe!
Federal law prohibits contributions, donations, expenditures(including independent expenditures) and disbursements solicited, directed, received or made directly or indirectly by or from foreign nationals in connection with any federal, state or local election. So unless you know somebody with an international corporation then you cannot donate.
It’s not in relation to an election, the man just deserves a beer!
This is what a man looks like. Defending the persecuted because it matters, not a wimp hiding behind his daddy’s fortune or a loaded gun.
Or in front of a loaded gun
That’s cool. Like a Midwestern dad defending his kid against the people talking down to him.
Walz is so much better than Kamala, so I’ll be voting because of Walz.
I like to imagine the primary we could have had if Biden had not insisted he could handle a campaign. But I also think Walz would not have been able to separate from the fracas of a Battle Royale. Kamala would have won, but who knows if she would have been battle-hardened or beat up.
Good to see from Tim.
While still to the right of center of the political compass, I do really like how much closer to the center Walz is than the other and previous candidates.
The cynic in me is telling me that taking time to speak about such a small demographic, all of whom already have a clear reason to side with him, won’t gain a single extra vote.
No, but:
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It will build enthusiasm and make it more likely for people to actually go out and vote.
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It’s the fucking right thing to do, and I’m glad to see a politician stand for it.
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Maybe that’s not what being a politician is all about for some people 🤔
A politician who doesn’t win an election isn’t a politician.
Trans people aren’t the only people who wants trans people protected from attacks.
You’re clearly responding to the wrong person.
This you?
The cynic in me is telling me that taking time to speak about such a small demographic, all of whom already have a clear reason to side with him, won’t gain a single extra vote.
Then yes I was. It isn’t just about that demographic.
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Insulting me won’t change the fact that it’s not just the issue of one demographic.
I’m sorry you don’t care for the fact that trans people have millions of allies. It’s still true.
Why do you say that? Seems to be a clear direct response to your comment.
Me, a Democrat supporter, in this discussion on Lemmy of all places
You think I need to be reminded that protecting minority demographics including trans is a popular stance? You think I didn’t know that information? You think that information detracts from the point that it’s not a stance capable of attracting swing voters this late in the election cycle?
You’ve clearly built an opponent in your mind and its all you can see when you look at me. I shut his ass down immediately rather than engage in that conversation.
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I would crawl across barbed wire to vote Harris this year, but I think she’d happily backstab the trans community if she got republican votes in exchange.
Walz seems like an actual mensch.
She defended trans people while on Fox in front of that republican audience. She shut down the line of anti-trans questioning fairly quickly
She reaffirmed her commitment to following the law, which requires that transgender inmates receive medically necessary care, which includes gender affirming care. When pressed further, she pushed back, comparing Trump’s disproportionate spending on this issue to his lack of focus on the larger issues affecting the American people.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/kamala-harris-shuts-down-fox-news
Everyone’s overlooking the fact that she legitimized gender-affirming healthcare as medically necessary on live tv. And refused to walk it back. She’s not really what I’d consider a true ally, but she did us a real solid there.
I wish she hadn’t pretended we don’t exist during her entire convention though.
Dont you love when liberals talk down to you and your concerns as if they don’t exist? They co-opt the currently popular marginalized community and speak on their behalf while telling them to stay quiet, they are talking.
While democrats offer nothing but hollow platitudes.
Walz walks the walk. MN is a sanctuary state for trans people in the Midwest. Age appropriate gender affirming care for minors is protected by law, and the state refuses to work with subpoenas about traveling for healthcare.
Doesn’t matter, he might be vp who has no power, isn’t that what we kept getting told about Harris?
… The VP can’t overrule the president. They also cannot write laws. They do have a lot of things they can do though. Not sure what you think she was supposed to do that she hasn’t though, if it was about overruling past legislature, She can’t. You have to vote for Congress/senators for such.
That’s on purpose… We were taught such in elementary school, middle school, and high school, but so many people seem to not remember anything.
You don’t ask a judge to write a law, he’s in the wrong branch. Same with a VP.
The VP can’t overrule the president.
She can differ from him on the campaign trail. She has chosen not to.
In biden’s one and only press conference, he said that Harris agreed with every single policy of the administration and her input was crucial to him supporting anything.
She’s also had a chance on the campaign trail to stray from his policies and she has not
Walz promptly responded by discussing possible actions that he and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris could take.
He talked about antidiscrimination laws he wanted, judge appointment, helping education about LGBTQ related topics, etc
Mind you that Walz got a lot of policies through to help trans and queer people in Minnesota with a single seat majority
He also was a founding faculity advisor of a gay-straight alliance in the early 90s when it was very not socially acceptable at all. He supported same-sex marriage before it was legalized nationally when running in a deep red seat despite that not really netting him any political points there
The deep red seat can’t be understated. That part of Minnesota makes absofuckinglutely no sense in its political distribution. It’s got what, two or three college towns, the Mayo Clinic, and the rest is a mix of redneck “country types” and farmers.
Super highly educated area, but not densely populated. Big ol bunch of religious types too.
What are Republicans offering for trans rights? For something so polarizing I’d argue that simply standing up for it is anything but a hollow platitude. Let’s normalize it
Some red states label cross dressing in front of children a sex crime, so they offer the chance to go to prison for wearing clothes they disapprove of! Not the easiest environment for exploring your gender.
Republicans don’t pretend to care
Oh, the Republicans care. They care about their weird and nasty desire to opress trans folk a great deal.
Democrats care so much they haven’t even mentioned them this election season
Maybe check out the article we’re posting under, or does Tim Walz not count as a Democrat in your worldview?
Oh they care. They care a great deal. They care so much that they want to put trans people in conversion camps.
Republicans DONT PRETEND TO CARE. They will tell a person to their face that they think. The ones that will lie to our faces talking about caring so much than doing nothing while our backs are turned are the greater threat.
Really? You think Democrats are a greater threat than the ones promising to take all trans rights away and put trans people in conversion camps because you’ve decided that Democrats are only pretending to care?
History has shown us time and again their inaction allows Republicans laws to take hold. Dems haven’t done shit in the face of the GOP passing over 500 anti trans laws. Dems are the greater threat because trans believe they have an ally in the person about to stab them in the back
You seem to think that everyone who is cis is against you.
That’s simply not true.
Truth! hahahahaha
Please stop eating lead cookies.
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