# Kamala Harris's choice of Tim Walz as VP **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** kamala-harris\ **Created:** [August 6, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352 "2024-08-06T21:19:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/363 "2024-08-12T16:42:36Z")
I had already mentioned the disable reporter in the post above this one. Republicans are awful people. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/364 "2024-08-12T16:44:38Z")
**Moderating** : Please be careful with the broad brush. Trump and those that support him insulting and mocking the disabled and disrespecting the families of fallen soldiers are awful people would be the correct brush to use. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/365 "2024-08-12T16:51:28Z")
I realize I’ve likely missed it but where is anyone talking about Walz’ son? I did a cursory search and only found an article in People that was a nice profile about Gus and the rest of the family. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/366 "2024-08-13T19:12:56Z")
> **[Walz Didn't Sign Bill Permitting 'Gender Reassignment Surgery for Children'](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walz-gender-reassignment-surgery-children/)** > > "This is dangerous and indefensible," one X user said. **FALSE** _After presidential hopeful (and current U.S. vice president) Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Aug. 6, 2024, rumors began to circulate that he had signed a bill allowing gender-reassignment surgery for children:_ ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/367 "2024-08-14T05:25:42Z")
I am very impressed with how Walz addressed the criticism of his military service. He didn’t get defensive and he didn’t attack Vance. I know people see him as this benign midwesterner but I think he actually has some killer political instincts. > **[Walz hits back at Vance over military service](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4826242-walz-hits-back-vance-attacks/amp/)** > > Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) hit back at Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-Ohio) attacks on his military record Tuesday, as the battle between the two vice presidential candidates escalates. Walz, in his f… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/368 "2024-08-14T06:28:02Z")
Heh. > [@](#): > > “Can you simply picture Donald Trump working at a McDonald’s? … He couldn’t run that damn McFlurry machine if it cost him anything,” the governor said. Mind you, first you’d have to find a McDonalds with a functional McFlurry machine. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/369 "2024-08-14T15:10:21Z")
The criticism falls pretty flat. Sure, he should not exaggerate his service. But he was there a long time. Compare and contrast with Trump going to an exclusive academy with some degree of discipline. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/370 "2024-08-15T22:35:02Z")
The latest vicious and devastatingly clever attack on Walz? He doesn’t own any stocks, bonds or real estate! What a maroon! We can’t trust him! He doesn’t love America! > **[Right-wing media attack Tim Walz for having the financial portfolio of an...](https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/right-wing-media-attack-tim-walz-having-financial-portfolio-average-american)** > > Right-wing media attacked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, for not owning stocks, bonds, or real estate. While some have celebrated Walz’s portfolio, or lack thereof, some right-wing media figures have drawn absurd... ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/371 "2024-08-15T23:25:00Z")
They’re scrambling to attack him, and that’s only because they can’t come up with anything that works against Kamala. Talk about a floundering campaign, if you’re struggling to dig up some kind of dirt on the **VP**. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/372 "2024-08-15T23:34:19Z")
> Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz questioned how Walz could relate to the average American when he doesn’t own a home. Home ownership rate is around 65% in the US. That means over 100,000,000 Americans don’t own their homes. I guess they’re not “average Americans”. > **[Here’s How US Homeownership Rates Have Changed as Home Prices Increased |...](https://www.zoocasa.com/blog/homeownership-rates-vs-home-prices-usa/)** > > Discover how rising home prices from 2018 to 2023 have affected US homeownership rates in this in-depth market report. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/373 "2024-08-15T23:58:30Z")
I suspect a lot of people on the right are underestimating Walz. [![](https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/455346346_8117485278330891_4194886728198642381_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=49sQyabF-IMQ7kNvgEr9cym&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AYAl8saCrJRvaE99cq-QCe_-4V1Bf1xlvubh92bxbKboTw&oe=66C445CF) ](https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/455346346_8117485278330891_4194886728198642381_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=49sQyabF-IMQ7kNvgEr9cym&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AYAl8saCrJRvaE99cq-QCe_-4V1Bf1xlvubh92bxbKboTw&oe=66C445CF) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/374 "2024-08-16T00:14:26Z")
Jumping in late here so maybe this point has already been made. I don’t think we can ignore the demographics. The Republicans are making an issue out of Harris’ race and Harris’ gender. They want to portray the Democrats are the party that hates old white men. So the Democrats put an old white man on the ticket to reassure scared people. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/375 "2024-08-16T00:20:07Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > The latest vicious and devastatingly clever attack on Walz? He doesn’t own any stocks, bonds or real estate! He was a teacher for decades, they do not earn a lot of money. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > So the Democrats put an old white man on the ticket to reassure scared people. He is about the same age as Harris- 1 year difference. Teaching ages you. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/376 "2024-08-16T00:34:57Z")
Kind of like Speaker Johnson having [no assets](https://www.marketplace.org/2023/11/09/whats-the-deal-with-speaker-mike-johnsons-financial-disclosure/). No retirement plan, no mutual funds, no stocks. But, that’s not unusual. At all. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/377 "2024-08-16T01:07:34Z")
Kamala is a very well preserved 59 year old woman. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/378 "2024-08-16T01:15:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I don’t think we can ignore the demographics. The Republicans are making an issue out of Harris’ race and Harris’ gender. They want to portray the Democrats are the party that hates old white men. > > So the Democrats put an old white man on the ticket to reassure scared people. Yes, at least for the last handful of decades that has been the standard. Pair your nominee with a VP that checks different boxes. Biden was matched with Harris because of the opposite situation (old white guy, add a woman of color). Trump got mixed with a more traditional Republican who appealed to the religious crowd in 2016. Obama was paired with a white guy who had a long track record in politics. And so on. It seems like a successful formula. Even now, Trump is trying it with a younger guy who didn’t hide when called to war. (Okay, maybe it doesn’t always work out great.) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/379 "2024-08-16T01:18:02Z")
Better yet, they were born in the same year – 1964. Tim was born in April. Kamala in October. The difference is more like 6 1/2 months. On election day, they both will be 60. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/380 "2024-08-16T02:10:39Z")
I’ll bet Walz would be the last person who would want to monitor his son’s browsing. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/381 "2024-08-16T02:37:54Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > Kamala is a very well preserved 59 year old woman. Yes, that is what I said. Waltz is only about a year older. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/382 "2024-08-16T02:50:09Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Yes, that is what I said. Waltz is only about a year older 6 months [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352.md?page=20)