# 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:** 33
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/644 "2024-09-05T03:17:21Z")
Unless you want a serious answer to that question, I would advise you to stay away from Xitter. Most of those people _can’t stand him_. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/645 "2024-09-05T03:27:10Z")
For the sole reason that he’s a Democrat. Theres no real reason not to like him. Yes, I should avoid X. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/646 "2024-09-05T03:35:37Z")
My twitter feed loves him. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/647 "2024-09-05T03:57:27Z")
The people I follow do, too. But reading the general feed, the MAGA crowd loathes him. For no good reason, except that he seems to be unassailable. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/648 "2024-09-05T04:33:39Z")
Well, he only placed third in the 1998 All-Lutheran Three-Legged Sack Race, _not_ second like his biographer claims. It’s a scandal. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/649 "2024-09-05T05:20:57Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Who doesn’t love this guy? [His own brother?](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/04/politics/jeff-walz-criticism-brother-policies/index.html) ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/650 "2024-09-05T20:28:06Z")
Who’s clearly a MAGA, and has been estranged from Tim for eight years. The “stories” he could reveal include such horrors as that as a little kid Tim got carsick on vacation trips. Clearly disqualifying for high office! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/651 "2024-09-05T22:37:20Z")
Oh! New way to villainize Walz: I can’t find the specific tweet now, but he’s now being accused of being a closeted gay man. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/652 "2024-09-05T23:24:26Z")
Probably because he’s been an ally and advocate of LGBTQ+ people for many years, so it’s the schoolyard taunt of, “If you love them so much you must be one.” The accusation makes no sense because if anyone would feel comfortable in admitting he was gay, and would likely face no consequences for doing so, it would be Tim Walz. How is it even an attack? Being gay in 2024 isn’t the stigmatizing thing it used to be, thanks in part to people like Walz. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/653 "2024-09-05T23:54:10Z")
Hey, I don’t make the news…I just report it. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/654 "2024-09-06T00:05:42Z")
No, I didn’t think you were, I’m just pointing out the absurdity of this as a tactic from the people who _are_ trying to employ it. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/655 "2024-09-06T02:16:58Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > New way to villainize Walz: > I can’t find the specific tweet now, but he’s now being accused of being a closeted gay man. Perhaps a deflection from the closeted gay man rumors attached to Vance. > **[JD Vance convinced himself that he was gay as a kid, per Hillbilly Elegy](https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-convinced-himself-gay-hillbilly-elegy-trump-vp-2024-7?amp)** > > According to "Hillbilly Elegy," Vance's grandmother assured him that he wasn't gay, but that God would still love him if he was. > **[J.D. Vance Lives “Like A Hundred Yards Away” From an LGBTQ+ Bar in a D.C....](https://www.them.us/story/jd-vance-home-dc-area-gayborhood-lgbtq-neighborhood)** > > New reports in The Washington Post and the Washington Blade shed light on the VP candidate’s home. > **[JD Vance wants gay tech billionaire Peter Thiel to fund Trump-Vance campaign](https://www.advocate.com/election/jd-vance-peter-thiel)** > > Thiel, who supported Trump in 2016, has said he wouldn't donate to any campaign this year, although he could change his mind. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/656 "2024-09-06T03:11:58Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Perhaps a deflection from the closeted gay man rumors attached to Vance. So that first article is interesting. Vance says that when he was 8 or 9 he thought he might be gay because he liked his best friend Billy and disliked girls. So his Meemaw asked him if he wanted to suck dicks. Check that again, his grandmother’s way of proving to him he wasn’t gay was to ask him if he wanted to suck dicks _at 9 years old_. Maybe a nine year old isn’t quite ready to answer that question? I also just found out that billionaire Peter Thiel is gay. Given how much Thiel has supported Vance’s career despite Vance’s repeated lackluster performance as an employee, one might begin to wonder why Thiel is so enthusiastic. So much to ponder. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/657 "2024-09-06T20:54:25Z")
According this [this tweet]([https://i](https://i) [mgur.com/a/v](http://mgur.com/a/v) HqKb mv), Tim Walz is a dog raping freak. I’ve asked for clarification, and preferably a cite. I’ll report back when that’s provided. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/658 "2024-09-06T21:54:39Z")
I don’t know that we really need to give attention to stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/659 "2024-09-06T21:58:07Z")
Fair point, though I was just trying to illustrate how low they have to go to find something to criticize. If the mods feel I overstepped, I have no issue with a broken link or hidden/deleted post. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/660 "2024-09-06T21:58:42Z")
**Moderating:** I’m going to break the link. We don’t link to feed the trolls. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/661 "2024-09-06T21:59:03Z")
Fair enough. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/662 "2024-09-07T16:07:23Z")
The latest scandal (or “scandal”?) is about COVID funding. I don’t know from this if there’s any “ there there” or if it’s another attempt to gun up a controversy. > **[GOP-led House committee subpoenas Tim Walz in $250M COVID fraud investigation](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-walz-us-house-committee-subpoena-feeding-our-future/)** > > Tim Walz, Minnesota's governor and the Democratic nominee for vice president, may have to stand before a U.S. House of Representatives committee to answer questions about the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352/663 "2024-09-07T16:32:39Z")
From that article it sounds like the GOP are attempting to blame Walz and his administration for a crime that Walz and his administration actively caught, investigated and stopped. GOP Bizarro World strikes again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harriss-choice-of-tim-walz-as-vp/1005352.md?page=34)