Tim Walz: Minnesota Radical
Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate for the upcoming presidential election surprised many political observers. The prevailing thinking was that she would choose someone — specifically, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro — who could appeal to moderate, swing-state voters. In fact, at noon on August 5, the day before Harris announced Walz’s selection, the election-betting aggregator site Election Betting Odds gave Shapiro a 64.7 percent chance of being selected, compared to Walz’s 20.7 percent — and this was after Walz’s odds had more than tripled from just three days earlier.
What explains this upset? Well before Harris made her decision, it was clear that Shapiro was unpopular among the far-left wing of the Democratic Party. For example, a July 30 letter to Harris by nearly 50 “progressive” activists warned against selecting Shapiro, as he would be an “unnecessary obstacle to grassroots organizing, fundraising, and excitement” due to his relatively moderate policy positions on issues such as school choice and the environment. Other leftists attacked Shapiro for his perceived pro-Israel stance and relatively tough response to pro-Palestinian college protests. On the question of appealing to moderates versus appeasing the far Left, Harris apparently chose the latter.
Regardless, most Americans are unfamiliar with Walz. According to an NPR/PBS News/Marist poll conducted August 1-4, 71 percent of respondents had either never heard of him or didn’t have enough information to form an opinion of him. So, who is Tim Walz? A look at his record reveals someone with far-left leanings — alien to the values of the Founding Fathers, but fitting right in with the modern Democratic Party.
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