Political science professor thinks why Kamala Harris chose Tim Walz for VP
Updated: 5:06 PM EDT August 6, 2024
REMOVE YOU IF YOU WIN THE ELECTIONS. AND LET’S CONTINUE OUR DEEP DIVE INTO WHO IS TIM WALZ. I’M NOW WITH ROB SPEEL, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT PENN STATE. ROB, THANKS FOR VISIT US. WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. YES. SO LET’S START SIMPLE. SO WE BASICALLY JUST GET AN OUTLINE OF HIS RESUME SUMMARIZING ALL OF THESE. WHAT IS THE SUMMARY OF THE FIRST LINE IN HIS COVER LETTER TO AMERICAN VOTERS? NOW WHO IS TIM WALZ AS HE REPRESENTED, HE IS SOMEONE WHO WAS RAISED IN RURAL NEBRASKA AND HAD A MODERN BACKGROUND. ALTHOUGH HE IS HE IS BECOME MORE PROGRESSIVE IN HIS ATTITUDES AS GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA. YES. AND WE’RE LOOKING AT THIS NEWLY COLLECTED PRESIDENTIAL TICKET. WHY IS GOVERNOR TIM WALZ A GOOD CHOICE FOR VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TO RUN WITH? MY GUESS IS SHE THINKS HE WAS MORE COMPASSIONATE WITH HER WHEN SHE MET DIFFERENT CANDIDATES, I ALSO THINK SHE COULD APPEAL AT ALL WITH A MIDWESTINER CONS VOTERS, WHICH ARE RIGHT ANOTHER THE DOOR. AND ALSO HE IS AS ALSO AN ENEMY HUNTER AND OWNER. AND I THINK THE IDEA IS, IS THAT IT COULD EASIER SOME MAYBE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ANGRY AT THE DEMOCRATS FOR SOME OF THEIR SPITTING ON THE APPLE ISSUES. SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE REACTED TO THE ELECTION, TRYING TO BREAK DOWN THE WALLS AS PROGRESSIVES OF THE LEFT. AND WE NOTED IN THAT STORY THE PANDEMIC RULES WERE STRENGTHENING GUN LAWS, STRENGTHENING ABORTION RIGHTS. DO YOU SEE THIS TACTIC AS HELPFUL FOR THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN? TRUMP TO TRUMP TACTICS? Namely, TRUMP TACTICS. I DON’T KNOW IF IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. I MEAN, YEAH, WELL, WALZ HAS BEEN IN FAVOR OF A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION AS GOVERNOR OF MINNESOTA HE’S SIGNED A LOT OF LAWS TO LIKE A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS. ON THE OTHER HAND, AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, HE WAS PRETTY MODERATE. HE IS AN ENEMY OWNER. HE IS A HUNTER. HE WAS GROWN UP IN RURAL NEBRASKA, AND I THINK THE IDEA OF PICKING HIM AS A WEST COAST RADICAL WOULDN’T WORK VERY WELL, AND JUST MAKE A BIGGER POINT OF THINGS. TIM WALZ, FORMER MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER, RETIRES GOVERNOR NOW NOMINATED FOR VICE PRESIDENT. WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST AREAS WHERE WALZ CAN HELP VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS PROTECT SOME VOTES? I THINK IT WILL BE SENT TO THE CAMPAIGN, YOU KNOW, MAINLY IN THE MIDWEST WITH WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN, TWO IMPORTANT STATES, BUT ALSO IN SOME OF THE RURAL AND SMALL TOWNS, HILLARY CLINTON SPENT IN 2016 IN HER CAMPAIGN. SO WE’RE GOING TO SEE VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND GOVERNOR TIM WALZ TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PHILADELPHIA IN ABOUT 45 MINUTES. WHAT WILL YOU HEAR AND WATCH? WE WILL BE THEY CREATING THEIR CAMPAIGN THEMES. KAMALA HARRIS ALSO OFFICIALLY RECEIVED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATION THROUGH THE VOTE OF PRESENT DELEGATES THIS WEEK. I THINK ONLINE VOTING WITH REGULATION. SO, YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO START LOOKING AT THE NEW THEME OF THEIR CAMPAIGNS AS A TEAM. UH, WHAT KIND OF ISSUES ARE THEY HOPING TO LOOK INTO. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE IF ELECTED IN NOVEMBER, AND ALSO WHY THEY THINK THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP AND JD VANCE IS A VERY BAD IDEA FOR AMERICA. OK. ROB SHEFFIELD, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
Political science professor thinks why Kamala Harris chose Tim Walz for VP
Updated: 5:06 PM EDT August 6, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday.News 8 spoke with an associate professor of political science about why he was chosen and how he can help Harris bring in votes. Watch the interview in the video player above.
Vice President Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday.
News 8 spoke with an associate professor of political science about why he was elected and how he can help Harris bring in votes. Watch the interview in the video player above.