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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said one reason he was chosen as former Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate in the recent election was because he could “code talk to white guys watching football” and “fixing their truck.”

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I wasn't blaming Walz as much as saying that putting Walz on the ticket was, in their eyes, enough of a sop to progressives and midwesterners, that they should be able to give nothing else to those constituencies.