There's no way any candidate was going to win over Trump supporters. All they needed to do was avoid losing progressive voters, and Walz is a great pick for that.
THIS!! Best way I have heard this pick explained!! I think the JD Vance debacle has made people put a ton of weight in the VP pick, but a non controversial pick is much better than adding a second superstar (with some divisive positions- especially pertaining to Palestine) to the ticket in my opinion.
I live in one of those rural counties in MN - there are zero Trump flags. In fact, we had a neighbor who keeps his Trump flag up all the time, but a few months ago replaced it with the American flag. People I talk to are sick of the drama, want normal back, and a lot of people who weren’t on board with Walz were anti-vaccine and anti-maskers. People will get reintroduced to Tim and the positive vibes are contagious.
😂😂😂 no rural mn hates walz an is very pro trump I was at a county fair an no one wanted anything to do with the dems booth an my friend said the exact same thing happened at a different fair that he was at. A lot of greater mn is happy he's leaving
Not seeing trump flags doesn’t mean nobody would vote for trump! Most people don’t want trouble and choose not to parade the party they’re supporting bwahaha
Walz as governor, sealed women's autonomy over our bodies & our health, Strengthened Unions, brought free school lunches, paid family leave, created surplus in budget.. fights for working people, fights for middle class... Walz is not afraid to stand up against Republican extremists and fight for Minnesota Families!! He's Everything America needs in a leader!!
I didn't know much about Gov. Walz, but got a look at the '5 minutes and 26 seconds of Tim Walz being AWESOME' video when it showed up on my feed. I like what I see and I think you will too. Kamala/Tim for the win in 2024!
That is the problem. You decide after watching A VIDEO? No wonder they know they can count on you. They (Clinton and Obama and Pelosi, etc.) call y’all dumb‼️They have said it themselves. Yet, y’all remain deaf, dumb, and blind. Y’all NEVER let them down 🙄🙄🙄🙄
@@osgreyhound1 Yeah who on earth wants someone who has protected reproductive freedom, passed universal background checks, legalized recreational marijuana, expanded college opportunities for low income students, enacted free breakfast and lunch for schoolchildren, expanded LGBTQ protections, and helped make MN rank top 5 in business-friendliness and top 3 in happiness? What a monster he must be! Adopting positions held by the majority of Americans, especially young voters, is no way to win! Harris really should have chosen a proper politician that suppresses voting rights of the demographics who disagree with them, stokes division, and panders to the wealthy!
Since 2022 though, Minnesota Democrats took a 1 seat majority. And with that one seat, they legalized marijuana, and gave kids free breakfast and lunch. So it's tough to go by Walz's 2022 stats, because Republicans held the state's legislation, and they blocked everything. Since Republicans lost, Walz has been able to get a LOT of popular policy passed.
@@CP-os1pc Yes, paid by taxes, heaven forbid we help children who don't have good access to food get the nutrition they need. I have no problem with my fair share of taxes going to help needy children.
@@mp5cartman he's not. He let his city burn during the BML riots. He wants to take away parental rights, and he wants to give driver licenses to illegal immigrants
You don't know nothing about him and you don't know nothing about her tell me what has she done let me tell you what she's done she's done absolutely nothing she can't even do the job of the vice president and you think she can do the president's job she literally FAILED at every single job they gave her is VP and dirty easy jobs the ones that President just don't have time for and she failed at every single one
PA resident here--and I'm so freaking excited!! I was concerned the DNC/corporate Dems would pick Shapiro (who supports private charter schools, lacks transparency in regards to political gifts, supports fracking, etc.). It's one of the few times the donor class didn't get its way with us. I feel as though there's a chance of possibilities.....
Let me point something out here, I am a big fan of Kornacki. But, as usual all of the discussion is about "old" votes. The same old voters we discuss every single election. There is only one demographic where you can get new voters and that's the youth vote. Walz appeals to young voters, but at the same time is a rural guy. I really liked Shapiro, he would have been good as well, but he is more on that elite side of life. Kamala showed with this pick she is truly looking forward. There are millions and millions of young voters who are just untapped, to seize the future you gotta appeal to the future. In the end she made the right choice.
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she is banking on young voters, they better turn out
Sounds like a cope. You Leftists lie to yourselves and you lie to others. The young vote will divided between male and female, or more specifically, masculine versus the feminine. Walz was a net negative and black men are going to bring it home for Trump. Get ready to lose your minds.
Great point. Walz is a close to Bernie Ssnders as you are going to get, and young voters loved Bernie. Shapiro had far too much baggage - his past just mounted up and shouted 'Danger'. Tim Walz is a fantastic pick.
Why does Walz appear to the young voter, and how does he get the young voter to turn out when they never do? "...to seize the future you gotta appeal to the future." And you do that by choosing a 60 year old that looks older than that? I like Tim Walz, but your argument makes no sense. Is Walz the best candidate to "appeal to the future"? Seems hard to believe.
As a born and raised Floridian, I would like to thank the citizens of Minnesota. You may lose a governor now, but in a few weeks, you, like millions of us, will gain a Vice President. So, with that said, I take my hat off to ya, for your wonderful governor and future Vice President to the soon-to-be "Trumpless" United States of America!
No parent or vet, teacher that I know is voting for them. Neither is any legal citizen I know of. It's a fantasy world in bot land here!!! Tampons in little boys bathrooms!?! Lunatic belongs in a psychiatric facility!!!
@@bethanyhealy4989You think Walz is going to be an enemy of the American people?I see nothing in his background that indicates that, whether you are speaking literally or metaphorically. Quite the opposite, in fact. He has done a great deal for Minnesota.
He’s been a great governor for our state. No kids go hungry at school, women get to choose what happens to their bodies, and tbh our state is beautiful. Well kept, for the most part anyway :) There is always room for improvement but instead of just making promises - he kept them. We are sad to see him go, but excited for everyone else to get to experience what we have. Minus the cold 😂
Kamala chose well. Walz served in the National Guard for 24 years. He is a gun owner and a hunter but he doesn't believe in military grade weapons on America's streets or in America's schools. He was a High School teacher, a football coach, a member of Congress, and currently he is Minnesota's Governor. As Governor, he supported the rights of women in Minnesota to make their own health care decisions and he signed a law that gave free breakfasts and lunches to all school children. Walz supports LGBTQ rights and America's veterans. Walz comes from small town America - Nebraska - where people learned to not put other people down and they learned to mind their own business rather than try to control others.
@@MarieJones-yl9fohe was deployed to Europe after 9/11. And then retired after 24 years, 4 years longer than he needed to, as well as he didn't believe in the Iraq war. The people that say to do research, are always the ones that get their information from Facebook groups
They don't need to win the deep red counties. They just need to win more voters in those areas. 6 or 7% points in those areas would mean comfortable victories in LOTS of states. I think that's possible by courting Haley voters, young people, big turnout among core Dem base.
@@susiepingleton3614Yes, magas are fascist and worship Trump not God but we still need to take care of them. 😮 They are enjoying the new infrastructure and health care and lower drug prices etc.
Did Kornacki forget that 2022 had a nationwide margin of R+2 and Biden won by D+4? That means Walz maintained his margins in rural areas despite the national popular vote shifting 6 points to the right. In other words, he did pretty well
This is an excellent point. in 2018, Walz lost to the Republican candidate by 15% (40.5% and 55.9% of the vote), not 23%. Now 2018, this was the midterms after a Republican took office, and usually the opposing party does better in those elections. 2022 was the midterm after a Democrat took office, so he predictably did worse.
@@spencerprice1676 Yeah it could still be true that Walz did worse among rural voters compared to the national shift, but the national shift needs to be taken into account. Otherwise we’re just throwing numbers on the wall
Walz is a great choice. He’s not afraid to take the fight to Republicans and he passed Universal School Lunches, Free Tuition College, Passed Paid Family Leave, and legalized marijuana. He’s a popular governor and he isn’t scared to fight back against Republicans. Plus, he passed the legislation I stated with a one seat majority.
Not disagreeing with everything you said but he's a popular governor in a state that is already Democratic leaning. Josh Shapiro would have been guaranteed PA and its 19 electoral votes for Harris. PA is a lot more competitive.
I'm an Independent, White, Straight, Christian, White Male Millennial from Georgia. I'm also the son of teachers and very much middle class. I work in a school. And I love Walz. I'm as excited to vote for him as I have been for any candidate in decades.
@@realTheHomelander You were also once stuck in the corporate msm media information bubble. Don't be so harsh. Some people just wake up at 7am, make coffee and turn on the news. Telling them it's a facade would ruin their cozy little routines and they can never be changed.
@@realTheHomelander Anyone who votes for trump is HARDLY a Christian. Jesus liked feeding hungry people, healing the sick, and welcoming the immigrants as your brothers and sisters. I'm not a Christian myself but progressives are far more Christlike than Republicans or conservatives.
Congratulations! So happy for Gov. Tim Walz is the right choice for VP Candidate! I am from Minnesota and I can tell Walz is doing a great job. VP Kamala Harris made an incredible choice. Voting Harris & Walz all the way 💙💙💙 Let's go America! Let's save our Democracy, our country 🇺🇸
Tim Walz is the guy that paid Phetty Phloyd's phamily $27M after he let Minneapolis burn to the ground. That's 90,000 speed balls. That's one speed ball per day every day, for the next 246 years. Party on, commies. ✊🏾
Tim Walz military background was very helpful & impressive while watching him maneuver Minnesota through COVID and through outside influencers bringing violence to Minnesota following George Floyd's murder.. very strategic, very smart sensible man
@@barbaramasters3232 George Floyd was a drug addict who was breaking the law. He was turned into a martyr. BML was designed to divide us so they would get those votes. Walz transferred to the national guard to avoid deployment. Lol. He's terrible
Good choice. He has improved the lives of Minnesotans in many ways. Most important of all, feeding school children and making junior colleges free. Young people are the future; must invest in them.
I appreciate Walz's Service to the Country not just in uniform but on the most important front we have in America and that is making sure our children are taken care of and are afforded a great free education. He seems to be a stand up guy. The kind of guy my construction worker father and partner and truck driving grandfather would have a sweet tea with (from the south) on the porch. I actually think they would say "good guy." My grandpa is a 97 year old WWII Vet and he doesn't allow just anyone on his porch.😂
He won my heart when he said in Minnesota kids would eat and then be ready to learn in class.(And some other good for the people , sensible stuff.) If Rs want to pin that on me as too liberal then I'm happy to accept that. Yep, he's my kinda guy. I grew up in Michigan.
So am i, but I can't say I LOVE the guy. Personally, I think Harris made a mistake by not taking Shapiro as VP. Walz will be under constant attack as being "a radical Progressive" by the far right, whilst if Shapiro had been selected, they would have had to attack from some other position (possibly Israel).
@@jessieball6195I thought so too but I heard something so real this morning, actually came from Curt Menefee, (I'm paraphrasing) but he said let's be real, a Black Woman & a Jewish Man were going to have a much tougher road; I tend to agree. Hopefully Shapiro will still pound the pavement for her in Pennsylvania and maybe get a cabinet position out of it 🤷🏾♂️. But we HAVE TO WIN Penn! 🙏🏾
What Kornacki is NOT taking into account is that Walz is a normal, everyday guy. He's a veteran, a teacher and now the Gov. That being said, he's not one of the "rich elites, and can relate more to the people.
Walz has way more experience in politics than JD vance or DJ trump combined and also more humanity in his little finger than the weird brothers have combined in their whole bodies . Vote Blue down the ticket. Take the MAGA out of the government at every level and position.
Exactly! Walz is a Democrat, but he is not part of the Establishment. That was Shapiro's problem, he came across as part of the establishment or a corporate politician... like Hillary Clintion.
Waltz abandoned his troops when he was asked to lead a deployment in Iraq. He asked for a retirement, he quit the academy and he was demoted. The man is a coward. So much so that his former military members wrote an entire article in 2018 shaming him and his record.
People complaining about MN being liberal and having high taxes fail to recognize that its programs and thus taxes are also burdened by having to function as the social support system for every surrounding conservative state that does next to nothing for its own citizens, so those who are struggling run to MN for help.
Not in Missouri. We have THREE population centers and yet our entire state is controlled by the bumpkins in the rural counties electing people who shouldn’t even run a used car lot.
I looked it up and it refers to a pilot pushing the ball covered stick to the wall for maximum power. I learned something new. And yes, it WOULD be great on a tee shirt!
Central Minnesota is arguably the reddest part of the state. Kornacki’s choice of Stearns County as the straw man County for Walz’s ability to carry rural voters is frankly selection bias.
You missed his point. All he was showing was that Walz performed roughly equal to Biden in 2020. It doesn't matter if that is in a R+1 or R+37 County. Besides, the existence If ruby red regions of the state just goes to show that he isn't this guy who has wide appeal to rural voters.
KAMALA PICK A PERFECT VICE PRESIDENT, TIM WALZ. HE DOESNT MIXED WORDS, HE SAY, WHAT HE MEANS. HE WAS IN THE SERVICE, A TEACHER, A GOVERNOR, NOW A VICE PRESIDENT, I FEEL REAL GOOD ABOUT THIS, LETS GO BLUE DEMOCRATS 💙💙💙💙💙
Do you feel good because you lack the education and vetting of this candidate? He wants to model the U.S. government from China. Democrats took away the will of the people and they want to make that perminent. Wake up sleepy, you're about to experience Socialist, Marxists rule
Great pick, he's a working guy, very smart, served 24 years in the National guard, School teacher, football coach, congressman, he also knows how to work with the other side.
@@tomthx5804 Walz served 24 years in the Army National Guard, rising to command sergeant major, one of the highest enlisted ranks in the military. a very honorable man! 🇺🇸 Harris-Walz 2024 💙
I live in Wisconsin. There are pockets of hard-core Trumpers, but it appears mostly in spread-out rural areas. I think Harris/Walz will win the state. 💙🌊
It's not a choice because of electoral analysis. It's a choice because of what the party stands for. Normalcy, decency. Stop the weirdness, and Waltz will do fine as he really personified this decency
Yeah, trans surgery for kids and drag queen story hours are normal and decent. Let's not forget race riots. Nothing weird about you guys. You just hate non-conformity.
@@ChazinFl1 oh you mean like how republicans use CRT, DEI, WOKE, MARXIST, COMMUNIST…… The Trump base is notorious for parroting whatever trump says the next day…… you know what else gets used so much by conservatives that’s soooo original, SHEEP….. ironic that no one knows that you came up with that
Bravo! That was the only choice for the people. A people choice “not” an elitist, elitist media, and Wall Street choice. I am so happy as I taught the elitist part of the party were going to take over this process. Mr. Walz is the best communicator of the bunch and can relate with everyone and with a sense of humour. This is going to keep the enthusiasm hot and upfront with young people especially. Bravo one of the best decision I’ve seen the party finally take in a long time.
Waltz is great , seems authentic and plain speaking. Excited to hear way more from him. Such a positive energy ticket too vs the doom and gloom on the right
A little ignorant aren't you hope your kid has to go to work then we'll see how happy you are you do realize a vice president has absolutely zero Authority what did you actually graduate kindergarten or something if not you should know that
Walz popularity among rural communities in his state has increased by 5 points since being elected. Not looking into that statistic, shows MSNBC needs a better forecaster.
Agreed. Only looking at voting trends can be incredibly misleading, especially considering how many folks who previously voted for Trump now know the impact of that vote and may reconsider this time around.
As a Philly guy, hate to see my guy Shapiro not getting the nod, but hey whoever VP Harris picks amongst this 2 gentleman. Its a winning pick and not a weirdo pick like JD.
She just threw the election away by her anti-Semitic choice of not selecting Shapiro. Without PA she will not win and she couldn't even hold her nose to secure the victory. We are doomed.
Thinking that men can become women is weird. Thinking that undocumented workers entering the country illegally isn't a crime is weird. Forcing people to get experimental injections is weird. Putting tampons in men's bathrooms is weird. Denying that Harris was named the Border Czar is weird. Quit it with the projecting weirdo.
@nmkc_auriemma Everyone should look into what Project 2025 will do agriculture. No more agricultural subsidies means food prices rise, shortages in bad weather, etc. Add Trump's desired 10% tariff on everything, including food from overseas that could augment U.S. supply to keep prices stable, and suburbanites will want to turn their lawns into gardens.
Yeah, let’s not go back. Let’s stay right where we are with the country in the toilet The economy is tanking illegal. Immigration is out of control. Crime is destroying cities. Yeah let’s stay right here.
You must like high inflation, highest grocery prices ever, highest gas prices ever, highest rents and real estate prices ever, an open border allowing millions of potentially dangerous people into our country, depletion of our strategic oil reserves, involvement in 2 useless wars, the use of our justice system to target political opponents, an incompetent Secret Service, etc, etc. Get ready for higher taxes and higher inflation if CommieLa sneaks in. I guess you love that.
Vance isn't just weird-he's dangerously weird. In Project 2025 Leader’s new book, he wrote, "It’s time to circle the wagons and load the muskets." It is weird that this weird man believes women are incapable of making their own decisions, even though his decisions are the weirdest and most dangerous of all.
Would Shaprio have done better in those rural areas? And will PA voters abandon Harris because she didn't pick Shapiro. I don't think so on either count. I think Kornacki is off on this one.
Again they wanted Shapiro because he was the centrist elite. MSNBC has always been against any progressive type candidate. Just go back and watch some of their coverage of the 2020 primaries and see how they react to Bernie winning states like Nevada.
I agree with you. I live in a rural Pa area and our state rep is one of the worst and everyone loves his divisive rhetoric. Those of us who are appalled by it and Trumpism will still be voting for Harris.
Typically, so do I. I have noticed that, as of late, he has been doing some interesting approaches to finding the negatives on any Democrat. His Republican leanings are breaking thru. Kornacki is literally a Newt Gingrich fan boy. I listened to the entire podcast he dedicated to an interview he had with Newt.
Harris and Walz are two clowns who are a great match (dumb and dumber). The other governors backed out and Walz was the only imbecile left standing. Priceless!!!!
@@pdxcorgidad Makes sense since 2022 was a D midterm election where the party in power generally loses ground. What is certain is that Walz will have broader appeal to unions, farm/labor rural voters, progressives, and vets in states like NC, FL, AZ, and GA than any other potential choices. And he has an authenticity that cannot be photoshopped in, that will be on display in any debate with Vance.
@@danteardenz2670 Celebrate the pick. Congradulate Harris on having the wisdom to make it. Tearing down other great Ds only underlines your own bigotry. It's not a good look.
@@TheCameron230 They do especially if you can keep attacking Trump with project 2025 because Vance was stupid enough to sign his name on it. There is also historical precedent, Sarah Palin one of the worst VPs until JD Vance, did immense damage to her campaign by looking like a crazy person speaking in tongues.
Regular folks don't get the opportunity to enrich themselves by $19 million dollars in less than 7 years. WE NEED A COMPLETE AUDIT, SEEMS HE INVESTED IN THE MANDATORY PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS HE FORCED ON HIS OWN STATE. SEEMS SHADY.
@@Droxen222 Regular haters, maybe. But not all people are haters. That's why Trump has never won a majority of American voters. Even Hillary had three million more votes.
This is the first time I’ve ever said “So?!” While listing to him talk about polls. Also, he won the entire state by 8 points, sooooo, it doesn’t matter if in some sparsely populated county he lost. Honestly, I’m getting more and more tired of these polls that tell me nothing 🙄
@@alicewilliams4036 It's true what he's saying though, that Trump shifted rurals rightward, that had already been going in that direction. Biden did do better than Hillary there somewhat, and if Walz can match that it will be good enough if the ticket drives up turnout with the base.
A big part of what Kornaki is missing here is somewhat startling. Walz is the VP nominee, the others he compared him to were ALL Presidential nominees. I think that detail matters. Also, when he goes back to Obama / Romney, that is PRE-MAGA and Romney is and was a rational, reasonable person and candidate, A LOT of the “former conservative” party has changed dramatically, NOT accounting or addressing that in his analysis is a huge gap and dramatically over-simplifies the reality of what is actually occurring. I’m confident he is aware of this but unfortunately his bosses require these things to be simplified so Jane & Joe general public can digest it. Just as unfortunately is that the folks in charge of Programming at these networks too often UNDER-estimate the intelligence of their viewers and it continues to be a bad look for them and a dis-service to both the general public at large as well as the country overall.
Steve over here comparing Walz numbers to Obama, like Tim is running for POTUS. He's the VP Steve. Harris is going for a grassroots campaign. Populism 101, class is in session.
Right they always have to compare things to Obama. What they fail to understand is Obama is a once in a lifetime candidate and you’ll never see numbers like that for a very long time. Just corporate media coping because they didn’t get what they wanted.
Good news for normalcy; Walz is a prototype American; a straight forward and a nice guy. And he knows what he’s talking about, unlike the weird former guy and his flawed sidekick.
His analysis is based on the pretty "no-duh" understanding that data is going to drive a lot of the decision-making with Harris's running mate. The data suggests that Walz is like a Midwestern Biden, but he warns that he doesn't bring substantially more, if anything, to the electoral table. He's not popular in the rural areas of these swing states, including his own. So is it a good pick? Should Harris pursued a more moderate or conservative pick? We'll see.
Harris and Walz are two clowns who are a great match (dumb and dumber). The other governors backed out and Walz was the only imbecile left standing. Priceless!!!!
But he will allow the Harris ticket to hold on to Biden-level older white voters, esp. the men. That is key to a Democrat win. It not who he "brings in" . . . it's more about who he keeps in the fold.
I think he kinda misses the point tho. Because rust belt folks in the population centres will be energized by a progressive but also incredibly pragmatic choice. Appealing to the key demo Kamala needs to win which is white Suburban women. I don’t think democratic strategists are looking at all at who can win Rural votes most Rural votes will always be Republican. More someone with very strong optics, and Walz brings that to the ticket.
@@PhilipJackson03he does by not mentioning the nationwide generic ballot shift. 2020 to 2022 saw a 6 point shift towards republicans, yet Walz didn’t do worse than Biden in these rural/small town communities. So that means he’s got a local brand that keeps rural voters from going further right, even when the national environment shifts to the right
@@joemillz10The rural counties that were already red became even redder though. What kept Democrats from wiping out was greater turnout amongst young and urban voters than anticipated.
who cares how small rural counties vote. We need to get the urban areas where the vast majority of the population live to turn out, and currently, the enthusiasm is on our side.
