Of course, communist sympathizer Dems don't mind..
But Walz, like his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, remains in many ways a total cipher to voters. From his perch in St. Paul, he has advanced one of the most progressive agendas of any state governor in recent memory, but he has somehow managed to build a reputation as some kind of a dispositional centrist. If Republicans want to overcome his folksy Midwestern appeal, they will have to reveal his flawed record to a wider audience.
When it comes to national security, Walz is weakest on perhaps the most important question facing the United States: competition with the Chinese Communist Party. From his earliest days as a public figure, Walz has advocated a mealymouthed detente with the CCP — a position very much out of touch with the great body of voters who are increasingly wary of the Beijing regime. By resurfacing his record and public statements, conservatives have an opportunity here to clearly define Walz as weak on China and put forward arguments for the stronger foreign policy most of the public favors.
Great Walz of China: The Democratic vice presidential nominee has a People’s Republic problem
Going into the Oct. 1 vice presidential debate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) seemed to have something of a lead on his Republican counterpart, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). The Minnesotan came out slightly ahead in favorability polls, whereas the Ohio senator is more than 10 points underwater. It seems that Democrats’ efforts to label Vance “weird” and extreme are working to at least some extent.But Walz, like his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, remains in many ways a total cipher to voters. From his perch in St. Paul, he has advanced one of the most progressive agendas of any state governor in recent memory, but he has somehow managed to build a reputation as some kind of a dispositional centrist. If Republicans want to overcome his folksy Midwestern appeal, they will have to reveal his flawed record to a wider audience.
When it comes to national security, Walz is weakest on perhaps the most important question facing the United States: competition with the Chinese Communist Party. From his earliest days as a public figure, Walz has advocated a mealymouthed detente with the CCP — a position very much out of touch with the great body of voters who are increasingly wary of the Beijing regime. By resurfacing his record and public statements, conservatives have an opportunity here to clearly define Walz as weak on China and put forward arguments for the stronger foreign policy most of the public favors.