Making his debut as a vice presidential candidate on Tuesday,Ā Tim WalzĀ staked his claim to Middle American values and argued that former PresidentĀ Donald Trump and his running mate,Ā JD Vance, are ā€œweirdā€ and ā€œcreepy as hell.ā€

Walz, the governor of Minnesota, also got the packed arena laughing with a reference to a meme about Vance having relations with a couch.

ā€œI canā€™t wait to debate the guy,ā€ Walz said. ā€œThat is, if heā€™s willing to get off the couch and show up.ā€

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ā€œIn Minnesota, we respect our neighbors and the personal choices they make, even if we wouldnā€™t make the same choice for ourselves,ā€ he said. ā€œThereā€™s a golden rule. Mind your own damn business.ā€

  • @Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
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    64ā€¢1 month ago

    Iā€™ve always hated how Dems try to keep decorum and fight with one arm tied behind their back, while Republicans shit sling and fight dirty. Iā€™m glad Dems are finally growing some balls and calling out these idiots with their own attack strategies

    • AFK BRB Chocolate
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      60ā€¢1 month ago

      And yet, unlike Republicans, they arenā€™t resorting to dirty tricks and grotesque lies. Itā€™s really nice to see this middle ground where they arenā€™t just sucking it up but they also arenā€™t going down to the Republicansā€™ level.

    • @samus12345@lemmy.world
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      16ā€¢1 month ago

      I donā€™t remember Kamala being this way when she was campaigning in 2020. It seems sheā€™s fucking fed up with the GOPā€™s bullshit like the rest of us.

    • @WoahWoah@lemmy.world
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      14ā€¢1 month ago

      I donā€™t think heā€™s fighting dirty. Heā€™s just being clever and on the attack. Using their own attack strategies would be using racial slurs, political violence, and theocratic-fascist dog whistles. Harris and Waltz are just punking them, and itā€™s great.

      It really highlights how decrepit and often inept the Biden campaign was.