Republican Sen. J.D. Vance's harsh rebuke of Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz during Tuesday's vice presidential debate appears to have caused a panic attack among left-wing mainstream media.
Case in point: Politico. Witnessing a confused and stiff Waltz blow up the argument — “I have weak knuckles,” he declared with refreshing candor — websites rushed to publish articles explaining the loss. .
Men who think boys need tampons often make the mistake. In fact, Politico reported that Walz has a lot of “gaffes.” That leaves Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign damage control team with the full-time task of dealing with Walz's “gaffe.”
This story was a message to the campaign. “Control this man.”
Inaccurate description?
That not-so-subtle message began with the article's headline, which explained Walz's frequently false claims about this highly questionable past, including false claims about his military record.
The headline reads, “Waltz says he 'talks like everyone else.'' “And that doesn’t work for campaigns.”
The subheading carried the news that must have led Harris, who was smoking drugs, to run to his marijuana stash. “Key members of Harris' circle were unaware of some of Walz's inaccurate statements until they were made public, despite the vetting process.”
In other words, before Harris could fish Walz out of the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes, someone dropped the ball and left him on the ripped pier of national media attention.
Politico did not reverse its lead, warning in its first sentence that “Tim Walz has a gaffe problem.”
Since being named Kamala Harris' running mate, the folksy, outspoken Minnesota governor has had to explain a growing number of inaccurate and sometimes embellished statements about his past. It's gone. The content ranges from comments about his military service to a visit to Hong Kong more than 30 years ago to revealing that his family specifically did not use IVF.
Curiously, Politico did not call Vance “snobbish” or “straight-spoken.” Instead, another article told readers that his beard “can be negative, conveying aggression or opposition to feminist ideals.” Similarly, the Waltz Rescue article continued with another sentence that Politico would never publish about former President Donald Trump. “It's unclear whether Mr. Walz's misspoken words will undermine his credibility with voters,” Politico said.
But let's put aside the blatant anti-Trump bigotry.
Four people told the website that “key members of the Harris Circle” were ignorant of Waltz's fable. One of them was the false claim that he was in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China during the famous 1989 protests.
fraudulent examination
CBS host Margaret Brennan asked about it, giving Walz a chance to respond.
“He awkwardly replied, “All I said about this was that I got there that summer,'' and “Sometimes my fingers get crooked,'' before saying, “I misspoke.'' ', Politico reported.
Walz attempted to clean up her debate remarks Wednesday during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania, a battleground state where Harris and Trump are virtually tied in polls.
“Oh, look, the date is wrong,” Walz told reporters in Harrisburg. “In 1989, I was in Hong Kong, China. … I speak like other people speak. I need to be more clear.”
Or maybe he just needs to tell the truth, so there's no need for “cleaning up.”
Politico also outlined Walz's other notorious falsehoods. These included lies that he retired from the Minnesota National Guard as a sergeant major and that he and his wife, Gwen, underwent in vitro fertilization to conceive their two children.
“He also drew criticism for using a family member's infertility treatment during the campaign as a way to emphasize his position on reproductive rights, a key issue during the campaign,” Politico continued.
He attacked Vance over the matter, going so far as to say, “If it were up to him, I wouldn't have a family because of IVF.” The Harris campaign needed to clarify that Walz and his wife, Gwen, did not specifically undergo in vitro fertilization, but rather used other similar treatments that Republicans have not discussed banning.
With a long list of falsehoods on the table, Politico asked a Harris campaign spokesperson for clarification. He dutifully brought in the far-left Democratic governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, and completed the rescue of Walz. Walz only makes “gaffes,” but he says the Ohio Republican is a habitual liar.
“As the governor has said, he does have gaffes from time to time,” a spokesperson for the Harris-Waltz campaign said. He speaks passionately about issues he cares deeply about,” he said, adding that Trump and Vance have “repeatedly lied and misled about their plans for banning.” Topics such as “Abortion Nationwide.''
Democrats have had to downplay and defend some of Walz's past inaccurate comments in recent weeks, including about his military rank. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker classified the comments as “occasional misspoken statements” throughout Walz's career.
“For someone's entire career, you can pick and choose what you want and say it out loud,” Pritzker told reporters, adding, “J.D. Vance lies every day.”
So why choose Walz?
Given these “miscommunications,” including Walz's bald-faced lie about his 1995 DUI arrest, Harris' Some Democrats may wonder why they chose a largely unknown governor. .
One answer is Waltz's far-left radicalism on abortion, “transgender” and other issues. Like Harris, Walz is a pro-abortion extremist. Last year, he signed a bill allowing infanticide in Minnesota.
As the National Catholic Register explained, since 1976, the state of Minnesota has required “responsible health care professionals” to “take steps consistent with good medical practice” to “protect the life and health of infants born alive.” It required all reasonable measures to be taken.
Of course, that's not the case for Waltz.
The bill Walz signed in May 2023 removed the word “protect” and replaced the previous language with a revised requirement to “care for infants born alive.”
In other words, babies who survive the abortionist's murderous instrument can be left alone.
Walz's approval of the change is consistent with then-Senator Harris' abortion extremism. She voted against bills in 2019 and 2020 that would have required life-saving measures for such unfortunate infants.
Walz also agrees with Harris on “transgender” surgery. While Harris planned to provide taxpayer-funded procedures to illegal aliens, Walz proposed a “trans refugee” program that would allow doctors to perform surgeries on children who have fled states that ban amputations. ” signed the bill.
And, of course, Walz famously signed a bill requiring public schools to provide menstrual products to “all menstruating students in bathrooms regularly used by the student.”
That means boys can get tampons for free.
Hence Waltz's nickname is Tampon Tim.
