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Harris’s Walz Pick Doubles Down on Democrats’ Faustian Deal with Extremists

Posted on Wednesday, August 7, 2024
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With her selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate, Kamala Harris has made abundantly clear to the American electorate that she is reinforcing her left-wing image and doubling down on her own well-established record of extremism. In doing so, Harris has not only alienated the Jewish American community and snubbed Pennsylvania voters by not picking Governor Josh Shapiro, whom many considered the betting favorite, but she has also made clear how the Democrat Party has been irreparably damaged by its radicalism and blind submission to the progressive activist class.

Walz, who has served as governor of the North Star State since 2019, was initially seen by political pundits as a dark horse contender bound to be overshadowed by more electorally palatable options like Shapiro or Arizona Senator Mark Kelly. Unlike Shapiro and Kelly, Walz does not hail from a swing state and lacks the national political profile typically characteristic of vice presidential nominees.

He does, however, have a track record of extremism that puts him squarely in the company of the Democrat Party’s most far-left voices like Harris, Bernie Sanders, and the members of “The Squad” in the House of Representatives. Notably, Walz was also one of the leading voices insisting that Joe Biden was still “fit for office” following his debate debacle in June that ultimately led to Biden’s withdrawal from the race – immediately making clear that the American people cannot trust Walz on even basic matters.

As Minnesota’s governor, Walz is perhaps most notorious for his astounding weakness on crime—memorably seen during the Black Lives Matter riots that erupted in Minneapolis in the summer of 2020, during which time Walz was in his second year as governor.

As left-wing rioters burned Minneapolis to the ground following the death of George Floyd, Walz directed law enforcement to abandon their precinct, waited days to deploy the National Guard, and then outrageously sought to legitimize the riots as what happens when “a society that does not put equity and inclusion at the center”—all at the same time that Harris was bailing Minneapolis, rioters, out of prison.

But his inaction during the “fiery but mostly peaceful” riots of 2020 is just the beginning of Walz’s soft-on-crime fanaticism. He also signed legislation to expand voting rights for convicted felons, signed a bill allowing criminals to leave prison early (including a woman who drowned her own baby), and supported the Defund the Police movement. Walz has also presided over massive increases in violent crime in Minnesota.

Walz’s extensive record of extremism does not stop there. On immigration, he supports so-called “sanctuary cities” and “sanctuary states.” He signed legislation allowing illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses. He signed a bill giving illegal aliens free, taxpayer-funded health care and college. He opened a Minnesota “Office of New Americans,” which spends taxpayer dollars “solely on supporting immigrant and refugee integration.”

When he served in Congress, Walz co-sponsored a bill to increase chain migration and offer amnesty to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. He has suggested investing in a “ladder factory” to help illegal aliens cross the southern border wall. And he has refused to even acknowledge that the nation is facing a crisis on the border.

On cultural issues, Walz’s radicalism is like something one would expect from a progressive street activist, not a vice presidential candidate. He has opposed restricting sexually explicit and pornographic content from elementary schools. He signed an order allowing children to receive gender reassignment surgeries with no age limit. He remarked that it is “insane” for one to be upset at partnering with a satanic designer to market transgender products to children. He supports abortion-on-demand without limits and opposes the right of newborn infants to receive lifesaving treatment. And perhaps most bizarrely, he signed legislation requiring Minnesota schools to supply feminine hygiene products in boys’ bathrooms.

Walz has also raised Minnesota taxes by nearly $10 billion, supports a ban on gas-powered cars, opposes fracking, attacked Donald Trump’s supporters as “fascists” just days after the former president was the victim of an assassination attempt, and insulted rural America as “mostly rocks and cows.”

Walz also imposed draconian lockdowns and mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic. And notably, just like Harris, Walz was complicit in the Democrat establishment’s years-long movement to cover up Joe Biden’s staggering mental and cognitive decline—stating earlier this year that Biden was in “great” shape.

Though Harris and other Democrats are likely hopeful that Walz’s status as a Midwestern white man in his 60s will help to make him appear “moderate” and shore up undecided voters in the Rust Belt and throughout the Midwest, in reality, Walz is among the chief facilitators of the hard left’s extremism—and has done more than almost any other governor to promote the Democrat Party’s toxic brand of liberal activism.

Harris’s selection of Walz over other contenders—most notably Josh Shapiro—also serves as a reminder of the progressive movement’s unabating hostility toward the Jewish American community and the state of Israel.

Though Shapiro was initially seen as a favorite for the vice presidential nod on account of his governorship of the must-win swing state of Pennsylvania and broad popularity among Keystone State voters, Harris’s shocking snub signals that her campaign and its parade of left-wing enablers in the Democrat Party have now been entirely coopted by anti-Israel, antisemitic fanatics.

In other words, Jewish Americans are not welcome in today’s Democrat Party—and instead of standing up to the anti-Jewish forces in her party, Harris caved out of fear of progressive backlash.

Above all, Harris’s selection of Walz as her running mate serves as just the latest reminder that the Democrat establishment has entered into a “corrupt bargain” with the most radical voices in American politics—a point that Donald Trump made repeatedly throughout the 2020 presidential campaign cycle and was later reprised in a 2022 TV spot by conservative group Frontiers of Freedom, which made the compelling case that, in order to avoid a primary challenge financed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her billionaire left-wing allies, Democrats have no option but to toe “liberal extremist” line.

But since the airing of that 2022 ad, the extremists wielding power over the Democrat Party now include the likes of antisemitic, anti-Israel forces funded by George Soros and other left-wing billionaires bent on moving America to the left at any cost.

In reality, however, the Harris campaign likely had no choice other than to tap someone like Walz. Harris’s entire campaign relies on carefully orchestrated media events, spun as triumphs to keep the truth at bay and shield her from accountability. They couldn’t afford to face demonstrators at next week’s Democratic National Convention or otherwise provoke the anger of the left-wing activist class.

In the end, this is the reality of today’s Democrat Party—fractured by the extremism it has embraced. By choosing Tim Walz, Harris has selected a perfect embodiment of this radical agenda.

Aaron Flanigan is the pen name of a writer in Washington, D.C.

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PapaGrouch
PapaGrouch
1 month ago

As a Minnesotan I’m all too familiar with Walz. He’s every bit the POS he’s described as in the article and then some. Big time. One is either abjectly foolish or just one of the left’s useful idiots, to vote for this SOB. The next possible leftist administration, as with the previous leftist administrations: “just when you thought it can’t get any worse…” If these two clowns steal the White House, you can believe it: we ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

Bernard Paul Giroux
Bernard Paul Giroux
1 month ago

If these two are elected, the Patriots of this country better be prepared to defend their liberty, freedom, families and lives to the death. This country cannot stand another four years of the insanity, anti-Americanism, and Marxist direction that has gripped the country since Joe Biden was elected. We should be prepared to exercise the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence and for those of us who are or were military officers, to defend the Constitution from all enemies, both foreign and domestic. There should be a line drawn in the sand to put an end to this corruption and destruction which is the aim of the Democrats.

Felix
Felix
1 month ago

Tampon Tim thinks JD Vance is weird!?! Who is the weirdo? But MSM will control all the rhetoric supporting Kamala and Tampon Tim. When I go out in public with my MAGA hat and people make supportive comments, I ask them are you registered to vote, 90% say they don’t believe in the election system and do not vote! People we need to wake these people up, or this country is finished forever!

PaulE
PaulE
1 month ago

The one thing I find amusing with a lot of these articles is the assumption that the far left is some sort of relatively small faction of the Democrat Party that needs to be placated. The entire premise is deeply flawed. The reality is that the Democrat Party of JFK, the so-called moderates, was largely a brief anomaly, that quickly reverted to its true nature of racists, bigots, socialists and communists upon JFK’s death. LBJ and the rest of Democrat Party quickly pivoted to the so-called Great Society / Immigration Reform series of bills that created and greatly expanded the social welfare state to create a whole new class of permanently dependent voters tied to the Democrat Party. As the decades progressed from there, the Democrat Party has simply continued to lurch ever more towards the left as the old guard moderates in the party aged out and were slowly replaced by the more openly socialist / communist radical players that populate the party today.

Today the Democrat Party is the party of the far left. Name half a dozen members of either the House or the Senate that doesn’t vote in lockstep for every piece of far-left agenda brought up for a vote. You can’t because the reality is they don’t exist anymore. There is NO resistance within the Democrat Party to its ever more leftward march. Everyone parrots the official talking points of the day on every issue. Just like what used to take place in the old Soviet Union or you would be gone.

The Democrat Party stands in support of Antifa, BLM, antisemitism, socialism, communism and basically anything that views the United States as the root of all the world’s woes. Harris or her puppet masters picked Walz simply because they needed to keep the Islamic extremists in a key swing state happy and the coalition of subversives unified to maintain power. The Democrat Party is quite open in what it stands for at this point. Some people apparently just don’t listen very well to hear their message for what it is. Today’s Democrat Party is simply America’s Socialist / Communist Party in all but name.

Rik
Rik
1 month ago

“One person’s Socialism is another person’s Communism!”

bruce franzen
bruce franzen
1 month ago

The democrats have two main policies: homosexual rights and aborting (killing) babies. Since 1973 forty two million babies have been killed by democrat policies. It is commonly known that Hitler killed six million people during WWII. Doesn’t that make the American democratic party seven times worse that Hitler? Do the math. The numbers don’t lie. I am a retired 100% disabled American veteran. I did not give up my physical and mental happiness for the furtherance of the filthy, lawless democratic party. I gave up what I did for the benefit of decent, conservative Christian Americans.

Paul Best
Paul Best
1 month ago

To know Tim Walz, look at the George Floyd mess. He is just one of the liars in that affair. Read the book “They’re Lying” by Liz Collin and watch the YouTube video “The Fall of Minneapolis”. Not only is he a screaming liberal, he is a completely radical nut.

GMA
GMA
1 month ago

These two are Communits! We are in serious DANGER!

Theresa Coughlin
Theresa Coughlin
1 month ago

Anyone thinking about voting for this ticket needs to be told these things. The liberal news media won’t do it so we must. All the reasons listed in this article are reasons NOT to vote democrat.

Myrna
Myrna
1 month ago

How any sober, mature, average voter could vote for what they are selling I cannot understand.

James K.
James K.
1 month ago

Excellent, Should anyone vote for this crap, you deserve the PAIN YOU voted for.
THINK long and hard AMERICA! What kind of a country do you want to live in?
Fools vote democrat (America haters), socialist Marxism.

Leslie
Leslie
1 month ago

Well, betting that certain people aren’t going to like the truth coming out about who George Floyd really was..maybe some murals need painting over? Just hope they also hammer home Kamala’s “support” of the BLM rioters. While Jan 6th protestors rot in jail, I believe almost all BLM rioters were let go and charges dismissed. The truth really needs to come out about these episodes, BEFORE the election. Show the American people all the videos of the peaceful people inside the capitol, talking calmly with capitol police and being escorted by FBI.

Thinking
Thinking
1 month ago

Kameltoe did not want someone smarter than her. The signs at their rally yesterday reflected that. Harris name was twice as big as Walz. We have had 4 years of demented leadership and now we are supposed to accept 4 more years of tyranny. Nobody had ever heard of Walz nor Harris till they were pushed onto the scene by the elites with billions of dollars. Whose only plan is going forward to make all citizens obeying zombies and the invaders their voters. Kameltoe has done nothing for this country and Walz has ruled as a communists dictator in his state. Don’t forget he put in a snitch hotline during the pandemic where you could turn in your neighbors and or family members if they didn’t comply with the masks and distance mandates. Wow what a freedom loving person. He even decided to redesign the State flag because the one they had forever was in his opinion racist. He visited China over 30 times. Loves the country. More than his own state or America. When he was ordered to go to Iraq he snuck out and abandoned his buddies in his unit. He put COVID patients in nursing homes during the pandemic. Let Minneapolis burn and destroyed the livelihoods of many black businessmen. Told the police to stay away and let the city burn and defunded the police afterwards. The burned area was bought cheaply by his cronies. Who knows what else is in his background. What has become perfectly clear the man has nothing for his fellow man. He is trying to shove DEI down our throats by saying if their is no DEI society is a failure. Like the communist always say. You listen to us we know best. That Harris didn’t take Shapiro is because they support Hamas, Iran and China. They are busy to repopulate America with invaders and destroy the citizens that made America great. I have said this since the 2008 election and now it is here for everyone to see what Obama’s plan was all along. And we citizens let it happen. Like Benjamin Franklin said Freedom is great only if you can keep it. We are about to lose that freedom. Will voting be enough to turn this around? I doubt it. Money is buying a lot of votes. Harris is paying people to bash reps. Paying young people on TikTok to bash Trump. On and on. Their plan is now in the open but will we Americans see it? They are all wolves in sheep’s clothing.

anna hubert
anna hubert
1 month ago

I doubt Harris did the selecting. I also doubt that pandering to masses or antisemitism will work. You can try to appease the beast but it always will come for more. Beast also knows when it has an upper hand and how to play it.

Shelia Landman
Shelia Landman
1 month ago

Praying that our Sovereign God, Who still sits on His throne and is still in control, will heal our land by protecting us from more extreme ungodly leadership that we’ve suffered from the present administration since 2020, when he allowed them to steal the election—to wake us up to bring Him back into every aspect of our lives. But, IF HE DOESN’T, I know it will mean that He has a much better plan in the works for His children. We must believe He WILL TAKE CARE OF US no matter what He chooses for the outcome of the 2024 election????????????????

Tim Toroian
Tim Toroian
1 month ago

Socialism is more insidious than communism. True communists are proud and announce what they are as the founders of BLM did, even though they made attempts at digitizing it on their site. Medicare for all is communism, especially when combined with 70% taxes. Do you think this ignorant woman understands that such a tax would mean some people would have to divest themselves of property because they won’t be able to afford the payments or real estate taxes? And the only people who can afford it would be from out side the country? That is part of why NO major auto manufacturer in England is English-owned. Tata, a company in the FORMER colony of India, owns Range Rover. I’d call that a KICK in the ass.

Robert Zuccaro
Robert Zuccaro
1 month ago

Why does everyone refer to Walz (and Kamala for that matter) as “far left” or “radical” when his views accurately represent the beliefs and policies of the Democrat Party?

CassCowgirl
CassCowgirl
1 month ago

The whole Walz family are disgusting. While Tim celebrated the destruction of cities in the state he’s responsible for governing, his wife was throwing open the windows to smell the smoke and flames of the burning down of every day Americans dreams and hard work burn to the ground. Meanwhile his daughter was tweeting out information about where law enforcement and the guard would be deployed to her antifa and BLM cronies. The whole family hates America, who else would Kamala choose?
One other theory I heard was the other two candidates were both smarter than she is, which doesn’t take much, and Walz was the only one dumber, which does require more effort.
People keep excusing Kamala saying she “caved to the hamas wing”. NO NO she didn’t those are HER opinions as well! She didn’t cave to anything, she hates Israel, Jews and America all on her own, just like hamas.

Sean Rickman
Sean Rickman
1 month ago

Wake up AMERICA,get informed,look at what your favorite politician is doing and what their philosophy is.Does it make AMERICA more AMERICAN or are they pro illegal and pro foreign.Bring AMERICA back,we ARE on the brink.

James
James
1 month ago

I was surprised Walz was picked. I have relatives in the Twin Cities and from what I know Minnesota has spiraled downhill under his watch. I have family in Pennsylvania and I sure hope now Pennsylvania goes red since Shapiro was snubbed. Several “common sense voters” in Pennsylvania voted Republican in 2016 (particularly Western Pennsylvania) because Hillary upset alot of coal miners.
I sure hope “common sense” comes into the equation and voters do their research. Walz and Harris don’t represent the working middle class. Several of my relatives over 70 don’t recognize the Democratic party of the 1950s and 1960s.

Philip Seth Hammersley
Philip Seth Hammersley
1 month ago

Kacklin’ Kamala and Tampon Tim are quite a pair, aren’t they? Tampon Tim quit his NG unit after he found out they were being deployed to Iraq–some great veteran? Also lied about his terminal rank when running for office. Tampon Tim and wife honeymooned in Communist China; wouldn’t we all like to do that? Kind of like Bernie and wife honeymooning in Communist USSR. Why go to a FREE country when you can enjoy the communists? They play up his “teaching” job–why don’t we expose the agendas of NEA and AFT and see just what our “teachers” pay their dues for?

Ken
Ken
1 month ago

Harris and Waltz are just what the New World Order wants for America. Weak, ineffective politicians who will bow and coward to their demands. Covid, Antifa, BLM are just warmups for what they have planned to destroy our Republic. NWO’s 2030 Agenda is on the line and the radicals are mobilize and will stop at nothing regardless of how extreme to stop Trump from winning the election. The time to speak out is now and confront these radicals before our way of life is just a memory. Articles like this need to be shared over and over to educate the uninformed. Our election is for more than for just a President, it is for good, peace and prosperity vs evil, servitude and war.

David Block
David Block
1 month ago

Minnesota has become a cesspool of left voters and a sad example of The Nation.

Michael Stevens
Michael Stevens
1 month ago

I read the 32 point article about the Governor and figured he’s just another perfect Democrat party member. Wow, was I wrong ! He’s even worse than I imagined. And I live in Oregon (home of five major cities that have turned the state blue for a third of a century) where I thought we were BAD. Please vote!

Granny26
Granny26
1 month ago

If those two end up in the whitehouse you can say goodbye to America’s standards. And IF they do, I’m sure it will be fraudulent just like the last time.

Stan
Stan
1 month ago

Last time presidential candidate was from Minnesota election went 49:1.

Patti Lee
Patti Lee
1 month ago

Please, voters, do not let these people take our country in November. If these radical idiots take over, we might as well pack our bags and move to Russia. These people have history of Marxism – truly. If you don’t pray, now is a good time to start.

Vicky Brunkhardt
Vicky Brunkhardt
1 month ago

This discription if Waltz (and supported by Harris) makes me sick to my stomach! How can anyone be so evil?! That makes running for office to show just how evil they are. And how much evil they will spread over our country which is already suffering from rampant evil.

Hazey Davey
Hazey Davey
1 month ago

The pick for VP shows the confidence the democrat party has in whatever it is they are using to always get more votes on record in an election. And, getting huge media support by their twisting events reported previously and currently, and downplaying conservatives while praising democrats.

anna hubert
anna hubert
1 month ago

Birds of the feather flock together.

tempus
tempus
1 month ago

Trump is the most Zionist president that the US has ever had. According to this article, Harris is an anti-Zionist, which means that she is an antisemite. So, why do the Jewish-controlled media and powerful Jews support her instead of supporting Trump?

Rich
Rich
1 month ago

OK, there are negatives here. But look at all the positives. All the radicals and communists in the world are excited to see their fellow comrades “elected” to help destroy the once great America. For some, there are silver linings in every dark cloud. For the rest of us, just get used to the dark clouds.

GayleSmall
GayleSmall
1 month ago

It has been said before, and cannot be stressed loudly enough, this pair will destroy the United States of America! The final coup d’etat.

Wayne
Wayne
1 month ago

harris picked who joes puppet handlers (now hers) told her to pick. The puppet masters have 3 puppet now.

GTPatriot
GTPatriot
1 month ago

Considering that more than half of USA citizens pay no tax, how can we possibly think this election and any election in the future could go anywhere other than dimocratic ? A majority of the electorate are dependent on federal payouts and charity. The concept of getting as much education as you can followed by working as hard as you can is obsolete. We are a communist nation. The Chinese have nothing to conquer.

Pat R
Pat R
1 month ago

“Ignorance is bliss” is one of the main methods MSM and leftist Dems use on the people. Ignorance of truth makes best situation for lies being believed (bliss). Makes me wonder who besides Soros is using their wealth to destroy the USA? For Soros, it’s a goal of manipulation to “up” his ego. He’s done smaller manipulations in Hungary and Britian. But those were practice for the Big one.
Harris and Walz would be the end of the Constitutional Republic and our freedoms. We The People MUST make sure they don’t win in November!! We cannot count on GOP establishment to assure an honest election; we must volunteer at voting stations, campaign for paper voting and stay until the count is complete, even if it lasts all night and/or they try to put us out. Stay the course.

Kyle Buy you some guns,and learn how to shoot
Kyle Buy you some guns,and learn how to shoot
1 month ago

Walz;… What a A HOLE. Kyle L.

Stephen Russell
Stephen Russell
1 month ago

Going Max Left now Hard Left alone

Kyle Buy you some guns,and learn how to shoot
Kyle Buy you some guns,and learn how to shoot
1 month ago

Evedently them two dont remember what happene4d to Mouselene of WW @. She wasnt even born at that time. Kyle L.

johnh
johnh
1 month ago

America needs a Trump/Harris debate and they need to be asked tough questions on how they stand on the major issues & what they will do for all Americans. Trump got rattled & mad when asked questions at Chicago black journalist & they were just good questions that people want to ask. It does not do much good when they only appear at friendly fire from rallys of their own party. Trump is waffling on another debate & he does have trouble with questions from females in the past, but this debate is needed. Harris will not be an easy target like Biden was at debate.

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