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The GOP is scrambling to find a line of attack against Kamala Harris's VP pick — and it's not going well

Tim Walz has made his debut as Kamala Harris’ running mate, and Republicans are struggling to apply their standard villainization playbook to the Minnesota governor. 

Walz has been making waves for weeks now as a good-natured, relatable politician with a particular aptitude for dressing down the Republican agenda in terms that any voter can understand — and the GOP hates it

Republicans are scrambling to paint the governor-turned-VP candidate as a devilish Marxist hellbent on running the country into the ground — their usual stuff — while leveling a bunch of other really weird attacks. Here are some of their most pathetic attempts to turn voters against Walz.

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[–] [email protected] 168 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Bet they wanted a Shapiro VP pick so bad. It would've been antisemitic space laser conspiracy theory bullshit 24/7 until the vote. Now all they've got is "how dare this man ensure school children have full bellies and necessary sanitary supplies every day."

[–] solsangraal 98 points 1 month ago (1 children)

as it turns out, the strategy of "lets force everyone to have more babies, and then when kids go hungry, blame the parents specifically for having too many babies" isn't panning out the way they hoped

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've always felt that "have more babies but also fuck you for ever having sex" was a bit of wildly contradictory policy stance.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, I actually get it. You ever seen a toddler jump in a puddle and then get upset that their legs got wet and dirty? It's like that

Fucking toddler logic.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

That's giving them far too little credit for their cruelty.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This tactic of picking someone that the Republicans didn't expect and haven't had time to build a narrative about is working extremely well.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

If I put my conspiracy hat on for a split second I want to say this is a machiavellian (sp?) move by the DNC. I'm reluctant to give them that much credit though.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But hey, now they can claim that not picking Shapiro was antisemitic! 🙄

Never mind the tiki torches and chants of "Jews will not replace us" in the distance...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Isn't antisemitism a hard sell to Harris who is a Presidential candidate that is married to a Jewish man?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You would think so, but I've heard it on talk radio already. Verbatim: "Harris didn't pick Shapiro because Democrats hate Jews!"

Uh, there's one major party that is so hard-up for votes that they now welcome neo-Nazis to their convention, and it's not the Democrats...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I mean, I've also heard them parrot Russian propaganda that Zelensky is a nazi despite being, you know, jewish. Logic doesn't really enter their minds.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, Harris, whose husband is Jewish, hates Jews.

I know reality means nothing to them, but it makes their floundering all the more funny.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

They call Bernie Sanders antisemitic. Factual reality is absolutely irrelevant to the shit spewing from their mouths.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

From the same folks who were just calling Kamala Harris a "DEI pick."