Republicans Are Struggling to Paint Tim Walz as a Villain
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Republicans struggle to find an effective line of attack against Gov. Tim Walz, who was picked as Kamala Harris' running mate.

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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  • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
    46·
    5 months ago

    I don’t like the whole “down to earth politician I could get a beer with” thing, but I legitimately don’t think I can picture trump or vance looking happy with a farm animal, and I think that says something about them as peoplecin a way that’s different than just “down to earth”.

    You should look like that if you’re at a fair and someone hands you a piglet. It’s just a funny, cute thing that’s supposed to make people happy.

      • barsquid@lemmy.world
        14·
        5 months ago

        If we were in a novel or a movie the critics would have called that symbolism too heavy-handed. Of course they also would have said it is too unrealistic to have millions of dimwits voting for a con man because they are all racist.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      20·
      5 months ago

      I think the range of clothing I can picture them in is suit or golf polo. They just exude the energy of rich boys who don’t want to do anything “beneath their station”.

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          8·
          5 months ago

          Vance probably has as he was in the military. Even a cushy press job has to make his own bed. But I’m sure he’s put that all behind him and now thinks of that as work for the servants.

    • Sc00ter@lemm.ee
      11·
      5 months ago

      The “get a beer with” thing is about trust and being comfortable. Sounds like, “handing him a piglet” is your version of this. His reaction makes you trust and be comfortable with him as a decent human.

      I vote, you now use the phrase, “I’d hand that guy a piglet.” And make it your own.

    • Wogi@lemmy.world
      8·
      5 months ago

      Trump couldn’t pull off holding a book for fuck’s sake. And this guy, he’s just charming. He’s a big lovable oaf.