• @morphballganon
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      363 months ago

      Calling him middle of the road is disingenuous. He seems to be left of center. And that’s a good thing, of course.

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      263 months ago

      He’s gotten a shitload done here in Minnesota. I’m hoping as VP he can help continue that trend but it’s a totally different role.

      • @[email protected]
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        153 months ago

        If he helps Harris win, he will have done more good for humanity than he could have as your governor.

        Project 2025 will absolutely destroy this country and cause the entire world as we know it to collapse.

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      73 months ago

      I feel like the tankies make all leftists look like uncompromising lunatics. We are capable of taking small wins, negotiating, and working with moderates.

      His stance (and Harris’) on cops looks pretty bad, as a leftist, but Americans fucking love cops so being ACAB isn’t a safe political position. Kind of the same issue with Isreal: a US politician can’t be anti-Isreal, they have to take a mediated stance. But it seems like Walz knows how to navigate the nuance of those issues.

      On other issues, I’m flexible myself. I’m a southerner, and I’m pro-gun-ownership. It seems like Walz is too, and has over time changed his pro-NRA stance to something more moderate and acceptable: guns ok, with regulation and limits. That’s a reasonable stance on guns, one that I also share with my deeply Republican (anti-trump) parents. And that excites me because now I have talking points to try and push them towards a D vote.