• @[email protected]
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    Minnesotan here, he’s a homerun. Living under his governorship has been great (for one thing we’ve actually got a public option for health insurance here) and I’ll be a little sad to see him go. His Lt Governor is also great, though, so we’ll be okay.

    • @morphballganon
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      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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          Sanders and progressives also endorsed him ahead of the picks, mind you…

          He was moderate in the House and far more progressive as Governor. Hence why both groups like him.

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              That he’s a uniter in the party. He was somewhat moderate as a House Rep but routinely worked with progressives who loved him, but then proved himself to fight for progressive policies as Governor.

              So look at his record as Governor. AOC endorsed him, too, what so we make of that? You’re making a big deal about nothing.

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                  Ok? Nobody here said he was socialist. You were arguing against the notion that he is center-left, which he is. Progressives and moderates both relate to him. Hence… Center-left.

        • @morphballganon
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          Let’s not pretend Pelosi represents objective truth. Agreed?

    • @[email protected]
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      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.

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        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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      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.

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    Walz has 2 Gen Z kids who he himself said help keep him in tune with the concerns of younger generations.

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    I’ve never particularly cared for Harris’ personality, she’s unrelatable to me. I only recently learned she’s from California so that tracks, and since I’m a Midwesterner it also tracks why so far I like Walz. His policies are more progressive than Harris’ too.