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From Fox News: Former vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., continued a self-described “listening tour” across the country at a Harvard Kennedy School forum on Monday night, ruling out a 2028 presidential bid and revealing why former Vice President Kamala Harris chose him as her running mate.
Walz said Harris chose him, in part, because, “I could code talk to White guys watching football, fixing their truck” and “put them at ease.” The Minnesota governor described himself as the “permission structure” for White men from rural America to vote for Democrats.
“I think I’ll give you pretty good stuff, but I’ll also give you 10% problematic,” Walz added when pushed by moderator Brittany Shepherd, ABC News national political reporter, about why he didn’t take that message to cable news to reach a larger audience. Walz laughed off criticism over inconsistencies in his background on the 2024 campaign trail, describing himself as a “knucklehead.”
Walz told CNN’s Jake Tapper earlier this month that he was considering a third bid for Minnesota governor but was not thinking about running for president in 2028. When asked by Shepherd to explain, Walz said the Democratic Party should run a collective 2028 presidential campaign.
Walz is being widely mocked for presenting himself as someone who would draw in votes from “White guys watching football, fixing their truck.” Many are noting he is the same governor who put tampons in boys’ restrooms.
WATCH THIS:
Tim Walz tells Harvard audience that Kamala chose him for VP because “I could Code Talk to white guys watching football, fixing their truck’ and he gave a ‘permission structure’ for whites to vote Democrat pic.twitter.com/YaRJdL9Kad
— Chris Plante Show (@ChrisPlanteShow) April 30, 2025
X user Minnesota Miners reacted, “.@GovTimWalz What the hell does this mean? You don’t know how to relate to white guys and never will. When you support biological men in women’s sports, tampons in men’s bathrooms, and unrealistic EV goals you know nothing about us. @MinnesotaMiners.”
.@GovTimWalz What the hell does this mean? https://t.co/BlAwckQgD0 You don’t know how to relate to white guys and never will. When you support biological men in women’s sports, tampons in men’s bathrooms, and unrealistic EV goals you know nothing about us. @MinnesotaMiners
— Minnesota Miners (@MinnesotaMiners) April 30, 2025
This yet again proves how stupid @KamalaHarris really is. If @Tim_Walz is your appeal to “white guys,” then you’re stupid. https://t.co/MJfKxKoYwg
— Nick Searcy, Actor/Director/Producer/Author (@yesnicksearcy) April 30, 2025
Walz was also mocked during the campaign for his bizarre behavior, which in no way appealed to “white guys.”
Tim Walz is a whiteface minstrel show
He’s playing the bumbling white dad in every TV commercial
This is what the DNC wants to do to men pic.twitter.com/WRHFLROJZh
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) August 21, 2024
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Walz says says Harris picked him for VP to ‘code talk to White guys’ https://t.co/qCweVISCOF
— Fox News Politics (@foxnewspolitics) April 30, 2025
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