Politico intends to name the big winner of each day’s political news. Tim Walz was the big winner of political news yesterday. He set his sights on the richest man in the world, who is pumping uncounted millions into the Trump campaign. In this country, rich people aren’t supposed to buy elections but no one told South Africa-born Musk that.
Tim Walz is hunting big game.
On Tuesday, the Minnesota governor rediscovered the looseness that once had him casting Republicans as “weird,” skewering Donald Trump, JD Vance — and, more than anyone, Trump campaign surrogate Elon Musk.
“I’m going to talk about his running mate — his running mate Elon Musk,” Walz said in Madison, Wisconsin, on the first day of early voting in the Blue Wall battleground. “Seriously, where is Senator Vance after he got asked the simplest question in the world at the debate: Did Donald Trump win the 2020 election, and after two weeks he finally said, ‘No, he didn’t.’”
Next, Walz uncorked on the wealthiest man in the world and the owner of X.
“Look, Elon’s on that stage, jumping around skipping like a dipshit.”
The clip quickly went viral on Musk’s own site.
On a day when his running mate, Kamala Harris, had no events and an interview with MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson, Walz’s line reverberated and drowned out other news on the trail.
And won Walz the day.
In some ways, that Walz has been scarce on the trail and in interviews, of which he’s doing more now.
His performance Tuesday came at a time when Democrats are increasingly desperate to remind voters about the dangers of a second Trump term — particularly in a battleground like Wisconsin. (John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff and the onetime general, offered an assist on that front, kicking off a media tour explaining how Trump had asked “for the kind of generals that Hitler had” and talked of using the military against U.S. citizens, something Harris has been warning about on the trail).
It also comes as Harris continues amid a gender divide to struggle with male voters. She could use some of the same Midwestern bravado that originally landed Walz on her radar this summer.
Harris may have somewhat dampened Walz’s value-add to the ticket when she warned him“to be a little more careful on how you say things,” as he said in a recent interview.
Now, though, Walz is back.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
First, Harris should watch the film “Elizabeth” where, in the scene, she presents herself as queen to a bunch of misogynist priests who would sooner see her dead. She laughs slyly while saying (with an attitude of “what are you worried about?”) . . . “I am JUST A WOMAN!”
Second, the Trump gang doesn’t know what to do when confronted with an honest person who shucks intimidation tactics like flicking an ant off one’s sleeve.
. . . as Trump foams at the mouth with lie after lie today and every day. CBK
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We need more Dems like Walz. They need to stop being so gentle & polite. Say the blunt stuff loud & clear:
Lock him up!
Trump & his acolyte Republicans LIE.
Fox (not) News LIES and misleads it’s viewers.
Didn’t many of these same liars say the same things about Obama?–he was a Socialist/Communist/Fascist who would ruin the country. How did those 8 years turn out after taking over from Bush’s 2007-8 financial collapse?
Trump & his Republican supporters are Fascist wannabes.
Dems are FOR the workers, Repubs are NOT.
Repubs support & favor policies for the Rich & Oligarchs.
Inflation is a worldwide problem, not just in the US. Trump will not magically fix it & return things to when he was in office, which really was just the extension of the Obama economy, before he implemented his massive tax cuts for the rich.
Yes, inflation, interest rates & unemployment rates were high post-pandemic, but they are now quite low & the Harris admin will continue on that path.
Yes, the border problem has been bad for many years, and we could have done better, but we are now working on tightening things up, but we need Congress to step up & get involved in solving these problems together as a nation, not as opponents trying to make the other side look bad at the expense of solving the country’s problems.
The Stock Market is at all time highs, despite the fact that Trump said it would crash if Biden was elected.
Our economy is extremely stable & strong, despite the fact that many Americans are struggling. Many always have struggled & many will continue to struggle. But this is one of the only countries where those people at least have a chance to overcome those struggles.
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“Fox (not) News LIES and misleads it’s viewers”
Correction: “FUXNews Lies and misleads it’s viewers”
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Thankfully, Democrats have released coach Walz who has the potential bring in male voters in the swing states. It’s wise to let Walz go on the offense. Anything Walz says will not be as controversial or offensive as the vile, unhinged DJT at recent events. After all, Walz is smart and competent.
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Did he really call Musk a dipshit? That is so cool! THAT is how you campaign. What a great soon to be vice president. Love Tim Walz!
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It’s about damn time Democrats abandon the “high road of civility” and dive into the gutter to take on MAGA who came straight up from the sewer. That’s where Democrats have ALWAYS needed to be since the astroturf Tea Party. Good job Tim Walz!
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