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Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate
(www.cnn.com)
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I think this was a poor pick. Penn's governor was a good candidate, but also didn't have the George Flyod riots in his political past. You're already seeing Republicans key in on that.
Shapiro is also very anti-Palestine and centrist so... nobody wants him if they can have Walz instead. Walz has accomplished far more positive things than Shapiro.
We need actual social democrats. The great things our nation has weren't the things brought on by centrism, but by progressives like FDR. Tim Walz is just that kind of guy. Democrats need people who won't dedicate their career to attempting bipartisanship or "reaching across the aisle" when the other side of the aisle is the alt-right, and they need someone who isn't controlled by corporate money. Because that kind of refusal to fight back against the right is what got the US into the mess it's in now. Tim Walz doesn't sucker up to fascists, as opposed to centrist Democrats.
Shapiro has a sexual harassment coverup allegation (for a close aide, not himself) and what appears to be serious mismanagement of a stabbing case, where a woman's death was initially ruled a murder, but ultimately his office refused to re-examine the case. It's going before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and might be heard before the election. Harris doesn't need an October Surprise to derail her momentum if it makes Shapiro look bad.
Huh I didn't know about that. Maybe Walz is a better pick then.