Recently, former President Barrack Obama seemingly took a shot at vice presidential candidate JD Vance in a statement regarding Kamala Harris’s selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in the upcoming election. While applauding Harris’ choice of Walz, Obama suggested that Vance is a candidate who is “inexperienced” and “polarizing.”
“When a presidential candidate chooses a running mate, it says a lot about who they are and what kind of president they’ll be. Do they pick someone inexperienced and polarizing who will deepen our divisions?” Obama asked. “Or do they pick someone with the judgment to make tough decisions, and the character to believe that every voice counts and everyone deserves an equal chance?” Obama wrote.
Conservatives have criticized Walz as being a far-left governor who has plagued Minnesota with a woke political agenda. However, Obama believes he is the perfect candidate to run alongside Kamala Harris. “By selecting Tim Walz to be her vice president from a pool of outstanding Democrats, Kamala Harris has chosen an ideal partner — and made it clear exactly what she stands for,” he continued.
Obama further praised Walz’s liberal policy stances. “Governor Walz doesn’t just have the experience to be vice president, he has the values and the integrity to make us proud. As governor, Tim helped families and businesses recover from the pandemic, established paid family leave, guaranteed the right to an abortion, and put common sense gun safety measures in place to keep communities safe. But Tim’s signature is his ability to talk like a human being and treat everyone with decency and respect — not all that surprising considering the fact that he served in the National Guard for 24 years and worked as a high school social studies teacher and football coach before being elected to Congress,” he said.
The former president concluded his statement, suggesting that Walz will be ready on “day one.” He said, “Like Vice President Harris, Governor Walz believes that government works to serve us. Not just some of us, but all of us. That’s what makes him an outstanding governor, and that’s what will make him an even better vice president, ready on day one. Michelle and I couldn’t be happier for Tim and Gwen, their family, and our country.”
Vice President Kamala Harris announced Walz as her running mate on Tuesday. “I am proud to announce that I’ve asked [Tim Walz] to be my running mate. As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he’s delivered for working families like his,” she said. Harris continued, “It’s personal. He grew up in a small town in Nebraska, spending summers working on his family’s farm. His father died of cancer when he was 19, and his family relied on Social Security survivor benefit checks to make ends meet. At 17, he enlisted in the National Guard, serving for 24 years. He used his GI Bill benefits to go to college, and become a teacher.”
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