The GOP is scrambling to find a line of attack against Kamala Harris’s VP pick — and it’s not going well

Tim Walz has made his debut as Kamala Harris’ running mate, and Republicans are struggling to apply their standard villainization playbook to the Minnesota governor.

Walz has been making waves for weeks now as a good-natured, relatable politician with a particular aptitude for dressing down the Republican agenda in terms that any voter can understand — and the GOP hates it.

Republicans are scrambling to paint the governor-turned-VP candidate as a devilish Marxist hellbent on running the country into the ground — their usual stuff — while leveling a bunch of other really weird attacks. Here are some of their most pathetic attempts to turn voters against Walz.

  • CountVon@sh.itjust.works
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    Bet they wanted a Shapiro VP pick so bad. It would’ve been antisemitic space laser conspiracy theory bullshit 24/7 until the vote. Now all they’ve got is “how dare this man ensure school children have full bellies and necessary sanitary supplies every day.”

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      as it turns out, the strategy of “lets force everyone to have more babies, and then when kids go hungry, blame the parents specifically for having too many babies” isn’t panning out the way they hoped

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        I’ve always felt that “have more babies but also fuck you for ever having sex” was a bit of wildly contradictory policy stance.

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          No, I actually get it. You ever seen a toddler jump in a puddle and then get upset that their legs got wet and dirty? It’s like that

          Fucking toddler logic.

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            4 months ago

            That’s giving them far too little credit for their cruelty.

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      This tactic of picking someone that the Republicans didn’t expect and haven’t had time to build a narrative about is working extremely well.

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        If I put my conspiracy hat on for a split second I want to say this is a machiavellian (sp?) move by the DNC. I’m reluctant to give them that much credit though.