Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz embodies everything liberal women see in their own fathers – except for their political views. For some, it makes them hopeful but also very sad.

He’s got jokes, enthusiasm and a smiley face that’s not even remotely trying to hide how he’s feeling. He’s Tim Walz- and he’s bringing major Midwestern dad energy to the Democratic ticket.

At least that’s how many white women feel when they see Walz in videos, riding the Slingshot at the state fair with his daughter, signing legislation to give kids in Minnesota free lunches or tweeting about his pet cat.

It’s in stark contrast to what some see in their own fathers - who often have more conservative political views.

“He is silly. My dad used to be very, very silly and goofy,” Pamela Wurst Vetrini, a woman who recently compared Walz to her father, said in a viral TikTok video.

A lot of us had moderate to conservative, educated, sensible fathers that we lost to Rush Limbaugh. That we lost to Fox News. That we lost to Donald Trump. And the cult of conservatism that has grown and grown and grown has driven a wedge between millennial woman and her father,” she said.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    7
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    3 months ago

    In the midst of your righteous anger, you might have missed the point that I wasn’t talking about Tim Walz.

    • mathemachristian[he]@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      5
      ·
      3 months ago

      No, you keep trying to deflect from his shitty record to me having a second account on hexbear. I just keep trying to have you take an actual look at the guy and not just blindly cheerlead whoever the dems put in front of you.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        3 months ago

        I am not a moderator in this community. Believe it or not, I am not able to shut you up or shut you down. You can post a response criticizing Walz in reply to every person on this thread and there would be nothing I could do about it.

        Gotta love how people on Lemmy claim you’re trying to silence them.

        If you’re worried about people deflecting from your claims, maybe your claims aren’t very good and you should find some claims that people can’t deflect.

        • mathemachristian[he]@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          3 months ago

          Gotta love how people on Lemmy claim you’re trying to silence them.

          ???

          if people use ad hominems it’s because your claim wasn’t good enough

          what are you even trying to say? Is it just word salad to get the last post in? Just DM me, you can have it.

          • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            3 months ago

            Since you seem to have forgotten your own post, I’ll help you out:

            No, you keep trying to deflect from his shitty record to me having a second account on hexbear. I just keep trying to have you take an actual look at the guy and not just blindly cheerlead whoever the dems put in front of you.

            I can’t deflect from anything you write. However, you are the one who has decided you don’t need to talk about Walz anymore and just bicker with me instead. I didn’t force you to do that. I can’t even force you to reply.