Kamala Harris has to be wondering what she was thinking when she put Tim Walz on the ticket as her running mate.
Every time the campaign sends Walz out in public, all they get back are bad headlines.
And a former NFL star humiliated Tim Walz with one simple question.
Tim Walz’s media blitz goes bust
It’s starting to dawn on Democrats that making abortion the centerpiece of their campaign and claiming gender doesn’t exist alienated nearly half the voting population who are men.
The Kamala Harris campaign confirmed all the reporting that internal polling shows her numbers with men cratering by dispatching running mate Tim Walz on what campaign billed as a “man-centric” media blitz.
Walz’s first stop was ABC’s Good Morning America.
Network morning shows are generally targeted toward women, but the Kamala Harris campaign hoped the fact that former Super Bowl champion and NFL Hall of Famer Michael Strahan was interviewing Walz would attract the audience of male voters that the campaign needed to attract.
The interview was a complete fiasco.
Networks release the juiciest clips first in hopes of hooking viewers.
The first clip ABC released was Strahan grilling Walz and about his comments at California Governor Gavin Newsom’s house that he wanted to get rid of the Electoral College and move to a national popular vote.
“I think all of us know the Electoral College needs to go,” Walz stated. “We need a national popular vote that is something. But that’s not the world we live in.”
The Kamala Harris campaign said they didn’t agree, so Strahan asked Walz about that contradiction.
“You said, ‘I think all of us know the Electoral College needs to go.’ But the campaign came out later that night and they said that’s not their stance,” Strahan stated.
Walz’s answer was as clear as mud.
“Well, it’s not the campaign’s position, and the point I’m trying to make is that there’s folks that feel every vote must count in every state. And I think that some folks feel that’s not the case,” Walz began.
“Our campaign does that and the point I’m saying is, I’m in five states in two days, we’re out there making the case that the campaign’s position is clear. That’s not their position. Their position and my position is to make sure that everybody understands, their vote, no matter what state they’re in, matters,” Walz continued.
To his credit, Strahan followed up and asked Walz if that meant he and Kamala Harris disagreed.
“So is that something you and Vice President Harris disagree on?” Strahan wondered.
Walz’s answer hinted that Kamala Harris agreed with him about getting rid of the electoral college.
“I have spoken about in the past and she’s been very clear on this. The campaign and my position is the campaign’s position,” Walz responded.
ABC releases first clip of their Tim Walz interview and @michaelstrahan presses Walz on his recent comments about getting rid of the electoral college. pic.twitter.com/Ba1kZXqWiL
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) October 11, 2024
Walz’s flub about the Electoral College worried Democrats because it sent the signal that the campaign is worried that Kamala Harris will join Al Gore and Hillary Clinton in winning the popular vote but losing the Electoral College.
And that only added to the general anxiety about the state of the Kamala Harris campaign.
