Tim Walz Says Kamala Harris Chose Him for VP to Talk to White People

‘I could code talk to white guys — watching football, fixing their truck, doing that, that I could put them at ease’

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WALZ: “Look, I knew I was on the ticket, I would argue, because we did a lot of amazing progressive things in Minnesota that improved people’s lives, but I also was on the ticket, quite honestly, you know, because I — I could code talk to white guys watching football, fixing their truck —”
SHEPHERD: “Right.”
WALZ: “— doing that, that I could put them at ease. I was the permission structure to say, look, you can do this and vote for this. And — and you look across those swing states, with the exception of Minnesota, we didn’t get enough of those votes.”

 

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