While Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance has been barnstorming the country, doing dozens of events and interviews, Kamala Harris’ would-be second-in-command has been kept in a box. While Tim Walz has awkwardly read a teleprompter a few times, he has yet to do a single interview or press conference.
That’s a noticeable departure from how vice presidential nominees typically operate. They’re supposed to be an attack dog. Someone who can go into the lion’s den and put up a good fight. Vance has proven he can do that. Meanwhile, Walz is doing “white guy taco” videos and helping stage the gas station Dorito runs. To use a word the Minnesota governor has an affinity for, it’s weird.
A new report is shedding some light on why Walz has been so confined, and it’s both telling and hilarious.
What about Tim? One of the issues that Harris world is currently working to address is how to deploy running mate TIM WALZ in the media. The danger in sending him out to do big solo interviews is that he might not have a full command of where Harris is on every issue. As someone pointed out to us last night, Harris talks about the “opportunity economy,” but if Walz were asked to define it, would he know how?
Think about that. Kamala Harris’ policy positions are so nebulous and undefined that her own running mate doesn’t have a grasp of where she stands. This is a presidential ticket that has been together for a month, and Walz still can’t be trusted to do interviews without possibly contradicting her. If this were a Saturday Night Live skit, what would be different?