I was fully prepared to have it be Beshear.

I am surprised and delighted, honestly.

thought it was going to be Shapiro, was pleasantly surprised

Shapiro seemed the likely pick from a math standpoint but I'm sure someone told Harris this election isn't a math election now it's a vibes election.

it truly is

That’s kind of surprising, she doesn’t really need any help in Minnesota

Also Walz name got in the hat late was my assessment.

TIM TIME

I had a hunch it wasn't gonna be shapiro when he sent out a shapiro4pa text on sunday. mark kelly did the same thing a day before he was officially out of consideration

I'm predicting Buttgieg as Sec. Of State tho.

yeah. i do kinda hope whomever it is cleans house because blinken and his ghouls have been horrible

honestly i think walz is a good pick because he can just hammer home about the free school lunches whereas TRUMP can just say "crimadelphia" and shapiro is neutralized

Walz is a great pick because dude has a good record as Vic showed and he knows how to defend it without embarrassment, as if liberal and progressive policies aren't something to be ashamed of.

also lol

I do hope he’s prepared to deal with 3 months of getting raked across the coals for the George Floyd protests

If he wasn't, he'd not have accepted the nod.

Also the Ds want the Rs to talk about race.

Walz vs Vance in a debate is going to be hilarious after his statement about them being weird and then his response when someone asked him if he was being mean and he's like "No, they're weird and they insult people all the time."

FullOfBees: Walz is a football coach who right after a ruling against gay marriage tried to force his school to let him start a straight-gay alliance club and has said "As a straight, white, veteran athletics coach I was the best person to stand up and be an ally"

Like he knows who he is and that he can throw his privledge around for good so I'm a fan.

Also his record of accomplishments with a very tiny majority in his state is a good sign too

Dude was an NCO in the national guard and hunts and fishes, he's got Beshear's cred along with close to Buttgeig's ability to speak plainly and passionately.

He's built to eat Vance alive.

He's a vet so that negates "Vance is the only miliatary dude" and he's lived a more down to earth life than Vance ever has. He's also a huge advocate for womens rights, LGBTQ+, universal healthcare, publice schools and social safety nets in general and grounds talking about them as family values.

Yuuuup

Definitely a bad day for the GOP

But also...Walz just radiates wholesomeness, which is what people are craving desperately right now. Vibes is right.

FullOfBees: Depends. You have one of the highest muslim populations in the states (Other is Michigan iirc) and they're going to be paying attention to her Israel policies.

^ This is why I was honestly fearing a Shapiro pick. His public statements about Palestine have been... Not good, to put it mildly.

... he mad.

He really wants to run against Biden

Yup. Dude is shitting bricks in that gold toilet.

kamabla?

it looks like a typo

He's used that name in six different tweets/'truths' so far.

I think it’s a clumsy attempt to portmanteau her name with Obama

Also Walz’s speech yesterday was /chefkiss

I guess?? It's really unclear.

And yes Walz's intro couldn't have been better.

The man is both forceful and yet is definitely the sort of man who if you told him 40 years ago that there was a VERY good chance his name would be printed in most American history text books he'd call you nuts.

I feel like he would have said that as recently as 2-3 weeks ago

Also true

The couch zinger though. Oh my god. He is going to absolutely dismantle Vance.