He went from Democratic hope to chump
Tim Walz is a lot like a party balloon. He spent some time soaring, but it was always clear that the Minnesota governor would either slowly leak air or pop on a tree branch. A little more than a year after being launched into national politics as Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential nominee, Walz has landed back on the ground, dropping his gubernatorial re-election bid and watching his state go up in flames. The damage to his career may be irreparable.
A haphazard Kamala Harris campaign plucked Walz straight from cable news, where he was effectively defining the Trump-Vance ticket as “weird” throughout the mid-summer of 2024. Clips of Walz — a Midwestern Dad seemingly straight from central casting — were going viral on social media during the heyday of Couchgate: baseless allegations that JD Vance had once engaged in sexual activity with a couch. Indeed, just one day after Harris named him to the ticket, Walz referenced the meme about Vance’s supposed lust for living-room furniture.
“I can’t wait to debate the guy — that is, if he’s willing to get off the couch and show up,” Walz smirked.
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