The Daily Populous Thursday August 8th, 2024 day edition
Authored by newrepublic.com and submitted by harsh2k5

Walz also has never earned money from book sales, because, unlike other elected officials, he has never published a book. He doesn’t have extensive real estate assets, with he and Gwen selling their house in Mankato, Minnesota, for below the $315,000 asking price after he was elected governor. Unlike Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance, he doesn’t own any crypto, and unlike Donald Trump, he doesn’t have his own currency.

These revelations seem to provide another justification for Kamala Harris selecting Walz as her running mate. There are no embarrassing business deals that Walz is hiding, nor real estate scandals, nor tone-deaf remarks about wealth. In fact, Walz has more in common with the average American when it comes to money, and as a congressman, he often showed he could relate to financial struggles.

He even has legislation to back up his words: While serving in the House, Walz introduced the STOCK Act, which was meant to prohibit insider trading by members of Congress and other government employees. The bill was signed into law in 2012 by President Barack Obama. His refusal to own stocks adds to his sterling record for labor and his appeal to heartland voters. The only question is whether all of this can translate to success for Democrats and the Harris ticket in November.

Sunshinehappyfeet on August 7th, 2024 at 22:02 UTC »

Journalist: “What makes you happy?”

JD Vance: “A lot of things, including bogus questions from the media.”

That question was the perfect setup for Vance to talk about something he loves, that would humanize him, like “My family makes me smile” — but instead he talked about being angry.

It’s so weird that Trump and Vance lack the temperament to answer softball questions.

We aren’t going back.

Vote Blue.

JeffSteinMusic on August 7th, 2024 at 21:59 UTC »

Just can’t over the fact that this is gonna be a close race.

Like, I get it, a win is a win, horray, etc., but JFC how is our society healthy when this stark of a contrast isn’t a 90/10 race? 52% vote for the free puppy and 48% vote for diarrhea forever. WITAF.

RuncibleSpork on August 7th, 2024 at 21:54 UTC »

Since Walz' handling of the BLM protests seems to be the GOP talking point du jour, a very timely article.

> Newly Leaked Audio Exposes How Trump Truly Feels About Kamala’s V.P. Even Donald Trump once had good things to say about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

> It turns out that Donald Trump had something nice to say about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during the protests over George Floyd’s death in 2020.

> At the time, ABC News reported Wednesday, Trump praised the now-Democratic vice presidential nominee, telling a group of state governors that Walz “dominated” and saying he was an example for other governors to follow.

> “I know Governor Walz is on the phone, and we spoke, and I fully agree with the way he handled it the last couple of days,” Trump said on the June 1, 2020, phone call, a recording of which was obtained by ABC.