{"id":2320016,"date":"2024-08-06T13:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-commentators-believe-tim-walz-as-harriss-running-mate-is-a-relief-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T13:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T17:30:41","slug":"conservative-commentators-believe-tim-walz-as-harriss-running-mate-is-a-relief-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-commentators-believe-tim-walz-as-harriss-running-mate-is-a-relief-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative commentators believe Tim Walz as Harris\u2019s running mate is \u2018a relief\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fconservative-commentators-believe-tim-walz-as-harriss-running-mate-is-a-relief-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2320016&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the reaction \u2064of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-vetting-reporter-questions-ahead-of-briefings\/\" title=\"White House vetting reporter questions ahead of briefings\">conservative commentators<\/a> to Vice President Kamala \u200bHarris&#8217;s selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">running mate<\/a>. \u2064While many Democrats expressed \u200dexcitement about the choice, conservative figures felt relieved, especially compared to the alternative candidate, Pennsylvania Attorney\u200d General\u200d Josh Shapiro. Notably, former Trump adviser Kellyanne\u2064 Conway remarked, &#8220;What\u200c a relief&#8221; upon learning of Walz&#8217;s selection.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent commentator Ben Shapiro criticized the decision\u200c as &#8220;political malpractice,&#8221; pointing out that\u2064 Walz \u200cis not from\u2064 a swing state \u200cand labeling him as a radical,\u2063 suggesting that the \u200bchoice \u2064might appease anti-Israel factions within the Democratic Party. He argued that not\u200c choosing Josh Shapiro was a mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan McCain also weighed in,\u200b stating that after researching Walz, she found him to be far from\u2063 a moderate or unifying figure, labeling him as an &#8220;extreme progressive&#8221; with a deceptive persona. the \u200cconservative response to \u200cWalz&#8217;s selection was skeptical, with many expressing doubts about its strategic wisdom for the Democratic \u2062ticket.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Conservative commentators believe Tim Walz as Harris&rsquo;s running mate is &lsquo;a relief&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1724370\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cronys-presidential-appointment-could-pose-conflict-of-interest\/\" title=\"Biden Crony\u2019s Presidential Appointment Could Pose Conflict of Interest\">running mate selection<\/a> of Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) on Tuesday has excited many Democrats, but it also gave many conservative commentators a sense of relief.<\/p>\n<p>Between the two reported finalists for Harris&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris-Backed Bail Fund Freed Alleged Domestic Abuser Now Accused Of Murder\">vice presidential nominee<\/a>, conservative personalities appeared more concerned about Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-shapiro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Josh Shapiro<\/a> (D-PA) appearing on the ticket than Walz. When the announcement came down on Tuesday, former Trump White House adviser&nbsp;Kellyanne Conway posted, &ldquo;What a relief.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tim Walz? What a relief.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kellyanne Conway (@KellyannePolls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KellyannePolls\/status\/1820810402332090561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Podcast host Ben Shapiro, of no relation to the Pennsylvania governor, outlined why he believed picking Walz was &ldquo;political malpractice,&rdquo; listing that he is not from a swing state and is a &ldquo;radical.&rdquo; Ben Shapiro also speculated that by not picking Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, it was a concession to anti-Israel factions of the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As someone who wants Kamala to lose, picking Walz is wonderful! It&#8217;s political malpractice! Why?<\/p>\n<p>1. Not from a swing state.<br \/>2. Radical, underscoring her radicalism.<br \/>3. She rejected (((Shapiro))) to please the pro-Hamas caucus.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s not competent. And this pick shows it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1820809015284138375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As someone who wants Kamala to lose, picking Walz is wonderful!&rdquo; Ben Shapiro said in a post. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s political malpractice! Why? 1. Not from a swing state. 2. Radical, underscoring her radicalism. 3. She rejected [Josh Shapiro] to please the pro-Hamas caucus. She&rsquo;s not competent. And this pick shows it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Even conservative commentators who are deeply critical of former President Donald Trump believed Walz was not a strong pick for Harris.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I knew next to nothing about Tim Walz before this week and listened to several interviews, podcast, did research.<\/p>\n<p>He is no moderate, and no uniter. In fact you would be hard pressed to find a more extreme progressive running mate.<\/p>\n<p>He is a Trojan horse with a red state accent.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeghanMcCain\/status\/1820713011616596182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I knew next to nothing about Tim Walz before this week and listened to several interviews, podcast, did research,&rdquo; Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain, said in a post on X. &ldquo;He is no moderate, and no uniter. In fact you would be hard pressed to find a more extreme progressive running mate. He is a Trojan horse with a red state accent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Former Trump White House official&nbsp;Alyssa Farah Griffin, who is now no fan of her former boss, called out Walz&rsquo;s comments last week saying that &ldquo;one person&rsquo;s socialism is another person&rsquo;s neighborliness&rdquo; as being &ldquo;radioactive&rdquo; with swing voters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The clip of Tim Walz saying &ldquo;one person&rsquo;s socialism is another person&rsquo;s neighborliness&rdquo; will be played on loop in swing states from now until Election Day. <\/p>\n<p>We&rsquo;re ~90 days out! That&rsquo;s radioactive with swing voters. &#128134;&#127995;&zwj;&#9792;&#65039;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alyssa Farah Griffin (@Alyssafarah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alyssafarah\/status\/1820809593993277856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The clip of Tim Walz saying &lsquo;one person&rsquo;s socialism is another person&rsquo;s neighborliness&rsquo; will be played on loop in swing states from now until Election Day,&rdquo; Farah Griffin said in a post on X. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re ~90 days out! That&rsquo;s radioactive with swing voters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She also reacted to the news in an earlier post by calling the selection &ldquo;an extraordinary missed opportunity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris and Walz will make their first appearance together since the Tuesday morning announcement later in the day at a rally in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1724370\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1724370\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative commentators view the selection of Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s running mate as a source of relief. While many Democrats are enthusiastic about the choice, conservatives expressed greater concern over the possibility of Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) being chosen instead of Walz. Following the announcement, former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway tweeted her relief regarding Walz&#8217;s selection.<\/p>\n<p>Podcast host Ben Shapiro criticized the decision, calling it &#8220;political malpractice&#8221; because Walz is not from a swing state and is considered too radical. He also suggested that by not selecting Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, Harris was catering to anti-Israel elements within the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Even conservative figures critical of Donald Trump found fault with Walz\u2019s selection. Meghan McCain stated that after researching him, she concluded he is neither moderate nor unifying but rather an extreme progressive disguised with a red state persona.<\/p>\n<p>Alyssa Farah Griffin, another former Trump official now critical of him, highlighted how damaging Walz&#8217;s comments about socialism could be in swing states leading up to Election Day. She described his remarks as &#8220;radioactive&#8221; for potential voters and labeled Harris\u2019s choice as a significant missed opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Harris and Walz are scheduled to make their first joint appearance later today at a rally in Philadelphia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2320017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tim_Walz_661.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5741,4914,32438,36113],"class_list":["post-2320016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-commentators","tag-conservative","tag-kamala-harris","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tim_Walz_661.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2320016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2320016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2320016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2320016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2320016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}