{"id":2356910,"date":"2024-10-19T07:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T11:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-deploys-walz-despite-risk-of-gaffes-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-19T07:08:18","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T11:08:18","slug":"harris-deploys-walz-despite-risk-of-gaffes-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-deploys-walz-despite-risk-of-gaffes-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris deploys Walz \u2014 despite risk of gaffes &#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\">22<\/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%2Fharris-deploys-walz-despite-risk-of-gaffes-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=2356910&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 \u200darticle discusses the\u2062 campaign strategies\u200c of Governor Tim \u200dWalz of Minnesota as he joins Vice President\u200d Kamala Harris on\u2062 the campaign trail during\u200c the final stretch of the \u200cpresidential election. Despite his self-deprecating admission \u200dof being\u2064 a &#8220;knucklehead,&#8221; Walz is\u2063 leveraging \u2062his popularity\u2014being one of the few top candidates with a positive favorability rating\u2014to amplify their media presence. He \u2064has been active in engaging with the media through various appearances, including multiple shows and interviews, a \u2063departure from their earlier\u200d cautious\u2062 approach of\u200d avoiding unscripted content.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategists see this strategy as beneficial, drawing on successful tactics from previous campaigns, while also acknowledging the risks \u200cdue to past gaffes by Walz, \u2064such as exaggerating his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vindmans-campaign-hit-with-multiple-fec-complaints\/\" title=\"Vindman&#039;s Campaign Hit with Multiple FEC Complaints\">military service \u200crecord<\/a> and controversial \u200bcomments about the \u2062Electoral College. The article notes that while he \u200chas faced criticism, his relatable persona may work \u2063in his favor, especially in\u200d swing states. The\u200c dynamics \u2064of\u200d the campaign are further\u2063 complicated by \u200cattacks from Donald Trump, who \u2063mocks Walz&#8217;s past statements during his own appearances.<\/p>\n<p>the\u2062 article emphasizes that while there are risks\u2064 involved in Walz\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-cheney-has-single-handedly-destroyed-dick-cheneys-reputation-in-wyoming\/\" title=\"Liz Cheney Has Single-Handedly Destroyed Dick Cheney\u2019s Reputation In Wyoming\">aggressive campaign strategy<\/a>, his favorable image and ability to connect with voters may hold significant potential for the Democratic ticket as they approach election \u200cday.  <\/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\">Harris deploys Walz in campaign homestretch &mdash; despite risk of gaffes<\/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_1839755\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tim Walz\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) may be a self-described &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/us\/elections\/100000009735865\/walz-calls-himself-a-knucklehead-for-past-misstatements.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"knucklehead\">knucklehead<\/a>,&rdquo; but that&rsquo;s not stopping the Harris campaign from putting him on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"campaign trail\">campaign trail<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2024-election-betting-odds-trump-takes-largest-lead-since-july-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"2024 election betting odds: Trump takes largest lead since July - Washington Examiner\">presidential election&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s home stretch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Walz is the only one of the top four candidates with a positive favorability <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/favorability\/tim-walz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"rating\">rating<\/a>, and similar to his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, he&rsquo;s ramped up his media and campaign appearances.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going everywhere,&rdquo; Walz said Thursday during a stop in North Carolina with former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3193373\/comeback-kid-bill-clinton-stumps-underdog-harris-north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"President Bill Clinton\"> Bill Clinton<\/a>. &ldquo;Kamala and I are going everywhere. Between the two of us, we&rsquo;re about regulars on Fox News.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Walz went on Fox News two Sundays in a row and has been doing multiple local TV and radio hits a day. He recently went on Jimmy Kimmel Live<em> <\/em>and will appear on <em>The View<\/em> and <em>The Daily Show <\/em>next week.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s all a big change from the early weeks of the campaign when Harris and Walz both shied away from unscripted interviews. While the change comes as polls appear to be swinging away from their party, Democratic strategists welcome the new approach.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Pete Buttigieg model from 2020 was to go everywhere all the time for maximum reach,&rdquo; 720 Strategies partner Tom Cochran said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a good play because it&rsquo;s about exposure and positive messaging. The bigger risk this close to the election is being unknown, opaque, or unapproachable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cochran pointed out that Walz was the first one to tag former President Donald Trump, and especially Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), as &ldquo;weird,&rdquo; a label that has plagued them ever since.<\/p>\n<p>However, Walz has caused headaches too. He&rsquo;s been accused of exaggerating his military record and implying he and his wife used in vitro fertilization when they did not. Most recently, Walz said he wanted to scrap the Electoral College, a statement the Harris campaign had to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3182093\/tim-walz-calls-abolish-electoral-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"walk back\">walk back<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump took a shot at Walz&rsquo;s exaggerations during Thursday night&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3194491\/trump-adams-indictment-suspicious-mayor-immigration-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Al Smith dinner\">Al Smith dinner<\/a>, joking about how Walz and Harris were not present. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately, Governor Walz isn&rsquo;t here himself,&rdquo; Trump mused. &ldquo;But don&rsquo;t worry, he&rsquo;ll say that he was.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cochran emphasized that Walz is better on the campaign trail than off of it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a worthy risk,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;and when people make mistakes, owning them is the most important part.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Walz has taken shots right back at Trump during his own appearances. He said Thursday that Trump&rsquo;s immigration rhetoric is best turned inward.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, let&rsquo;s be honest. There are outsiders coming into communities, stealing and moving jobs away and making life harder for people living there,&rdquo; Walz said. &ldquo;And they have names &mdash; Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. That&rsquo;s who they are.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s the good news,&rdquo; Walz continued. &ldquo;Vance is never going to be vice president, and Donald Trump is never going to be president.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Brad Bannon pointed to Walz&rsquo;s relatively high favorability as his best asset. He said even his gaffes can be endearing if they make him come across as relatable.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He has a folksy appeal that works in the swing states, and I think it&rsquo;s wise for her to unleash him,&rdquo; Bannon said. &ldquo;The reality is a lot of the undecided voters are older white males, and Walz fits the bill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Still, the timing of Walz&rsquo;s recent media blitz could be a worrying sign for Harris supporters. It coincided with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"Campaign 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">vice presidential debate<\/a> that most observers thought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3173526\/five-takeaways-vance-walz-vice-president-debate-cbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Vance won\">Vance won<\/a>, and a quick shift in strategy could be a signal that the original strategy wasn&rsquo;t working. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Polling in the race remains extremely close overall, but in the <em>RealClearPolitics <\/em>polling average, all seven swing states are now favoring Trump. Pennsylvania flipped from narrowly blue to narrowly red in September, and Michigan, Nevada, and Wisconsin followed suit in mid-October.<\/p>\n<p>The Harris campaign is hoping more Walz will bring more votes as the last days of campaigning arrive. After campaigning with one former president last week, Walz will appear with another next week as he stumps with former President Barack Obama on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_1839755\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1839755\"}});<\/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>Harris sends Walz on the campaign trail despite gaffe risks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2356911,"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\/10\/tim-Walz-campaign-gaffes.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4021,32504,27318],"class_list":["post-2356910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-harris","tag-political-strategy","tag-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/tim-Walz-campaign-gaffes.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356910","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\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}