The joyful Minnesota governor is a valuable spokesperson for Harris whose background and personality can help the Democratic ticket undermine Trumpā€™s efforts to woo Americaā€™s men.

Tim Walzā€™sĀ first official speechĀ on the Democratic ticket displayed all the reasons thatĀ Kamala HarrisĀ has been lauded for picking the Minnesota governor as her running mate. Personally, I think one outshines all the rest.

Walzā€™s military background and his work as a high school teacher and football coach, along with his palpable joy andĀ open expressions of compassion for people in need, offer America a vision of what manhood can look like ā€” heā€™s a ā€œjoyful warriorā€ offering a vision in contrast with whatā€™s being offered by Donald Trumpā€™s bravado-driven campaign.

And heā€™s clearly willing to challenge Team Trump on that front. He displayed that even before he received the call to join Harrisā€™ campaign, using public appearances to refer to Trump and his allies asĀ ā€œbulliesā€ who are truly weak at heartĀ and by mocking the GOP ticket for ā€œrunning for He-Man Women Haters Club or something.ā€

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    The irony is both Walz and Trump donā€™t drink alcohol (unsure why Trump doesnā€™t but I found it frustrating since I donā€™t drink and want nothing on common with the guy lol). Harris and Vance probably do drink though, and Harris wins there as she is probably a giggly drunk. Vance is probably just an annoying drunk. Not mean, but perhaps more whiny about rural folks he hates and maybe a like tech bro vibe.

    Of course, thatā€™s of you that this bar literally; it obviously means ā€œwho would you rather hang out withā€ and to me, that means ā€œwho would you rather play Super Smash Bros Melee with after schoolā€ and the Harris/Walz camp got that beat. Plus Iā€™m only letting Walz bring the mountain dew, last time Vance did and we all passed out-- you know how expensive it is getting upholstery cleaned? Big oof.

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      unsure why Trump doesnā€™t

      Iā€™ve heard that one of his brothers was an alcoholic and that turned him off of it.

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        His dad destroyed both him and his brother, and his brother turned to alcohol to soothe the pain. DJT watched this and placed the ENTIRE blame on booze, which may or may not be fair. I donā€™t know if his brother could have turned it around. Not drinking can be a healthy decision (it certainly has been for me, it was a hard choice and one that has made my life better for every single one of the 6 years I havenā€™t been drinking), but I donā€™t think DJT has confronted his demons properly because his generation doesnā€™t do that. He may have been worse with alcohol in the mix, but the fact is I donā€™t think alcohol is what destroyed his brother. His brother was destroyed by the same thing that destroyed him: trauma.

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      I wish so much I could find a comment about this on the old site. It said ā€œDonald Trump does not drink alcoholā€ and every word was a link to a real photo of him with an alcoholic drink in hand. I tried searching but Google has turned to shit and the images are all Photoshop shit.

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        Wouldnā€™t be surprised given heā€™s a habitual liar, but on the other hand it is a ā€œweirdā€ trait. And he most assuredly has done coke so itā€™s not like heā€™s a saint, lol.