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EPISODE · Aug 7, 2024 · 44 MIN

Wednesday, August 7, 2024 - Tim Walz: "We'll sleep when we're dead."

from The Ron Show · host Ron Roberts

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz indeed was the choice VP Kamala Harris made (as I asserted should be the case back on July 29th) to be her running mate, and his first test - accepting and giving ⁠his first stump speech⁠ - didn't disappoint. [⁠Transcript here⁠] Well, the ⁠New York Times editorial board mostly approved⁠, anyway, but a raucous crowd of 12,000-plus in Philadelphia sopped it up. Near-immediate right wing attacks on his Congressional record, his time as governor, and even his 24-year National Guard service came, and are mostly eviscerated by historical context and facts as we now know them, but we'll give them their time and fact-checking, here, too.⁠ George Chidi⁠ from ⁠'The Atlanta Objective'⁠ joined me to provide context. Oh I forgot the 'antisemitism' swipes; ⁠Mehdi Hassan quickly wiped those out last night on CNN⁠. Also, it turns out Pennsylvania Governor Josh ⁠Shapiro 'wrestled' with even wanting the job.⁠ '

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz indeed was the choice VP Kamala Harris made (as I asserted should be the case back on July 29th) to be her running mate, and his first test - accepting and giving ⁠his first stump speech⁠ - didn't disappoint. [⁠Transcript here⁠] Well, the ⁠New York Times editorial board mostly approved⁠, anyway, but a raucous crowd of 12,000-plus in Philadelphia sopped it up. Near-immediate right wing attacks on his Congressional record, his time as governor, and even his 24-year National Guard service came, and are mostly eviscerated by historical context and facts as we now know them, but we'll give them their time and fact-checking, here, too.⁠ George Chidi⁠ from ⁠'The Atlanta Objective'⁠ joined me to provide context. Oh I forgot the 'antisemitism' swipes; ⁠Mehdi Hassan quickly wiped those out last night on CNN⁠. Also, it turns out Pennsylvania Governor Josh ⁠Shapiro 'wrestled' with even wanting the job.⁠ '

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