Former members of the Mankato (Minnesota) West High School football team took center stage at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Wednesday night in support of their former coach, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as he formally accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president. However, social media stirred over the reference to Walz as a football...
CNN hosts discussed Wednesday how the Democratic National Convention is trying to reach men who are less “testosterone-laden,” with Gov. Tim Walz and second gentleman Doug Emhoff. “The gender gap in American politics has been trending very strongly for years. But this year, at least according to polls, it is so strong,” CNN’s Jake Tapper...
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, mocked CNN reporter Alayna Treene for fact-checking a joke he made about Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. During a rally in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, Vance referenced the Democratic vice presidential candidate and his upcoming address at the Democratic National Convention by spotlighting the ongoing controversy surrounding Walz’s...
CBS host Gayle King said on Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris is “uniquely qualified” to be President of the United States, lavishing praise on the candidate she’s donated to in the past. “When I hear people say I will vote for Kamala Harris because she is a Black woman, she is so much more...
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., started her address on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday by briefly praising President Biden – despite reportedly helping to orchestrate his exit from the presidential race. “On Jan. 20, 2021, with the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, we established one of the...
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said that the network’s fellow hosts, reporters and commentators gave Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz a round of applause and cheered for him during his Democratic National Convention (DNC) speech on Wednesday night. “I had no idea it was going to be like that,” Maddow said Wednesday night after Walz formally accepted...
CNN senior political commentator Van Jones said that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz needed to come clean to voters about his military record as he continues to face allegations of “stolen valor” from veterans. “He has to clean that up. He does,” Jones said Thursday. “And I think it‘s actually on brand for him to say,...
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s second-in-command, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, didn’t mince words when it came to race relations, claiming the state was only a good place to live for White people and supporting the takedown of historic statues. Flanagan previously said that living in the state posed problems for people of color, even after...
The Trump campaign distributed a letter Thursday from dozens of veterans serving in Congress hitting back at Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz over claims of “stolen valor.” Journalists were handed the letter condemning Walz, as the Minnesota governor has battled back against questions about the timing of his retirement from military service. In an...
Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., told CNN host Brianna Keilar she should be questioning Gov. Tim Walz’s, D-Minn., claims about his military record “rather than defending” him Wednesday. The “CNN News Central” host questioned Waltz Wednesday about a letter he and 50 Republican veterans in Congress penned to the Democratic vice presidential candidate about his “egregious...
