History will forever debate whether the Democrats’ decision to usurp President Joe Biden with Kamala Harris cost them the 2024 Presidential Election – though to be fair, they were probably going to lose regardless.
In my opinion, Biden should have stuck to his guns as a transition candidate, allowing Harris to announce her presidential campaign long before the President debated Donald Trump on CNN, and exposed his mental fragility. But he didn’t. And the party was forced to promote a radical left candidate who did not win a primary on a manifesto where her only policy was the fact that she “isn’t Donald Trump.”
What may get overlooked, though, is her decision to pick Tim Walz – something she said happened while sleep deprived (is this a politically correct term for “drunk”?)
There are big names within the Democratic Party; Gavin Newsom, Josh Shapiro, Gretchin Whitmer, for example. She was not short on options. Yet, in an election where her opponent was clearly targeting blur collar males, she chose a bizarrely flamboyant governor who was hardly known outside of his own state.
Walz is not relatable to any man who doesn’t spend their life obsessed with leftist ideology. His most high-profile moment was calling J.D. Vance “weird”, who then turned out to be the more normal of the two by a longshot.
Walz’s unrelatability cost his ticket votes. Not just nationwide, but in his own state. In fact, it cost him in his county, which the Democrats lost by 1.3 percentage points.
The poor performance led to speculation on social media.
For many, Walz just simply isn’t relatable.
