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Democrat vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been a disaster for Democrat presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.
From his consistent lies about his life story to giving disastrous interviews the choice of the Minnesota governor has been one of the most perplexing for the Democrat ticket.
His ineptitude was on display again when he spoke to “Good Morning America” host Michael Strahan and had said that the vice president shares his position on the elimination of the Electoral College, but that was after saying she did not agree with him.
“It’s not the campaign’s position. And the point I’m trying to make is that there’s folks that feel every vote must count in every state. And I think some folks feel that’s not the case. Our campaign does that,” he said in the interview.
“And the point I’m saying is I’m in five states in two days. We’re out there making the case that the campaign’s position is clear, that that’s not their position. Their position and my position is to make sure that everybody understands their vote, no matter what state they’re in, matters,” he said.
But when asked if the vice president was with him, after saying it was “not the campaign’s position” he then said it was.
“I have spoken about it in the past, that she has been very clear on this, and the campaign. And my position is the campaign’s position,” he said.
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Tim Walz lied again. After saying he wanted to do away with the electoral college at Newsoms fundraiser, he just lied about it. Harris and Walz cannot be elected.
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— The Constitutionalist 🇺🇸 (@WeWillBeFree24) October 11, 2024
The comments came after comments he made during campaign stops on the West Coast this week where he said that the Electoral College should be eliminated.
“And we know, because of our system of the Electoral College, that puts a few states in real focus,” he said in Seattle. “I’m a national popular vote guy, but that’s not the world we live in.”
“I think all of us know the Electoral College needs to go. We need a — we need national popular vote,” he said in Sacramento, California. “But that’s not the world we live in. So, we need to win Beaver County, Pa. We need to be able to go into York, Pa., and win. We need to be in western Wisconsin and win. We need to be in Reno, Nev., and win. And the help that you give here today helps make that happen.”
In 2019, during an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the vice president expressed skepticism in the Electoral College.
“There’s no question that the popular vote has been diminished in terms of making the final decision about who’s the president of the United States and we need to deal with that, so I’m open to the discussion,” she said.
The reason for their focus on blaming the Electoral College may be because of former President Donald Trump’s recent poll numbers in swing states.
Former President Trump has managed to overtake Vice President Kamala Harris in a new national survey after a seven-point swing in his favor.
The poll, taken by ActiVote between October 3 and October 8, shows Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, with a 1.2 percent lead over Harris, the Democratic candidate, garnering 50.6 percent of the vote compared to her 49.4 percent.
This marks a reversal of fortunes for Trump, who was trailing Harris by 5.4 points—47.3 percent to her 52.7 percent—in a poll conducted by ActiVote between September 11 and September 17. The former president has seen a 6.6-point increase in his support in just three weeks.
Both polls surveyed 1,000 likely voters and had a margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points, Newsweek reported.
This is the first time Trump has led a national poll since September 22, when a Quinnipiac University survey showed him 1 point ahead at 48 percent, compared to Harris’s 47 percent when including third-party candidates. In a head-to-head matchup, that poll indicated a tie, with both candidates receiving 48 percent. The poll surveyed 1,728 likely voters and had a margin of error of +/- 2.4 percentage points.
Since September 22, other polls have shown Harris leading Trump by as much as 7 points.
