Tim Walz’s Bubble-Wrapped Campaign

“Tim Walz, who became Kamala Harris’s vice-presidential pick partially on the strength of a viral, unscripted cable-news appearance in which he called Donald Trump and JD Vance ‘weird,’ is a surprisingly bubble-wrapped campaigner,” the Washington Post reports.

“The Minnesota governor rarely interacts directly with undecided voters within view of the press. Instead, much of his independent travel involves thanking and encouraging people who already support the Democratic ticket. His first solo trips have involved drop-bys at campaign offices, where he has offered to jump on calls by phone-bankers; visits with fellow Democratic governors; feeding a baby cow; and plenty of retail stops for dessert: milkshakes, whoopie pies, cake, chocolate-covered pretzels and stroopwafels.”

“Before heading to debate prep in Northern Michigan this weekend, where he answered three shouted questions, Walz had only stopped once to take questions from his traveling press corps — a 90-second exchange at the Minnesota State Fair. That conversation ended when Walz was asked about six hostages killed in Gaza and did not answer.”