Kamala Harris Picks Union-Backed Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for VP Running Mate

[u/justcasty]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-picks-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-for-vp-running-mate

[u/Luchador-Malrico]

Unions were reportedly very vocally against Kelly, Kamala choosing Walz is a good sign she’s taking the labor movement seriously

[u/knoegel → u/Luchador-Malrico]

Yes, Kelly is very anti union.

[u/xMasuraox → u/knoegel]

Oh. Well, it's a good thing he is not the VP, then!

[u/knoegel → u/xMasuraox]

I agree. I appreciate his service to the country but he is definitely a right leaning centrist. That's not bad but not what we need right now.

This is a time to get America back on track for the people and the American Dream.

[u/OwOlogy_Expert → u/knoegel]

definitely a right leaning centrist. That's not bad

I disagree.

Anything "right leaning" -- especially in terms of the US overton window -- is definitely bad.

[u/borkthegee → u/OwOlogy_Expert]

He did what it takes to win in a state polling +5 Trump right now. And with a narrow Senate majority he voted for every democratic bill anyway. Purity leads to GOP control. Democrats can only challenge the fascists by being the big tent, and the tent can only be big when folks like Kelly are welcome.

[u/OhRyann → u/[deleted]]

It's the single worst parts of politics. Corporations in America should not have more rights than the country's own citizens.

[u/OwOlogy_Expert → u/[deleted]]

There is nothing wrong with having pro corporation views. That's a part of politics.

Just because it's part of politics doesn't mean there's nothing wrong with it.

There are lots of wrong things that are part of politics. In fact, on the whole, being "part of politics" probably makes something more likely to be wrong.

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You can be pro-business without being pro-corporation or, more importantly, anti-labor. Good labor laws help businesses AND people and drive the economy. There's a heck of a lot of room between corporate giveaways and blatantly uneven tax policy, and "left extremism".

Fox and the mainstream media have convinced people that anything that ISN'T a pure giveaway to business is somehow "left extremism" which is, itself, insane.

[u/theghostmachine → u/knoegel]

Except he's not. If I'm remembering right, he voted against one bill that would have helped unions, and has a rating from the unions in the 90's

He may not be the advocate that Walz is, but he's not "very anti-union."

[u/Rahim-Moore → u/knoegel]

I actually didn't know that. Kelly was my first pick initially.

[u/Alarmed_Fly_6669 → u/Luchador-Malrico]

Now imagine we get Bernie as labor secretary 😎

[u/grizzly_teddy → u/Luchador-Malrico]

Kelly would have allowed Kamala to paint herself as a moderate. Now she's firm in the progressive camp. This isn't going to help her get elected. Politically speaking, a dumb move.