During the Democratic National Convention last month, Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman, talked about his passionate “hug” with his wife’s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
I can’t even begin to count the number of texts I received from my real friends and family saying, ‘You never embrace me like that.’ We just go up there and give each other this big macho bear hug. What’s happening? “You literally [just] met this guy,” Emhoff said to Jon Lovett, host of “Pod Save America.”
Did you give him a backhand? Did you slap him to maintain your heteronormativity? “Did you give him a pat on the back or did you give him a full embrace?” the host inquired.
Yes, we just went all out. He said this, I said this, and then there was just this fraternal embrace. Ehmoff answered, “And I heard from a lot of real friends.”
Walz has been involved in a number of scandals since Vice President Kamala Harris selected him, the majority of which have focused on his fabrications on his military experience.
Democratic Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota was chastised by prominent members of both major parties for seeming uneasy during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate in New York versus Senator JD Vance (R-Ohio).
The first and only time the vice presidential candidate faced Vance prior to the November election was on CBS News. Veteran broadcasters Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan moderated the discussion.
Social media users started making comments about Walz’s mannerisms as soon as he started speaking:
Following Tuesday night’s debate, which was moderated by CBS, left-wing media figures and outlets also criticized Walz’s performance, giving Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate poor ratings overall.
Notably, Walz was criticized by CNN’s Abby Phillips, Dana Bash, and Jake Tapper, who took turns saying that he either didn’t seem to have prepared for the debate or had too much of it and wasn’t fast enough to respond to Vance’s several insults directed at Harris.
According to Bash, this could be because Walz and Harris haven’t done many media appearances. At one point during the post-debate analysis, Tapper even asserted that Vance is a “much more experienced” debater.
Anchor Abby Phillip remarked, “I think there was a clear lack of preparation and execution here,” pointing out that Vance was able to deliver a few “punches.”
Bash thought otherwise. He prepared too much, in my opinion. She remarked, “He had so many lines that he was obviously trying to say.” “I believe that his lack of interviews with local and national media indicated that he needed more.”
While anchor Anderson Cooper concluded that Walz appeared uneasy on stage, Tapper went on to say that “JD Vance is much more experienced with this, at public speaking and defending himself and pivoting.”
Regarding Walz’s debate against former President Donald Trump’s running mate, ABC News anchor Linsey Davis remarked, “It was a slow start, but a strong finish.” Harris’ remarks about Joe Biden during the June 27 debate kind of brought up memories of that discussion. According to the New York Post, she continued, “And that’s how I felt Tim Walz kind of did tonight.”
According to Davis, who co-moderated the September 10 presidential debate between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris with David Muir, Vance was more “effective” at opposing Harris on Tuesday than Trump had been the month before.
Vance, who repeatedly pointed out throughout the debate that Harris has not pushed for any of the causes and policies she now professes to support, said, “I feel like that was really effective.”
She went on to say, “To use Tim Walz’s own words, a lot about this debate tonight was, was weird.” “There were awkward, comfortable moments, but overall, I thought JD Vance needed to project that likeable, modest character from ‘Hillbilly Elegy.'” It seems that he might have gained some points from that.
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