Vice President Kamala Harris selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate on Monday caused NBC’s cast of characters to gush with praise. Throughout the coverage, Walz would be called a “moderate” who can win over Republicans and a “progressive” who can appease Muslim and Arab voters upset with President Joe Biden on Israel while also being lauded for looking “like a lot of dads,” while the Harris-Walz ticket was described as a “beautiful mosaic.”
White House correspondent Gabe Gutierrez’s biography of Walz recalled, “After moving to Minnesota, he volunteered for John Kerry’s presidential campaign, and in an upset, he was elected to Congress in 2006. Walz served in Washington for the next 12 years, establishing himself as a moderate Democrat. Then, he ran for governor in 2018 winning in a landslide.”
“In an upset he was…
