Even MSNBC Doesn’t Like Kamala’s VP Choice!

To put it lightly, the Tim Walz rollout is not going super-smooth.

And now even liberal MSNBC political analyst, Steve Kornacki, is criticizing Harris’s choice of the Minnesota Governor..

The results of Walz's '22 GOV race in MN don't suggest he provides an obvious boost with the blue collar voters Dems have been shedding in WI/MI/PA: https://t.co/knKPzbd05E

— Steve Kornacki (@SteveKornacki) August 6, 2024

Let’s go a bit deeper on what Kornacki had to say per Trending Politics:

MSNBC began Tuesday morning in meltdown mode after news emerged that Vice President Kamala Harris had selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.

Steve Kornacki, the liberal network’s primary political analyst, immediately scoffed at Walz’s selection, writing on X that the progressive Democrat does not provide the kind of “boost” that Harris needs to credibly surpass former President Donald Trump in the polls.

Digging into data from Minnesota’s 2022 gubernatorial race, Kornacki cited Walz’s struggle with blue-collar, working-class voters when pitted against a credible Republican alternative.

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“Tim Walz’s ’22 GOV performance in the MN counties that have swung the most toward Trump post-2012,” he wrote preemptively on Monday night, adding Tuesday morning after the selection was made public, “The results of Walz’s ’22 GOV race in MN don’t suggest he provides an obvious boost with the blue collar voters Dems have been shedding in WI/MI/PA.”

Kornacki also pointed out that Gov. Walz has essentially spun his wheels in the more liberal counties. Since 2020, his levels of support in Minneapolis’s Hennepin County have remained virtually unchanged, as have they in seven others, two of which he trails a generic Republican by six and seven percent.

So what gives? Why would the Harris campaign choose a running-mate who clearly struggles to give her any sort of tactical advantage and could quite possible hurt her in the polls?

Minnesota Republican U.S Senate nominee Royce White might have the answer:

Picking Tim Walz tells you 1 thing… They’re afraid of losing Minnesota. They’re also going to keep race right up in your face by making this about race in Minnesota. This election just revealed the Democrats for exactly who they are, race baiting commies with small platitudes.

— Royce White 🇺🇸 (@Highway_30) August 6, 2024

Unfortunately, White’s take pretty much sums up our modern Democratic Party.

But the silver lining?

There’s a great chance the Harris Campaign’s decision to go with Walz will inspire more tentative Republicans, Independents, and centrist Democrats to support President Trump.