Three deceptions from Tim Walz
By
Byron York
August 21, 2024 11:03 am
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THREE DECEPTIONS FROM TIM WALZ. Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is scheduled to address the Democratic National Convention in Chicago tonight. He will enjoy a wildly enthusiastic, rapturous reception. In the 15 days since Vice President Kamala Harris chose Walz to be her running mate, Democrats have celebrated Walz, the governor of Minnesota, as “America’s dad” and “America’s coach.” They have swooned over his Midwestern manner, his clothes, and even his taste in food. They have made him a hero for calling Republicans “weird” and extolling the “joy” that the Democratic Party is apparently feeling these days.
Walz has also developed a reputation as someone who cannot be trusted to tell the truth about his own biography. Here are three examples of Walz deceptions that have raised concerns in the last 15 days.
1) The IVF deception. Walz has delighted Democrats with his attacks on Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), the Republican candidate for vice president. (Vance was the original target of the “weird” meme.) One of Walz’s criticisms is that Vance in June voted against a Democratic messaging bill called the “Right to IVF Act.” The bill was intended to gain publicity for Democrats attacking a since-overturned Alabama court decision that briefly, until it was reversed by legislation, declared frozen embryos to be persons. Vance noted that he, Vance, personally supports in vitro fertilization and no state in the country bans it. So he voted against the bill while also signing a statement in support of IVF.
It was a common Washington brouhaha. One party sees political advantage in drafting a bill that will never become law, written for the purpose of embarrassing the other party, and then attacks the other party for voting against it. In the case of IVF, it was particularly meaningless, because Vance fully supports access to IVF.
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