Tim Walz Claims Kamala Harris Picked Him as Running Mate Because He Could ‘Code-Talk to White Guys’Elizabeth Weibel 30 Apr 2025
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) claimed that former Vice President Kamala Harris picked him as her vice presidential running mate because he could “code-talk to white guys watching football” and fixing their trucks.
While speaking at an event at Harvard University’s Kennedy School Institute of Politics, Walz explained to moderator Brittany Shepherd that he had been picked as Harris’s vice presidential running mate because, as governor, he has done “a lot of amazing, progressive things in Minnesota to improve people’s lives.”
Walz added that he had also been on the ticket because he could “code-talk to white guys.”
Walz’s comment came after Shepherd pointed out that there was a time when “you could not run away” from seeing Walz on television, adding that after he became the vice presidential nominee for Harris, he was seen less on TV.
“I knew I was on the ticket — I would argue because we did a lot of amazing, progressive things in Minnesota to improve people’s lives,” Walz said. “But, I also was on the ticket — quite honestly, you know, cause I could code-talk to white guys watching football, fixing their truck — doing that, that I could put them at ease. I was the permission structure to say, ‘Look, you can do this and vote for this.’ And, you look across those swing states — with the exception of Minnesota, we didn’t get enough of those votes.”
When Shepherd noted that he “could have been messaging that way,” Walz said that while he would give “pretty good stuff,” he would also give “ten percent problematic.”
“Well, yes, but I also said I understand myself. I said I think I’ll give you pretty good stuff, but I’ll also give you ten percent problematic,” Walz added. “And, so somebody’s got to make the decision here to handle some of this stuff and to make it in.”
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