Quote:The media has been trying to remake Kamala Harris into a centrist with "oddball charm" as opposed to what she really is -- a cackling radical leftist.

Now, that she's chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, the media is going to employ the same tactic with him.

The problem is that the leftists just can't shut their traps about how happy they are that Walz is the pick. Here's the guy who's about to be out the door, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), showing just how thrilled he is.

But that wasn't all. The Democratic Socialists of America claimed credit for Walz being picked in a thread on X.

Harris choosing Walz as a running mate has shown the world that DSA and our allies on the left are a force that cannot be ignored. Through collective action, DSA and the US left more broadly have made it clear that change is needed. DSA members organized in our workplaces and unions to realign the labor movement to support Palestinian liberation.

The Uncommitted movement, in which DSA members played crucial roles nationally and in multiple states, pressured the Democratic establishment into choosing a new candidate and backing down from a potential VP with direct ties to the IDF and who would have ferociously supported the ongoing genocide in Palestine.

Our demands remain the same: Harris must call for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and put in place an embargo on all arms to Israel.

Democratic Party politics have not changed, but the voices of millions of Americans are now demanding better from the President on Palestine and more. We are raising expectations, and we won't rest until the genocide is ended and all people can be free.

Now, I don't know how much they may have influenced anything ultimately. The Uncommitted movement did influence Biden-Harris on Gaza and move them more to the left on the issue, I believe. But what the DSA is telling us by this is that they seem to believe Walz was the more left-wing choice. That tells you everything you need to know about him, because they sure don't sound like they think he's a "centrist," as the media is trying to pitch him. The DSA thread is interesting and they got yelled at by other leftists on X, because Walz has also been pro-Israel in the pas, although he has also said that Democrats should be listening to the "Uncommitted" vote.

But if they're viewing this as a win, that tells you what you need to know. Add this to the list of things to run on a loop in the ads -- that is not going to endear Walz to a lot of the people in the Rust Belt.