Ask Home Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer about Gov. Tim Walz, a fellow Minnesotan and Vice President Kamala Harris’ working mate, and the five-term Republican congressman jokingly takes a shot.
“I didn’t notice that Tim Walz and I are across the identical age. He appears to be like a lot older,” the 63-year-old Emmer stated concerning the 60-year-old Walz.
Emmer was answering a query throughout a Fox Information Digital interview about whether or not Emmer was enjoying the position of the Minnesota governor in debate prep with GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as a result of they’re each from the identical state and comparable ages.
Emmer, a one-time school hockey participant and legal professional who serves because the No. 3 Republican within the U.S. Home, shared that he and Vance had not but [as of Thursday afternoon when he spoke to Fox News Digital] carried out a mock debate.
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Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, speaks to supporters throughout a marketing campaign occasion on the Northwestern Michigan Truthful grounds Sept. 25, 2024, in Traverse Metropolis, Mich. (Scott Olson/Getty Photos)
“We’re going to get collectively sooner or later,” he stated, declining so as to add any particulars or specifics on the mock session with Vance forward of Tuesday’s vice presidential debate in New York Metropolis.
However Emmer, who steered the House Republicans’ marketing campaign committee within the 2020 and 2022 cycles, had loads of criticism of Harris and Walz.
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“It’s an honor to be requested to play a really small half in serving to JD and President Trump expose the failures of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.”
Emmer argued “the toughest a part of enjoying Walz … is attempting to inform lies with a straight face, as a result of that’s what he does. He’s good on the debate recreation, however there isn’t substance there. There’s plenty of air.”
Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, the Home majority whip, speaks at a rally that includes former President Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, and U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, at Herb Brooks Nationwide Hockey Heart July 27, 2024, in St Cloud, Minn. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Photos)
Emmer and Walz overlapped for 4 years within the Home earlier than Walz received election in 2018 as Minnesota’s governor.
“I do know him in all probability as nicely or higher than most on the Republican aspect. And I can let you know that Minnesotans, folks at residence, know higher than anybody that we are able to’t afford 4 years of a Harris-Walz administration within the White Home,” Emmer emphasised.
And Emmer claimed “it’s very clear as we speak that the Tim Walz that was right here in Congress was actually, he was a fraud. He was enjoying the character of a Larger Minnesota ag-friendly outdoorsman who actually cared concerning the folks. Since then, he’s made it very clear to folks in Larger Minnesota that he has little or no curiosity in them.
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“It doesn’t get reported sufficient, however underneath Walz, Minnesota’s taxes have skyrocketed. Violent crime is up throughout, and our communities are worse off,” Emmer argued. “No quantity of Minnesota good … goes to make up for Tim Walz’s failed coverage document.”
Emmer claimed that “Walz is an empty swimsuit who has labored to show Minnesota into Harris’ residence state of California. … This man is Gavin Newsom sporting a flannel shirt.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic Social gathering’s 2024 vice presidential nominee, speaks onstage at a Harris-Walz marketing campaign rally at Freedom Excessive College in Bethlehem, Pa., Sept. 21, 2024 (Caroline Gutman for The Washington Publish by way of Getty Photos)
A Republican hasn’t carried Minnesota in a presidential election since President Richard Nixon’s 1972 landslide re-election over a half century in the past. It was the one state President Reagan misplaced in his 1984 re-election landslide.
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Requested if Minnesota is in play within the presidential race, Emmer stated, “Are we going to be shut sufficient that Donald Trump has an opportunity to be the primary Republican presidential candidate to win Minnesota since 1972? I feel the reply is sure.”
Emmer famous that polls recommend Harris’ margin in Minnesota over Trump has dropped since she named Walz as her working mate early final month.
“He’s not in style in Minnesota. I feel by selecting Tim Walz, they might have put Minnesota in play,” Emmer argued.
