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New book on Joe Biden’s presidential campaign and the end of birth Kamala Harris‘It sheds light on the process behind the vice president who chose Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz. This is a decision that has been widely punched by reviewers.
“2024: How Trump Takes the White House and the Democrats’ Lost America,” released Tuesday by Josh Dorsey of the Wall Street Journal, Tyler Pager of the New York Times and Isaac Earnsdoll of the Washington Post, explaining the jury process that stems from the three finalists.
All three candidates had final interviews with Harris at her residence, the book explained, and when asked what they wanted to drink, Shapiro and Kelly chose water while choosing Diet Mountain Dew.
The appeal with local voters is a top priority for Harris tickets, and the book says Harris’ advisors felt that Waltz was the perfect candidate to do it.
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Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz will celebrate the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 22, 2024. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
“Pelosi worked with him in Congress and personally pushed him,” the book said of the former House Speaker. “The waltz pitch was easy. He could appeal to white voters in blue-walled states (Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania), and hopefully Harris helped alongside the male voters. He never lost the election.”
While most political experts felt Shapiro, the governor in a major swing state, was the most logical choice, the book states that interviews with Harris and Shapiro “revealed that the two were not in perfect agreement.”
“He met overly ambitious and forced Harris to define what his role was. He also admitted that it wasn’t natural for him to serve as someone else’s number two, giving Harris a bad impression,” the book says.
Conversely, the author explains that Walz “doesn’t show interest in himself” while “resigning” and that he “completely denied his interest in running for president.”
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Governor Tim Waltz (Aldrago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“He went to actively volunteer for why she might not want to choose him,” the book says. “In an interview with him on Friday, he said he had never used a teleprompter before, and told Harris on Sunday. Still, the judges team didn’t fully understand his mis-peak trends.
Waltz finally draws intense surveillance on the campaign trail for his “folklore” and depicts a series of blunt instruments that include him Characterization of his military service And a I claim he was there At Tiananmen Square Massacre.
The book believes Harris “struggles” to decide between Shapiro and Waltz, and has better “trust” with the waltz, but he understands the importance of Pennsylvania. According to the book, Harris’ team told her that Pauling didn’t provide a clear answer as to which of the two candidates would help with more tickets.
“There was no empirical evidence that Shapiro would deliver Pennsylvania,” the book said.
Because Shapiro was considered, many experts speculated that his solid support for Israel could become a problem given the progressive wings of the film. Democrats Since October 7, it has brought protests across the country, and sometimes violent protests.
The book said the Harris Campaign was aware of the issue.
“Many of the Democrats’ progressive wings have declared war with Shapiro, primarily because of support for Israel,” the book said. “Some Shapiro allies considered the criticism to be deeply unfair and anti-Semites, as the governor was a Jew, as they were observed, but his position on the Palestinian conflict was broadly consistent with the Biden administration and other vice presidential candidates. Attacks.”
“What caught his attention regarding CNN from April was, “We need to ask if we accept this or not.
Gov. Josh Shapiro will be attending the Freedom Ceremony held in Philadelphia on July 4, 2023. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC image)
Ultimately, the book said Harris “got it with her gut” and believed that he believed her staff were a “better fit” in the decision “unanimously behind.”
Fox News Digital has contacted Walz and Shapiro’s offices for comment.
After losing all the battlefield conditions and ultimately losing Donald Trump’s presidency, critics quickly judged Waltz’s pick as a misstep by Harris.
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“Waltz’s choice was just one of many disastrous mistakes, but it’s a symptom of one major problem. Democrat leaders are too scared to say no to the party’s fierce left progressive wing,” said Julian Epstein, a longtime democratic operative and former chief attorney for the House Judiciary Committee. Talking to Fox News Digital Right after the election.
Rob Bluey, president and executive editor of The Daily Signal, told Fox News Digital in November that Harris Picking Walz “proves a disastrous decision that Kamala Harris was doomed the moment she made it.”
“Not only is Waltz not ready for the national spotlight and media scrutiny, Harris has also given him some better options,” Blue said. “When they consider how unfamiliar Americans know about Harris and her policy position, they were the right thing to question her judgment about this big decision.”
