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For these voters, Tim Walz is a reminder of their dad - before they were lost to partisan division (www.independent.co.uk)

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz embodies everything liberal women see in their own fathers – except for their political views. For some, it makes them hopeful but also very sad.

He’s got jokes, enthusiasm and a smiley face that’s not even remotely trying to hide how he’s feeling. He’s Tim Walz- and he’s bringing major Midwestern dad energy to the Democratic ticket.

At least that’s how many white women feel when they see Walz in videos, riding the Slingshot at the state fair with his daughter, signing legislation to give kids in Minnesota free lunches or tweeting about his pet cat.

It’s in stark contrast to what some see in their own fathers - who often have more conservative political views.

“He is silly. My dad used to be very, very silly and goofy,” Pamela Wurst Vetrini, a woman who recently compared Walz to her father, said in a viral TikTok video.

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“A lot of us had moderate to conservative, educated, sensible fathers that we lost to Rush Limbaugh. That we lost to Fox News. That we lost to Donald Trump. And the cult of conservatism that has grown and grown and grown has driven a wedge between millennial woman and her father,” she said.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How about: Can we cool it and just have a little fun? The dude is a dorky elder to most of us, and it’s kinda cute.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Nah. A key difference between left and right is that the left doesn't worship their political candidates like the right does. That shit is weird.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

It would be weird if that was what’s happening, but it’s not. Look, I get where you’re coming from and I agree with you for the most part. But people are excited right now, even I am. I think Walz is a down to earth dude, probably the closest person to me in ‘status’ that might ever see the White House (I’m poor). I think even you would admit that’s pretty cool.

At the end of the day, it’s just people memeing and shit. I say “fuck it, let them ball”, but you do you.

[–] Triasha 0 points 3 months ago

Most of us don't worship our dads.

We have some good memories and some bad ones. I know I do. Walz reminds me, and I think a lot of other people, of the good memories of my dad. My dad is a flawed human being that struggled to do the right thing sometimes but he did struggle, and I love him for the things he taught me and the good memories he left me.

That's warm fuzzies, not worship