Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz appeared on a segment of Fox News Sunday for an interview by Shannon Bream yesterday. I have posted the video at the bottom.
The interview was notable insofar as it constituted Walz’s first appearance on one of the Sunday morning gabfests since he was named Kamala Harris’s running mate. Walz’s continuing lies and evasions are of interest in themselves, but his appearance on Fox News Sunday suggests that the old Obama hands managing Harris’s campaign do not necessarily believe that the campaign is going swimmingly.
The whole thing is worth watching. I don’t think anyone could have done better than Bream did here. She was well prepared and treated Walz in a manner to which he is not accustomed in Minnesota. He has never sat for an interview of this nature by any member of the Minnesota media. Led by the Star Tribune, the Minnesota media constitute Walz’s circle of love. I was banished by his team from Department of Health Covid briefings when I asked a critical question.
Walz is a compulsive liar on matters large, small, and in between. He is a fast-talking con man. He’s talking as fast as he can.
When it comes to Israel, however, the cat has his tongue. Walz is evasive. Asked whether Israel had the right to strike Iranian oil facilities or nuclear facilities, Walz responded that “specific operations will be dealt with at the time.”
NRO’s James Lynch covers the interview in an accessible story here. RealClearPolitics has posted a transcript of Walz’s response to Bream’s closing question on a few of Walz’s “misstatements,” as she diplomatically calls them. It doesn’t take him long to get to his salesman’s tell: “I have to be honest with you, Shannon.” See how honest he is.
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