MSNBC contributor Molly Jong-Fast claimed Wednesday that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota was a “great orator” whose “rural American success” story could prove how government helps people.
Vice President Kamala Harris introduced Walz, a former teacher and National Guard soldier, as her running mate in the upcoming presidential election during a Tuesday rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jong-Fast gushed to “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski during her appearance about how Walz’s hobbies like hunting and butter carving would help Harris “reach out” to voters in rural areas.
“I have interviewed Tim Walz before, so I knew what he could do, and Democratic governors knew what he could do because he was the head of the Democratic Governors Association,” Jong-Fast told Scarborough and Brzezinski. “So when I saw that he was in contention, he called me and said he was in contention, and I thought to myself, you know, this guy is really a good orator, and what I thought was that it was a reach out to rural voters. Because here’s a guy, you know, he ice fishes, he’s a hunter, he does butter carving, which again, is not such a popular thing in urban areas. I mean, he’s a really a sort of, you know, he is a rural person.” […]
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