Donald Trump Claims Tim Walz Will ‘Unleash HELL ON EARTH’ | EUROtoday

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump had an apocalyptic response to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as her vice presidential working mate on Tuesday.

In an e mail to his supporters, Trump claimed that Walz, an amiable Midwesterner with a file as governor that progressives love, stated he could be “even worse” for the nation than Harris.

“HE’S THAT BAD,” Trump’s e mail learn.

“He’ll unleash HELL ON EARTH and open our borders to the worst criminals imaginable,” the previous president added of Walz.

Walz, a former public faculty trainer and veteran of the U.S. Army National Guard, pushed by way of a number of progressive priorities in Minnesota, together with a Medicaid buy-in, paid household and medical depart, a phase-out of fossil fuels, and free faculty lunches for all.

He beforehand represented the state as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019, the place he was identified by colleagues as a centrist Democrat.

“To characterize him as left is so unreal,” former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stated Tuesday on MSNBC. “He’s right down the middle. He’s a heartland of America Democrat.”

But Republicans had been respiratory a sigh of aid on Tuesday that Harris didn’t go along with a extra average Democrat like Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. The case for Shapiro principally hinged on bolstering Democrats’ odds of profitable his crucial battleground state and its 19 electoral votes.

“Harris Feels the Bern and picks Walz. Thank you, Kamala!” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) wrote in a social media put up, referring to Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) and different progressives’ assist for Walz.

“Tim Walz? What a relief,” added former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway.

Republicans had been doubtless going to criticize any selection Harris made, in fact. And Walz may nonetheless assist Democrats win over rural and extra conservative voters in Pennsylvania and different Midwestern states like Wisconsin and Michigan.

“One of the things that stood out to me about Tim is how his convictions on fighting for middle class families run deep,” Harris stated in an announcement on Tuesday. “It’s personal. As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he’s delivered for working families like his own. We are going to build a great partnership. We start out as underdogs but I believe together, we can win this election.”