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Fox News' latest attempt to churn up negative stories about Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz backfired immediately this week.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 7 months ago (4 children)

imagine if he wore a tan suit or ate ice cream or something

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Shut the fuck up, Tim Walz would NEVER do anything so scandalous! Granted, he's obviously not as wholesome as someone who poses with a fake family or insulting their wife's culture and bragging on live tv about telling their children to shut up

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (14 children)

He did deploy the national guard to suppress protests. So there's that.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

Walz was the tinyman tank-man biggs

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

He did. And he publically acknowledged that it was a bad call and apologized. He also was the reason rotten cop who killed George Floyd was even prosecuted.

If we want to criticize someone, we should also acknowledge when they listen to that criticism and correct the behavior going forward.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

You do live in China and reside on hexbear. So there's that.

Edit: lmao after getting their friends in here as a group they banned me from hexbear.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I'm travelling. I'm leaving China on the 7th and will be in Japan for 2 months, followed by about 3 months in South Korea, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. How does that fit into your theory of what I am?

Tim Walz deployed the national guard to suppress protests.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

What does you traveling have to do with who you are? It doesn't change anything about how your entire rhetoric is "America bad".

Anything you say about American politics is moot.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

amerikkka bad correct

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because you said I lived in China and you were clearly implying something by that.

And yeah, I believe America is bad, and I can point to reasons why I believe that beyond tan suits, and without restoring to xenophobia.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You're cracking me up. Why are you even in this comm?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I browse All... This thread came up... It's that simple

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago

"Anything you say about America is moot because it isn't sufficiently positive"

Most propogandized people on earth.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

unlimited DF-41s on your imperialist settler state

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

go directly to racism. liberals never change

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago

It’s a good thing Dijon mustard is too spicy for his midwestern tastes, right? Don’t have to worry about that potential fiasco.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Remember, a tan suit is only presidential and acceptable if you're white

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Please call Tara Reade a Russian asset, just so we're clear on everything

[–] fsxylo 25 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I heard a rumor that Tim walz was once a little too happy about winning a bowling match. The scandals never cease!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

I heard Walz high-fived his wife and friends BEFORE he praised his opponent for a well-played game. The man is a public menace.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 57 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It’s in the article but here:

The implication of the headline was that Walz didn't really do anything to help the struggling student and only cared about keeping him on the field to win football games.

However, an interview with the former student, a man named Dan Clement, showed that Walz encouraged him to continue playing because he thought it would give him a positive outlet away from alcohol and criminal activities that could help him straighten out his life.

"The caring attention he gave, that positive support can pull you through really dark times in your life," said Clement. "And he was right. I was wrong. And later in life, when I continued to do that, when I continued to trust other people who love me, then it led my life in this beautiful direction. Just like it did back then."

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Thank you.

But I meant:
In what way did it backfire? Are the Democrats getting more votes from this? Is Fox “News” getting fewer viewers, fined, or closed down? Did it change the opinions of any viewers?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago

It backfired in that it called attention to something positive he did that Fox News tried to spin into a negative. How much it will change things probably isn't a lot, but at least we can see two sides, Fox News and reality. Maybe others will see it too with the right story and lie exposed.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It made them look like dumbasses (as usual) which their viewers will likely drown out in the torrent of other anti-democratic tripe Fox shovels down their collective gullets.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Did Fox even air the part showing what Walz did was fine? Or did that part only come out elsewhere?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Nice, Walzy

spoiler(foreign policy wise tho...)

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