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[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 92 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I like this dude more with each article I see. 💙

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 60 points 2 months ago

You know what?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Did you read this?

I can't wait to hear the "how dare he help someone in medical distress while he's supposed to be campaigning!" screams from the right.

https://www.rawstory.com/bigdadenergy-internet-claps-as-walz-pauses-event-to-help-rally-goer-and-pass-out-water/

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

He's robbing our poor, starved healthcare system of revenue that is rightly theirs!

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tim Walz seems like what would have happened if Mr Rogers went into politics.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

But with an edge. Mr. Rogers would never call out Republicans for being weird.

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right? Where was this 10 years ago?
This feels like the wholesome Democrat version of the Maga cult.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Tim Walz is the person who actually cares about rural folks that Trump was pretending to be. Of course Walz is known for helping regular middle class folk by primiting green energy, while Trump focused on the coal miners who are small in number who were clinging to a dying pollution causing fossil fuel undustry.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The first dog in Minnesota?! What did they do before that? Everyone out walking their porcupines / large lizards / capybara in the park? What? How did they not import dogs from the next state?!

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The first dog in Minnesota?! What did they do before that

Moose, elk, and hockey players. Also a few stray Wisconsinites.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Wisconsinites are expensive to feed..

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, Minnesota almost ran out of cheese, Vikings fans, and beer!

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Ironically… Minnesota produced more cheese (and dairy products in general. Land O Lakes is based here.) and Wisconsin has more lakes.

[–] A_cook_not_a_chef@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hold up. They only have more lakes because they count ponds. A lake in Minnesota is "a body of water greater than 10 acres". Wisconsin does not have a standard.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/23/sara-meaney/who-has-more-lakes-minnesota-or-wisconsin/

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Details…. Details….

(You’re not wrong, that is why. But still I like some good irony.)

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

To be fair, depending on her physical stature, the woman behind the quote is a big Meaney!

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

That's only because Wisconsin defines "lake" differently.

[–] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

And some Canadians that were reading their compass wrong.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Damn, Walz feels like the first human being up for office in I don’t know how long. IMO Sanders was pretty real, but he has a lot of institutional weight and history behind him. I thought Fetterman was close, but he’s not who we thought he was going to be. There may have been others I can’t think of off the top of my head, but they just didn’t make an impression.

I’m sure the press has a lot to do with what we see of Walz, but everything I’m seeing so far really just makes him seem like “one of us”. Literally taking care of the average person, having a rescue dog and not some breed ans a statement, etc.

[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As a Minnesotan I just have to say that I am so fucking happy that you all are giving him this reception. I was woried that when he got this position people would seem him as just some flyover state grandpa nobody cared about.

But you all seem to love him as much as we have here and it really gives me so much hope for this country. Like literally brings a tear to my eye.

[–] killingspark 5 points 2 months ago

My opinion as a german probably doesn't really matter, but this guy as well as Kamala are giving me hope again that the world might not have gone completely mad. Also if this works out for you guys I hope the german party system is paying attention.

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 36 points 2 months ago (5 children)

i feel like it's obligatory to share this also: https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/politics/article/donald-trump-dogs

lots of people don't call themselves "dog people," and some are even afraid of them. but it's a huge red flag and sus as fuck when i find out someone actively hates dogs. or cats. what kind of weird psycho attitude is that?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I can understand people not liking dogs. I can’t understand people who hate dogs.

I really can’t understand people who are universally hated by dogs. And cats. Cats don’t like trump either.

Like. What kind of foul, loathsome shitstain-on-the-universe do you have to be, for not a single golden retriever to accept you?

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Lots of evil people have pets that love them. Here's Blondi, Hitler's dog. So it really says something that Trump apparently doesn't register as a human to animals.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

TBF I'll bet dogs fucking hate him and he's just responding to that. Dogs can usually tell a creepy weirdo.

I'd bet even mosquitoes don't want to be anywhere near him.

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You joke, but after the things they've come up with so far to attack Harris and Walz with, I wouldn't even be a little surprised if some Newsmax flunkie said that. Or just criticized Walz for getting a rescue rather than buying an inbred purebred dog from a puppy mill.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 months ago

I'm seriously waiting for someone at Fox News to mention that it's a black dog. it's inevitable.

[–] runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Literally every single thing I've learned about Tim Walz has been super uplifting.

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[–] ampersandcastles@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Really happy that Minnesota got their first dog.

More people should know about dogs.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

785/10. Would pet.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Here's the time that Scout managed to get himself locked inside a room in the governor's mansion and the fire department needed to come rescue him. https://www.today.com/pets/minnesota-governor-dog-locked-bedroom-rcna122484

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 2 months ago

that picture of the dog 🥰

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Aww. Poor Scout. We have to keep our big dog out of the kitchen with a gate so our little dog can eat his food before the big one eats it (he has a hole he can go through), but occasionally we forget we let her into the kitchen. 20 minutes later, we'll see her silently standing by the gate, patiently waiting to be let out.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago

"Look how horrible this man is! What an awful man!" - GOP

[–] Embarrassingskidmark@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

For the love of god, nobody tell Kristi Noem. She gets a bit trigger happy around loveable, innocent creatures.

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[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I read that as the first dog ever in Minnesota and was very confused until I recognized the name

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What’s his secret service bite count so far?

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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

You mean to tell me Minnisodans haven't had dogs before? I don't fuckin' believe ye!

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