George Stephanopoulos: ‘Walz Appears To Fit’ the All-American Definition of a Man from Middle America

STEPHANOPOULOS: “Selina, Walz appears that fit that all-American definition of a man from medical middle America: high school teacher, football coach, member of the Army National Guard, before becoming a member of Congress and now governor.”
WANG: “Exactly, he really has that perfect back story. He also has those rural roots. And he’s really emerged as the dark horse in this veep stakes race. He has emerged as the favorite very recently as he has been on the cables, on the network, showing that he can effectively push back on those Republican attacks. He’s the one, George, remember, who labeled JD Vance and his Republican allies as ‘weird,’ which gained a lot of steam with the Harris campaign. He has this folksy, personal, informal vibe that has really appealed to a lot of Democrats and they believed that his brutal back story, the fact that he was a former member of the NRA, as you say, he is this former high school teacher, he was a football coach, that this can help of appeal to those independent swing state voters. But it is unprecedented, George, how all of this has played out. I was told that, as of last night, according to sources, Vice President Harris still had not made her decision in that her team was printing out signs with multiple different candidates on it, ready to go at any moment. This decision coming down to the wire. Her and her close team had been keeping this decision under a lock and key. They wanted to avoid any leaks.”