Journalists Are Already Lying Through Their Teeth About 'Moderate,' 'Centrist' Walz: Part 1

Posted • August 7, 2024: It’s only been a few hours since Kamala Harris picked hard-leftist Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) as her running mate, and the media are already lying at full throttle about his supposedly “moderate,” “centrist” record. Before getting into the absurd garbage that journalists are peddling today, let’s first dispel with the notion that Walz is, or ever was, a “moderate.” It’s already well established that he’s governed Minnesota as a hard-line leftist: he allowed the BLM riots in 2020 to run rampant through the Twin Cities; he supports hormone treatments and sex change operations for children; and during a particularly draconian COVID-19 lockdown, he established a hotline that encouraged Minnesotans to snitch on their neighbors for gathering outdoors.

But even most (though not all) corporate journalists are not dishonest enough to claim that he’s been a centrist Governor. Instead, the preferred talking point is that, while he trended more progressive during his stint as Minnesota’s Chief Executive, he spent 12 years in Congress as a solid moderate. But that’s also a lie. The American Conservative Union (ACU), which rates how conservative each members of Congress is, gave Walz a lifetime rating just eight percent — tying him with the likes of Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Joaquin Castro (D-TX) when he left Congress in 2018. Meanwhile, Heritage Action, which employs a similar rating system, gave Walz a more generous but still very left-wing lifetime score of 13 percent. If that sounds like a centrist to you, then you’ll find nothing amiss with the video below. But for everyone still tethered to reality, this chorus of reporters calling a Walz a moderate should sound pretty nutty (…)

• More at: NewsBusters - Journalists Are Already Lying Through Their Teeth about ‘Moderate,’ ‘Centrist’ Walz
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/bill-dagostino/2024/08/06/journalists-are-already-lying-through-their-teeth-about-moderate
Townhall: The Media Drops the C-Word to Describe Tim Walz. Yes, It's Offensive.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/08/07/media-reaction-to-tim-walz-n2643040
Rumble: Journalists Are Already Lying Through Their Teeth About 'Moderate,' 'Centrist' Walz: Part 2
https://rumble.com/v5a13y5-journalists-are-already-lying-through-their-teeth-about-moderate-centrist-w.html
Rumble: Tim Walz: "My Record Is So Pro-Choice, Nancy Pelosi Asked Me If I Should Tone It Down… And WE WON'T"
https://rumble.com/v5a14kx-tim-walz-my-record-is-so-pro-choice-nancy-pelosi-asked-me-if-i-should-tone-.html
Rumble: Joe Scarborough Says Tim Walz Is Just As Far-Left As Kamala Harris
https://rumble.com/v5a14o5-joe-scarborough-says-tim-walz-is-just-as-far-left-as-kamala-harris.html
Rumble: Earth To The Washington Post Headline Writers About Tim Walz Attracting "Rural Conservative Voters"…
https://rumble.com/v5a1505-earth-to-the-washington-post-headline-writers-about-tim-walz-attracting-rur.html
Rumble: Michael Shellenberger Explains How Tim Walz Is Not A Moderate
https://rumble.com/v5a159x-michael-shellenberger-explains-how-tim-walz-is-not-a-moderate.html
Rumble: Minnesota Voter On Walz…He Used To Be A Middle-Of-The-Road Democrat…Now He's A Straight-Up Socialist
https://rumble.com/v5a16v8-minnesota-voter-on-walzhe-used-to-be-a-middle-of-the-road-democratnow-hes-a.html
X/Twitter: Kamala Harris' Choice of Folksy Midwest Moderate Tim Walz Wins Praise From Dem Socialists of America
https://x.com/DemSocialists/status/1820930956246544544