Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz, keeps straying further from the truth, this time while trying to explain why young men preferred Trump during the 2024 presidential election.
While young voters between the ages of 18 and 29 favored the former Vice President over Donald Trump by 52% to 46%, young men within the same bracket preferred Trump by 42% to 56%. Similarly, the overall support for Trump increased from 36% in 2020 to 46% in 2024, according to data from the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).
However, Walz seems to think that policy did not play a major role in Trump’s success with young men. He is also oblivious to the fact that his party’s abhorrent policies, such as pushing transgenderism down young men’s throats, poor management of the economy, and immigration, played a role.
Appearing on the “Grounded” podcast, Walz explained that Trump resonated with young men because of “his ability to foster a sense of community, especially among young men.” While Trump and Vance were undoubtedly far better role models for young men than Walz and Kamala, he failed to see the bigger picture.
“I think Donald Trump understands belonging, understands groups,” he added. “I mean, look at it. He gives them a uniform, the red hat. He gives them some chance … It’s not all that different from when we build sports teams in high schools.”
Perhaps explaining why the Democratic Party heavily depended on large public events featuring Hollywood stars and even drag queens, Walz still thinks elections are all about the entertainment. His campaign burned through $2 billion of its war chest by organizing large entertainment events for which elite Hollywood celebrities were reportedly paid handsomely to deliver their endorsements.
He added that his son, who was not old enough to vote in 2024, recently confirmed that most young men selected their preferred candidate not based on policy issues, but rather out of pure excitement, thus trivializing the elections.
“I’m proud to say, it looks like as of next Tuesday, I’m going to have a high school graduate with my son Gus,” Walz said. “And he’s pretty in tune to this. … He said, ‘Dad, a lot of these young guys … they’re not voting on the policy issues. … They’re doing it because there’s a sense of excitement, a sense of thrill in this.’ It’s entertainment, or whatever.”
However, data shows that working Gen Zs and younger millennials preferred Trump. It’s highly unlikely that simply wearing a MAGA hat or having a sense of belonging influenced this group, as Walz suggests.
Meanwhile, Democrats keep making excuses for losing the younger generation, which they held captive for decades when legacy media had a monopoly on information. Some have even attributed Trump’s success with young men to “toxic masculinity” in an age where male youths are encouraged to embrace their manliness rather than be ashamed of it.
Others have even recommended Walz, described by Jason Miller as the stage-dancing “wildly gesticulating effeminate caricature” of a man, as a role model for positive masculinity.
Let’s say, for the moment, tampon tim is correct. Their version is to pay big name stars (term used loosely here) to come out and endorse them…some people even coming out hoping to hear some music from a “pop/country” singer. THE marxists are the ones who have no agenda other than attacking their opponents. By the way, he is a failed governor in my home state.
Does Gus resent having tampoon machines in [his] restroom? Has Gus ever availed himself of this vital service, compliments of his embarassing father?
Why should we care about anything this moron and his son have to say about anything. Especially, what REAL men think.