While we waited for the official name, we knew one thing for certain about Kamala Harris’ pick for vice president as sure as the sun would rise in the east.  From a libertarian perspective, we all knew that her pick as her running mate would be a complete disaster.  It was the easiest of predictions.

I must admit that I didn’t know the name Tim Walz.  I knew nothing about him, yet I instantly knew something about him as soon as I heard his name because of who picked him.  I knew right away he was a complete disaster.

As soon as I heard that Harris had picked the governor of Minnesota as her running mate, there was a question that popped in my head.  When did he become governor?  Was he governor in 2020?

Sure enough, he took office in 2019, which is about all I need to know on where this guy is on the scale of libertarian to tyrant.  He is far on the tyrant side.

Virtually all state governors were bad on COVID, meaning they were bad by imposing authoritarian dictates which had no basis in law or morality, let alone common sense.  While almost all governors were bad to some degree, some were worse than others.  Minnesota was more on the worse side of things.

Walz actually had a program where people in Minnesota could report on their neighbors for violating the authoritarian measures that he had illegally imposed.  There’s nothing like big brother to make sure you are following orders.

What Else Happened in 2020?

Sometimes our memories are short, but this is the other major reason my eyes opened wide as soon as I heard Minnesota.  That was ground zero for the riots of 2020.  You can call them protests, and perhaps some of them started as protests, but they turned into riots.  Minneapolis saw major property destruction and theft during this time under Walz’s watch.

Walz stood with the rioters and against the property owners (the victims).  This is all you need to know about the man.  When it counts, he sided with the evil people trying to cause chaos and destruction of our civilization.

Let’s also remember that Kamala Harris herself chimed in and supported freeing the violent criminals who actually did go to jail.

These two are like a pair made in heaven for the authoritarians out there.  They believe in not having police when there are violent criminals causing mass chaos, but they want the full force of the police when it comes to enforcing their dictates.

Tim the Progressive

Like the word “liberal”, the word “progressive” is not accurate.  These people are anti progress.  Anyway, many people are lumping Tim Walz in what is now called the progressive camp.

Perhaps this is correct to a degree.  There might be some similarities between him and Bernie Sanders.  But even here, I think that Bernie Sanders or AOC is probably a little less bad than Tim Walz.

At least Sanders and AOC sometimes show signs of being pro peace when it comes to foreign policy.  Sure, they will tend to fall in line with the establishment on some things like funding Ukraine.  And they definitely do not emphasize their message enough when they are actually right.  But at least there are glimmers of hope when it comes to Sanders and AOC on foreign policy.

You can take it to the bank that Walz will be just as bad as Kamala Harris on foreign policy.  Maybe he’ll throw the left a bone every now and then with his rhetoric, but he will side completely with the military-industrial complex when it comes to actual policy.

Conclusion

As expected, Kamala’s pick for VP is a complete disaster in almost every way.  I can understand why she picked him.  She wanted someone who came across a little soft spoken and a man of the people.  This is why the establishment media has tried to sell Walz as a military man and a coach and a family man.

Maybe he really is all of those things, but that doesn’t change his authoritarian ways.  I’m sure there were many brutal dictators throughout history who were good to their own family.

Of course, Walz will encourage your son or daughter to surgically change their gender identity, and he’ll let your business burn to the ground if it is in the name of social justice, but he will protect his own family.

There is nothing good coming from this Harris/ Walz ticket.  It is a continuation of Biden/ Harris, without the dementia.  At least with the other candidates in the presidential race you can find a few good points.