In previous blogs I have quoted* Tim Walz as saying that “one person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness”. I have suggested that this means he equates the two, and concluded there is good reason to believe he himself is a socialist.
It turns out that quote is incomplete.
Here is Tim Walz’s entire, in-context, quote:
“But we can get out there. Reach out. Make the case. And for one thing, don’t ever, don’t ever shy away from our progressive values. One person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness.”
As you can plainly see – click here for the video – Tim Walz is stating, in so many words, that he equates socialism with his progressive values. Values which he, and others who feel the same way, should not ever shy away from. Values he and they should “reach out” and “make the case” for to others.
My conclusion? There is not just “good reason” to believe Tim Walz is a socialist. He is outright TELLING us he is a socialist.
How in the world could Dana Bash not have asked Walz about this. How could she not have demanded a straight answer – no wordsmithing but a straight answer – explaining himself?
And how could Bash not then have demanded that Kamala Harris tell us if she knew Tim Walz was a socialist when she selected him as her Vice Presidential candidate:
-If the answer was yes, Bash should then have demanded an explanation of why she considered it OK to have a socialist one heartbeat away from the presidency.
-If the answer was no, Bash should then have demanded to know if this information would cause her to immediately ask Walz to bow out as her VP selection – and, if not, why not?
But let’s be real. We are talking about Trump-hating Dana Bash, on behalf of Trump-hating CNN. So none of this ever happened.
One other point: the video referenced above was put out by the “Trump War Room”, so Donald Trump’s campaign certainly knows about this. It seems to me that Trump should be nailing Walz about being a socialist every day.
What a mistake it would be not to do so.
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*In at least one previous blog I misquoted Walz as saying “one man’s socialism is another man’s neighborliness”. He said “person’s” instead of “man’s”.
I apologize for the error…but I also point out that it does not change a word of the conclusions I drew then, and now.
