With just about a month to go before the 2024 presidential election, a member of the Democrat ticket finally sat down with Fox News. Vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz joined Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday, for an interview that perhaps explains the reluctance for these types of interviews at the top of the ticket.
Bream pressed Walz on an array of issues, many of which garnered the kinds of fact-checks that Democrats do not normally get. The interview opened with a question on whether Walz supports Israeli preemptive strikes against Iran, including against oil and/or nuclear facilities. After some dancing around and backpedaling from previous statements widely viewed as being pro-Hamas, Walz ultimately issues a non-answer.
🧵FULL FNC-WALZ THREAD: @ShannonBream opens by asking MNGOV @Tim_Walz whether he’s support a preemptive strike on Iran, or on their oil/nuke facilities. Los of nonspecific dancing that will nonetheless further furrow eyebrows in places like Dearborn, etc: https://t.co/ku5wXGZun4 pic.twitter.com/Zba16vo2c7
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) October 6, 2024
Bream then goes to the abortion question. Walz catches multiple fact-checks on Amber Thurman, on the repeal of reporting pursuant to Minnesota’s born-alive law after reports that 8 abortion survivors died, and on emergency care in abortion scenarios.
Full exchange on abortion:Walz insists MN law does not go beyond Roe, repeats “abortion ban” lie, gets thoroughly fact-checked on Amber Thurman, on repealing MN born-alive reporting requirements, and on emergency care in abortion scenarios https://t.co/RQvu4VcnJp pic.twitter.com/u75FKeRATN
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) October 6, 2024
Walz is also nonresponsive about his record in Minnesota of providing driver’s licenses and in-state tuition to illegal aliens, pivoting to the failed border bill. Here, too, Walz catches a fact-check:
Asked about his own record in MN regarding licenses for illegals, etc: Walz tries to pivot to the failed border bill and gets fact-checked https://t.co/qu3T3wWUcK pic.twitter.com/Rj5IxkkkMe
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) October 6, 2024
When it came to food prices and inflation, Walz went into this weird rant about the price of corn before eating another fact-check on tariffs:
Walz doubles down on price controls by pontificating about the price of corn, pivots to tariffs and eats another fact-check https://t.co/vwK6i1Vu82 pic.twitter.com/Bxl1lYGSo4
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) October 6, 2024
Finally, Bream confronted Walz on his multiple lies on personal matters:
Fox’s @ShannonBream confronts Tim Walz on his multiple prevarications: China, his service record, IVF, the DUI conviction, etc: Walz picks IVF, pivots to policy and J6, and gets fact-checked for it pic.twitter.com/Resb3VTW9L
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) October 6, 2024
If there might be any quibble with any portion of this interview it might be, as others have expressed, with presenting Walz with the opportunity to select one of the full buffet of lies as the one to rebut, rather than dragging him through each of them one by one: Stolen Valor, Tiananmen Square, IVF, his DUI, et cetera. Here, Walz pivots back to safe ground and defends IVF before pivoting to January 6th and eating another fact-check. The interview of Walz, as I mentioned, was the first of anyone on the Democrat ticket on Fox News, with a month to go before the election. The question is now on the table: when is Kamala Harris going on Fox News. Will the campaign even allow her to go on Fox? Exit question: does Tim Walz’s pronunciation of “nuclear” render him a moron? That is the Regime Media’s rule, right?
I’m old enough to remember when this particular pronunciation of “nuclear” was proof evident of President George W. Bush being a moron, according to some in the Regime Media pic.twitter.com/7YZf7vxMep
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) October 6, 2024
Conclusion
In conclusion, the interview with Tim Walz on Fox News highlighted several key issues where the vice presidential nominee faced tough questions and fact-checks. Whether it was his stance on Israeli preemptive strikes, abortion, immigration policies, or economic issues, Walz struggled to provide clear answers and faced criticism for his positions.
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, it will be interesting to see how the Democrat ticket continues to navigate interviews and interactions with the media. Will Kamala Harris follow in Walz’s footsteps and sit down with Fox News, or will the campaign choose a different approach? Only time will tell.
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