On August 6, right after US Vice President Kamala Harris announced the selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as his running mate this year, former US President Donald Trump immediately called the duo a “wing duo”. most radical leftist in American history”. “This is the most radical left-wing duo in American history. There has never been anything like it and there will never be again,” Mr. Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform. Mr. J.D. Vance – Mr. Trump’s running mate – said that Ms. Harris’s decision to choose Mr. Walz “highlights the extreme level” of the female vice president. “The biggest problem with Ms. Harris choosing Mr. Walz as her running mate lies not with Mr. Walz himself but with Ms. Harris. That shows that she will easily succumb to the most radical elements in the party Democracy” – Mr. Vance said.

Mr. Vance criticized Mr. Walz for his handling of protests related to the case of black man George Floyd being murdered by police in 2020. The Republican Party said that Mr. Walz was not decisive enough in fighting the perpetrators. riots at that time. Ms. Harris and Mr. Walz have not yet spoken about the statements of the Trump-Vance duo.