Walz was a faculty member at Mankato from 1996-2006. During that time, he served as the Scarlets' linebackers coach and defensive coordinator until 2002
Trump Has Multi-Platform Meltdown for the Ages Over Harris’ DNC Speech https://www.rollingstone.com/politi...lts-down-kamala-harris-dnc-speech-1235086487/ The former president live-posted along with his opponent’s speech, then called his favorite networks to rant about it Donald Trump lasted about two minutes into Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination acceptance speech before launching into a full-blown public unraveling. Moments after Harris took the stage Thursday at the Democratic National Convention, it became clear that the former president — and her 2024 opponent — was glued to the television in a hate-watch for the ages. “Here she comes into the Arena,” was the first of around furious 50 posts in a Truth Social meltdown that began when Harris entered the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, and continued long after she left the stage. Notable reactions to Harris’ statements included: “IS SHE TALKING ABOUT ME?” “A lot of talk about childhood, we’ve got to get to the Border, Inflation, and Crime!” “Walz was an ASSISTANT Coach, not a COACH.” “Too many ‘Thank yous,’ too rapidly said, what’s going on with her?” “She caused the Attack of October 7th.” The former president was especially apoplectic about Harris’ description of he and his allies’ expansive plans to restrict reproductive rights. Harris said Trump “would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion, and enact a nationwide abortion ban, with or without Congress.” She added that Trump “plans to create a national anti-abortion coordinator and force states to report on women’s miscarriages and abortions.” “Simply put, they are out of their minds,” Harris concluded. “One must ask: why exactly, is it that they don’t trust women?” Harris was describing components of Project 2025, the conservative personnel and policy program created to help the next GOP president (read: Trump) quickly impose a far-right agenda. Trump has actively tried to run away from the project in recent months, because its plans poll terribly. He was not pleased with being tied once again to its proposals. “I do not limit access to birth control … THAT IS A LIE, these are all false stories that she’s making up, that I’ve never even heard of. It’s just words coming out of her mouth,” Trump posted. “I TRUST WOMEN, ALSO, AND I WILL KEEP WOMEN SAFE! SHE WON’T, BECAUSE THE INVASION OF OUR COUNTRY AT HER OPEN BORDER IS DESTROYING THE LIVES OF WOMEN, AND THE FAMILIES AND JOBS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND HISPANICS.” Trump only stopped posting in order to call into Fox News, where he raged at anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum. When MacCallum pointed out that Harris was gaining in several polls and key demographics, Trump countered that “she’s not having success. I’m having success.” “I’m doing great with the Hispanic voters, I’m doing great with Black men, I’m doing great with women because women want safety,” Trump countered. “They don’t have safety when they have somebody allowing 20 million people into our country.” “No, it’s only in your eyes that they have that, Martha,” the former president griped. Throughout the phone call, the former president seemed so flustered that he repeatedly — accidentally — pressed the buttons on his phone, cutting off his statement with a chorus of beeps. The hosts eventually cut him off, ostensibly because it was time for a special edition of Fox’s cringiest show: Gutfeld! Trump, however, was nowhere near done, and within minutes was calling into Newsmax’s live DNC coverage. There, the former president complained that Harris hadn’t addressed “woman trafficking” in her speech, and suggested he and the hosts take a trip to Caracas, Venezuela. He was still accidentally jamming the buttons on his phone during the call. “He is uhh, he’s a very special man,” host Greg Kelly said when the former president finally hung up.
MAGA Enters Meltdown Mode Over Tim Walz’s Son at the DNC https://newrepublic.com/post/185178/maga-meltdown-tim-walz-gus-walz-dnc Guz Walz stole hearts when he teared up and shouted, “That’s my dad!” during his father’s speech. The internet fell in love with vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s son Gus on the third night of the Democratic National Convention after the neurodivergent 17-year-old started tearing up seeing his father on stage. But not everybody seemed to be on board the love train. Instead, the so-called “party of family values” decided to take potshots at the emotional high schooler. “Talk about weird …” posted conservative media pundit Ann Coulter, sharing an article about Gus. “Walz’ kid is acting just like his dad! BIZARRE!” wrote X user ProudArmyBrat. Failed MAGA congressional candidates also got in on the action, outright mocking a kid with a learning disability. “Tim Walz stupid crying son isn’t the flex the left thinks it is,” Mike Crispi, chairman of the America First Republicans of New Jersey, wrote in a since-deleted post on X. “You raised your kid to be a puffy beta male. Congrats.” Conservatives also spent the week mocking Vice President Kamala Harris’s stepdaughter, Ella Emhoff, for her outfit the first night of the convention, which consisted of a camouflage Harris-Walz merch hat and a sleeveless, caped gown that showed off her tattoos. And on Thursday, Donald Trump ally and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell got into (and badly lost) an argument with 12-year-old content creator Knowa De Brasco. Meanwhile, MAGA Republicans are embracing something that is objectively weird: Trumpy Trout, an orange, fish-head version of the former president with a matching toupee. “I am the hugely, bigliest fish in the pond,” the open-lipped animatronic says in a very real advertisement reportedly airing on Newsmax.
Why the DNC Featured So Many Republicans https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/why-the-dnc-featured-so-many-republicans/ar-AA1piWTm Answer: Because any Republican with a shred of integrity and decency cannot stand Trump.
5 takeaways from Kamala Harris’s DNC speech https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4843566-vice-president-harris-accepts-nomination/