Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz embodies everything liberal women see in their own fathers – except for their political views. For some, it makes them hopeful but also very sad.

He’s got jokes, enthusiasm and a smiley face that’s not even remotely trying to hide how he’s feeling. He’s Tim Walz- and he’s bringing major Midwestern dad energy to the Democratic ticket.

At least that’s how many white women feel when they see Walz in videos, riding the Slingshot at the state fair with his daughter, signing legislation to give kids in Minnesota free lunches or tweeting about his pet cat.

It’s in stark contrast to what some see in their own fathers - who often have more conservative political views.

“He is silly. My dad used to be very, very silly and goofy,” Pamela Wurst Vetrini, a woman who recently compared Walz to her father, said in a viral TikTok video.

A lot of us had moderate to conservative, educated, sensible fathers that we lost to Rush Limbaugh. That we lost to Fox News. That we lost to Donald Trump. And the cult of conservatism that has grown and grown and grown has driven a wedge between millennial woman and her father,” she said.

  • abracaDavid@lemmy.today
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    1 month ago

    I like the guy and everything, but can we cool it with the dad stuff? It’s kind of weird. He’s a politician.

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      How about: Can we cool it and just have a little fun? The dude is a dorky elder to most of us, and it’s kinda cute.

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        Nah. A key difference between left and right is that the left doesn’t worship their political candidates like the right does. That shit is weird.

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      1 month ago

      the police state violently crushing dissent is actually good when it’s done by someone who reminds me of my dad!

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        1 month ago

        two comments below yours:

        he made sure only those who deserved it got abducted from the streets

        sometimes daddy needs to put his foot down and disappear people I guess?

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          you don’t understand, those people definitely deserved it. they were the bad protestors, not the good protestors. the foot-soldiers of the state only attack people who deserve it. this is basic freedomology.

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    1 month ago

    This supports my theory that left wingers are often born out of households with weak or absent fathers