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All the Wrong People Are Celebrating Tim Walz
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Radical Democrats are energized by Harris’s progressive veep pick. That’s a problem for the party, writes Eli Lake.
By Eli Lake
08.06.24 — U.S. Politics
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When Kamala Harris chose Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate over Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, the radicals within the Democratic Party cheered. An Instagram account run by staffers for Rep. Summer Lee, known as “dear_white_staffers,” posted in all-caps, “WE FUCKING DID IT WE FUCKING WON LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO!!!!!” 

It wasn’t a one-o…

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Eli Lake
Eli Lake is the host of Breaking History, a new history podcast from The Free Press. A veteran journalist with expertise in foreign affairs and national security, Eli has reported for Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, and Newsweek. With Breaking History, he brings his sharp analysis and storytelling skills to uncover the connections between today’s events and pivotal moments in the past.
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