r/MurderedByWords 14h ago

Tim Walz is not holding back

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u/TechnologyRemote7331 13h ago

The fact Harris’ campaign muzzled Walz when he could have been saying shit like this the whole time was a big fucking mistake. Christ, why wasn’t HE the god damn nominee?!

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u/Financial-Maize9264 10h ago edited 10h ago

Walz WAS saying shit like this throughout the entire campaign and got plenty of press, or did you forget the whole "weird" thing? Front page of reddit couldn't get enough of his quips. If the campaign ever "muzzled" him, it was only after he bombed his debate performance and let Vance make him look like a blubbering idiot.

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u/Obscene_Baked_Bean 9h ago

It was a crazy maneuver by J.D. Vance. He acted all fake nice and agreeable and Walz couldn’t cut through it. Now he is back to being rude and condescending so you can tell it was a one night play to throw him off his game.

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u/illapa13 8h ago

Because Vance is a professional when it comes to debating. I went to law school and Vance was doing very tried and true debate team strategies which obviously work on someone who isn't an expert.

Basically you start off every single statement by pretending to agree with your opponent just to undercut them in the second half of your statement. But since you came off as amicable and complementary in the first half of your statement, if your opponent comes after you aggressively, they will look like a rude asshole. It's a pretty good trick but it doesn't work on other lawyers it's literally just using his law school training to verbally beat up an amateur debater.

Vance is basically a snake oil salesman. No substance but great speaking techniques.

If Vance had tried it on Kamala she would have ripped him to shreds because she's a lawyer.