Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, said at a campaign event Tuesday that his Republican rivals don't know “how to talk to women.”
Walz mocked former President Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) during a speech in Savannah aimed at encouraging Georgia voters to cast their ballots before Election Day on Nov. 5.
“They want to talk about things that don't affect you,” Walz said of the Republican presidential ticket. “The ones that affect you, the young people here, where are you going to find child care… how are you going to pay for it?”
“Now, they asked J.D. Vance where they should get child care. And he said, 'Ask grandma,' because grandma wants to have a career, live her own life. , for God knows that I have done nothing but such things.”
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz mocked former President Trump and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance during remarks in Savannah. (Reuters)
She was referring to an interview Vance had with conservative activist Charlie Kirk in early September, but said the Ohio Republican's comments did not focus solely on women, but rather on grandparents as a whole. was guessing. He said having “grandparents” help with childcare was “one way that might alleviate some of the pressure on families who are paying a lot of money for childcare.” .
But Walz scoffed, saying, “They should give these guys classes on how to talk to women so they can talk to women better, because they don't know how.”
“We're talking about hiring more people to work in child care, incentivizing people to get child care and allowing them to subsidize some of the costs,” he said of the Democrats' child care plan. spoke. Getting out and working makes a difference. ”
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The governor criticized Vance's comments last month about grandparents helping with child care. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Reaching out to women of all races, not just economic and political backgrounds, is a cornerstone of the Harris-Waltz campaign's efforts.
Recent efforts by campaign allies include reminding married Republican women that they can vote for Vice President Kamala Harris over Trump without telling anyone, including their husbands. .
Walz is on a multi-stop tour of Georgia on Tuesday, with exactly one week until Nov. 5, which marks the end of the campaign period.
Both camps have focused much of their attention on battleground states that President Biden won by less than 1 percentage point in 2020. In particular, both sides urged their supporters to vote early, in person or absentee, rather than on Election Day.
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Both camps are urging voters to vote early. (Megan Berner/The Washington Post)
Ahead of Walz's public appearance, the Trump campaign's Georgia team issued a statement Tuesday morning saying, “Tim Walz further criticized Kamala Harris for saying she didn't do anything different from Joe Biden.'' Four years of uncontrolled illegal immigration, rising prices, and wars overseas.”
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“Georgia voters know that President Trump will right what Kamala Harris broke and show up at the ballot box with an America First policy on November 5,” the campaign said.
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