Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz’s Monday tour of friendly interviews concluded on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, where he and host Jon Stewart gathered to plot strategy, gush over Kamala Harris’s vision for the country, assure the far-left that Dick and Liz Cheney won’t actually affect their governing philosophy, and allow one guy in the audience to shout, “We love you, Tim.” The Daily Show, and Stewart in particular, like to lampoon the media for what they consider to be an obsession with superficial matters like polling analysis or campaign strategies, but that didn’t stop Stewart from asking, “What's been an effective argument that you have felt has pulled people closer to you?”     Walz replied with a story about how, “A Republican introduces me in Omaha, he said, “I can't stand with this guy anymore, that’s not the party of Reagan, this isn’t freedom,” whatever it may be. It’s a lot of those folks that are trying to find permission to get off the MAGA stuff and move over. So, they’re still listening. They're finding a way.” Stewart then sought to elaborate with what he thought were trivial critiques of Walz’s Minnesota governorship, “Is the concern they have that a Harris-Walz, you know, team would be too liberal or, you know, is it, do they point to 'Oh, in Minnesota, you allowed tampons in different bathrooms and trans people were allowed to play sports, and oh, my god, we are all going to be communists?' Like, what are they—”     Eager to portray Republican critiques as overblown, Walz agreed, “Our children are eating breakfast and lunch,” as Stewart continued, “What do you find is a barrier to them being able to place at?” Walz declared, “For a lot of them, they've never crossed over that line.” He also claimed, “They don't have a home anymore, and I think for a lot of cases, they hear the noise that is out there; that is why I'm out there talking to them. We talk about tax cuts to the middle class, talking about home ownership. Talking about— the one that makes a difference, especially in rural areas because it is an older population, expanding home care for Medicare, and then all of a sudden, they are like, ‘Oh, that’s a damn good idea.’” Stewart clearly liked that answer, “I got to tell you, that may be my favorite policy.” Later on, Stewart was still strategizing, “How do you convince them that the things that will be done in your administration will impact their lives in a tangible way?” Walz discussed the importance of meeting voters where they are on the economy, but further along, a dismayed Stewart wondered, “The Cheney thing—do we really have to do that?”     Not calmed by Walz’s mentions of Bernie Sanders and Taylor Swift, Stewart tried again. “What country did Taylor Swift get us to invade?” Walz did his best to assure Stewart not to worry, “I think Liz Cheney and Dick Cheney give permission to those folks who want to find a reason to do the right thing. It doesn't mean they agree with us. We’re not going to take their foreign policy decisions and discussions, you know, and implement those.” Finally, Stewart concluded with a T-ball question, “What is the proudest thing that you instituted in Minnesota during your time as governor?” Walz repeated his earlier bit about “free breakfast and lunch for kids,” but added, “the philosophy we have, and this is what I know Kamala agrees in, you’re either going to buy school buses and school meals or prison buses and prison meals.” A sarcastic Stewart replied, “Well, we appreciate you coming here. It’s clear that a lot of our audience is undecided,” to which an audience member shouted, “We love you, Tim!” The love was clearly in the air as Walz was able to go another interview without being asked about his long record of making things up about his life. Here is a transcript for the October 21 show: Comedy Central The Daily Show 10/21/2024 11:24 PM ET JON STEWART: Have you met people that appear to be — because what I know, people who say, "Oh, I am undecided" you talk to them for 30 seconds and you are like, "Oh, you’re a libertarian." They have what their deal is already set up. They just sort of place themselves in this "I don't know yet." Have you, what's been an effective argument that you have felt has pulled people closer to you? WALZ: Well, it’s a lot of— the folks I'm talking to on that, they're folks that are probably, they are Republicans and they say it. A Republican introduces me in Omaha, he said, “I can't stand with this guy anymore, that’s not the party of Reagan, this isn’t freedom,” whatever it may be. It’s a lot of those folks— STEWART: Right. WALZ: — that are trying to find permission to get off the MAGA stuff and move over. So, they’re still listening. They're finding a way. STEWART: Is the concern they have that a Harris-Walz, you know, team would be too liberal or, you know, is it, do they point to “Oh, in Minnesota, you allowed tampons in different bathrooms and trans people were allowed to play sports, and oh, my god, we are all going to be communists?” Like, what are they— WALZ: Our children are eating breakfast and lunch.  STEWART: Right, but is that, what’s the battle here? What do you find is a barrier to them being able to place at? WALZ: For a lot of them, they've never crossed over that line. I mean it really is, you can say it about, you know, Liz Cheney and Dick Cheney, and some of those that did show some courage to cross over. They don't agree. These are folks that were told that "I'm historically Republican, I’m going to vote Republican," but they don't have a home anymore, and I think for a lot of cases, they hear the noise that is out there; that is why I'm out there talking to them. We talk about tax cuts to the middle class, talking about home ownership. Talking about— the one that makes a difference, especially in rural areas because it is an older population, expanding home care for Medicare, and then all of a sudden, they are like, “Oh, that’s a damn good idea.” STEWART: I got to tell you, that may be my favorite policy. … STEWART: How do you convince them that the things that will be done in your administration will impact their lives in a tangible way? WALZ: Yeah, they need to feel it. I often times talk about this as a teacher. You know, the Maslow's hierarchy is self-actualization, you have to have a lot of money and time to self-actualize. They're worried about — when they say that they’re worried about the economy, believe them. They are worried about the economy or they’re struggling. You can't tell them “well, inflation is down, interest rates are coming down.” They need to see the tangible things that will make a difference. So, talk to them what a $6,000 tax credit looks like as opposed to a Trump tariff that would have 20 percent. These are folks that want to find a reason to not vote for Donald Trump. We need to get them that. So, I think in the midst of this – I said, coming out after that opening, it is terrifying what they are doing but that is all distraction, the Trump distraction. He is dangerous. It is serious. He's not going to do, he's not going to do any manufacturing. STEWART: It's interesting. If I judge it from, and again, New York is not a swing state, but we see the commercials. We are inundated with the commercials, mostly for down-ballot races and things like that, but if I were to look at this as an alien stepping into this election, just from the commercials, I would think that Republicans vote on two things: Stopping people from coming over the border and stopping trans people from playing sports.  WALZ: Yeah. STEWART: Like, those are the only two commercials that I've seen. WALZ: Yeah. STEWART: — and the Democrats, oddly enough, run on two things as well. Stopping people coming in from the border. They’ve accepted it, like, all the Democrats that are running for Congress and for other offices here in New York, all talk about the border, and then choice legislation. WALZ: Yeah. STEWART: And you would think those are the only two things that are going on that anybody is talking about. So it's interesting to hear that it is more economy. WALZ: Well, they ask people to rank the issues where they’re at, depending on where you rank it, and look, these guys figured out early, fear is a great short-term motivator. I often say, I supervised the high school lunchroom. I know fear works, but it doesn't change behaviors and I still believe that there is this aspirational piece, and really listening to where people are at. In small towns, these are not hateful people but they are wondering, where the manufacturing jobs go? Well, Donald Trump ship them overseas, you know, — and things like that. We need to make sure that we are making the case that, looks, here’s how this is going to specifically impact you.  STEWART: Right. WALZ: We hear you about this. … STEWART: The Cheney thing — do we really have to do that? WALZ: Look, it goes farther than that. Look, Bernie Sanders, Dick Cheney, Taylor Swift — STEWART: No, no, no. No, no. No, no. No. No. WALZ: Having the Cheneys on board? STEWART: You can't Dick Cheney or Taylor Swift. No! WALZ: Perfect ten. Perfect ten. STEWART: What country did Taylor Swift get us to invade? No! WALZ: Don't you think, though — and I do this, I believe this. STEWART: Yeah. WALZ: There is still a core group of folks out there. You know, your point being, the Don't Tread on Me, the Reagan piece of this, the libertarian piece of this, the Constitutional piece— STEWART: Yes. WALZ: — There are a lot of people out there. I think Liz Cheney and Dick Cheney give permission to those folks who want to find a reason to do the right thing. It doesn't mean they agree with us. We’re not going to take their foreign policy decisions and discussions, you know, and implement those. We're going to take – STEWART: Promise? WALZ: Yes, promise. It's a stressful time. STEWART: It’s a stressful time. … STEWART: What is the proudest thing that you instituted in Minnesota during your time as governor? WALZ: Free breakfast and lunch for kids. They learn better. Couple that with, you know, early childhood, couple that with paid family medical leave, or whatever, and the philosophy we have, and this is what I know Kamala agrees in, you’re either going to buy school buses and school meals or prison buses and prison meals. It makes more sense to bulk on the front end and solve a lot of those problems.  STEWART: Well, we appreciate you coming here, it’s clear that a lot of our audience is undecided.  AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you, Tim! WALZ: Thank you, thank you.

Monday’s White House press briefing was a light affair given the world’s focus on the upcoming election, but there were still some notable exchanges, led by ABC senior White House correspondent Selina Wang beating the liberal media’s drum that Telsa founder and X owner Elon Musk should face the wrath of the Biden-Harris Justice Department for his $1 million giveaways to registered voters in swing states who sign a petition with his group America PAC. “Elon Musk is pledging to give away $1 million every day up until the election to voters in battleground states. Some experts are saying this is clearly illegal vote buying. Does the White House believe what he’s doing is illegal,” Wang huffed, to which Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to comment.     Wang really, really wanted Musk to pay for his political activity, though: “Can you talk about how the President’s reacting to this in terms of does he believe it’s appropriate? Does he agree with what Governor Shapiro is saying about how this needs to be investigated?” To her credit, Jean-Pierre didn’t change her answer, saying that’s not something for her “to speak to” and she “would have to leave to” the Federal Elections Commission. Wang tried not once but twice more, implying something should happen to Musk’s company SpaceX given its government contracts (click “expand”): WANG: And if you could just talk broadly about what Trump has also said about making Musk the head of a new government efficiency commission. Does the White House see that as a conflict of interest given the fact that Musk’s companies have so many contracts with government agencies — JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah. WANG: — and it could potentially give them the power to regulate the agencies that hold sway over his own company? JEAN-PIERRE: Well, since that’s a campaign related item there, what they’re planning to do next or what it looks like under — uh — uh — uh — you know, and — and — and their platform for his campaign, I’m just not going to respond to it from here. WANG: Any reaction from the President or White House about Elon Musk’s role at this moment in the political discussion? JEAN-PIERRE: I have no response — no comment on that at this moment. A few moments later, NBC’s Monica Alba cued up a softball on FEMA funding and kvetched about Donald Trump’s “misleading information” that she insists will significantly prolong recovery efforts in North Carolina from Hurricane Helene. A good tell it was a good softball? Jean-Pierre thanked her for the question (click “expand”): ALBA: Finally, former President Trump is in North Carolina today. He was talking about some of the FEMA efforts there. He called the rescue effort “non-existent.” He repeated some misleading information about where some of the funds have been directed to. So, how concerned — JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah. ALBA: — is the White House still about what that might do to not just people taking in this information again that’s misleading, but to voters — JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah. ALBA: — specifically in key states where the devastation of the hurricane’s — JEAN-PIERRE: Yeah. ALBA: — has been evident? JEAN-PIERRE: Well, I’m glad in your question you said misleading information, which is true, misleading information that is being — uh — put out there and — and it’s not just from us, you’ve heard from Republicans and Democrats — right — in North Carolina who have said — who have — who have made it very clear by pushing these types of conspiracy theories, they are dangerous. They are unhelpful, and it is, it is not — uh — uh — it is not what leadership looks like. I’ll say it there — like that and uh and it is a time when you see something like that, these types of hurricanes that have impacted communities the way that they have — both of them, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton — it’s time that you bring a — you bring a community together and stand by each other. And so, you’ve heard from — again, the governors of all of these states — well — in particular in particular, certainly as we’re talking about governor in — — in New — in — uh — sorry, North Carolina, he spoke to this today and he said the Biden-Harris administration has responded quickly and positively to our request. The federal government has been responsive to all — to our call for help. That’s coming from the governor of North Carolina. We also heard from the mayor of Asheville as well. And so, we have seen a bipartisan — uh — uh — reaction to this — uh — appreciation for what — for what this administration has been able to do and the reason we’ve been able to do this work on the ground is because we’ve had a good partnership with local and state officials on the ground, and this type of con — conspiracy — a theory that’s out there, it is dangerous to your point and your question. It’s dangerous, it’s unhelpful, and it gets in the way. Later on, far-left Washington Post reporter Toluse Olorunnipa lamented to Jean-Pierre that endangered Senate Democrats Tammy Baldwin (WI) and Bob Casey (PA) have made ads promoting their bipartisan bona fides by showing where they agree with Trump: Washington Post’s Toluse Olorunnipa on #PASen & #WISen: “There's a recent report about how a number of Senate Democrats that are running for re-election are having ads that show images of President Trump, touting their own cooperation with President Trump when he was in office.… pic.twitter.com/Zl5JV26pRH — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 21, 2024 Jon Decker of local TV station conglomerate Gray TV tried to have Jean-Pierre explain where Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden differ on policy. But, like the increasing number of blunders from Harris on this topic, Jean-Pierre tossed a word salad: GrayTV’s Jon Decker: “Can you think of any issue — foreign policy or domestic policy — in which the Vice President has a differing point of view than the President?” KJP: “Here —” Decker: “Any daylight between them?” KJP: “— here's what I will say. I will say that they've been… pic.twitter.com/LfrXm3sBSX — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 21, 2024 Finally, Fox Business’s Edward Lawrence chose to continue pressing this administration on American weakness abroad with developing nations cozying up to Russia: Fox Business’s @EdwardLawrence: “So, Tuesday, the countries in BRICS [Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates] are going to be going to Russia for a meeting. How concerned is the administration that this block of countries… pic.twitter.com/ZXH4nTOXZM — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 21, 2024 He also had a follow-up, noting the newest member of BRICS is the United Arab Emirates with rapidly growing ties between the two on the issue of artificial intelligence and thus there’s cause for concern such technological advances could be scooped up by Russia. To see the relevant transcript from the October 21 briefing, click here.

Kamala Harris held a campaign event Monday in Michigan with the apparent aim of attracting Republican women in the suburbs, having just bungled her attempts to win back male voters and Christians. The vice president once again leaned on former Jan. 6 committee member Liz Cheney, who proved more than willing to sacrifice her remaining political capital in service of someone she deemed just four years ago "a radical liberal who wants to raise your taxes, take away your guns and your health insurance, explode the size of our federal government and give it control over every aspect of our lives." While the Royal Oak event had all the makings of a town hall where voters might be able to ask the Democratic candidate questions, the host, former California first lady Maria Shriver, made clear early on that this was not the time for spontaneity or openness. In what appears to have been the only unscripted question, a woman in the crowd asked, "Are we going to be able to ask a question?" "You're not, unfortunately," replied Shriver. "We have some predetermined questions, and hopefully I'll be able to ask some of the questions that might be in your head. I hope so." 'They're not even hiding it anymore.' The apparently clairvoyant host indicated further that she wanted "this to be like a kitchen table — like, just think we're sitting around the kitchen table and we're jamming about all kinds of stuff." Concerning the scripted nature of the event, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said, "HOLY S***! They're not even hiding it anymore." John Daniel Davidson, senior editor at the Federalist, noted, "Even Kamala Harris's town hall events are more 'staged' than Trump's legendary appearance at McDonald's." 'There's been a really dangerous embrace of isolationism.' Harris, spared from having to think on her feet, recycled the script she has attempted to recite in recent interviews, including the lines about former military and intelligence officials' opposition to President Donald Trump she used in her recent Bret Baier interview. Nevertheless, she still managed to toss a handful of word salads. In one instance, she told her muzzled audience: You know, the nature of a democracy is such that I think there is a duality. On the one hand, there's an incredible strength when our democracy is intact. An incredible strength in what it does to protect the freedoms and rights of its people. Oh, there's great strength in that. And it is very fragile. It is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it. So that's the moment we're in. And I say, "Do not despair," because in a democracy, as long as we can keep it, in our democracy, the people — every individual has the power to make a decision about what this will be. And that's — so let's not feel powerless. Cheney chimed in between Harris' monologues and concern-mongered over the possibility that Trump might not commit to another costly foreign entanglement. "I think that if you look at where the Republican Party is today, there's been a really dangerous embrace of isolationism," said Cheney, who secured less than 29% of the vote in her last bid to hold on to power. "The reality is that since the end of World War II, America has led and we've led, and that has been necessary to defend our freedom." The border czar agreed, noting, "Isolationism, which is exactly what Donald Trump is pushing — pull out of NATO, abandon our friends — isolationism is not insulation. It is not insulation. It will not insulate us from harm in terms of our national security." Cheney warned further that Congress might not be able to prevent Trump from exiting NATO or from executing other foreign policy decisions the American people would have given him a mandate to tackle. 'I don't know if anybody is more conservative than I am.' The New York Times noted that in similar events that Cheney attended with Harris Monday in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, the former congresswoman — who had an "A" rating from the group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America at the time she was denied another term by Republican voters — characterized the vice president as an optimal choice for pro-life women. Cheney suggested that Republican pro-life laws protecting the unborn have gone too far, such that conservative women can back the pro-abortion radical with a clean conscience. "I think there are many of us around the country who have been pro-life but who have watched what's going on in our states since the Dobbs decision and have watched state legislatures put in place laws that are resulting in women not getting the care they need," said Cheney. "In places like Texas, for example, the attorney general is talking about suing, is suing, to get access to women's medical records. That's not sustainable for us as a country, and it has to change." Harris has made clear the change she has in mind: eliminate the filibuster in the U.S. Senate in order to codify abortion as a national right. Neglecting to touch on Harris' support for taxpayer-funded sex changes for illegal aliens and her support for sex-change mutilations for minors, Cheney suggested that her supposed conservatism is compatible with a vote for Harris. "If people are uncertain, if people are thinking, 'Well, you know, I'm a conservative, I don't know that I can support Vice President Harris,' I would say I don't know if anybody is more conservative than I am," said Cheney. Trump mocked the establishment duo's events, writing, "Lyin' Kamala has stooped so low as to pick a woman to campaign with her who lost her Congressional Race by the largest margin, 40%, in history. The record holder is Crazed Warhawk Liz Cheney, whose father, Dick, convinced Bush to go into the Middle East and KILL." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Mark Levin had the privilege of serving in Ronald Reagan’s administration as a chief of staff, so he knows what he’s talking about when he says that Reagan, who he calls “a genius,” was the brain behind the idea of peace through strength. “He wanted to bring the most brilliant scientists in the United States together to figure out how to build a missile shield system,” which he called “the Strategic Defense Initiative — SDI,” says Levin, adding that Reagan was “mocked” and “attacked” for these ideas. The Democrats accused him of “wasting money.” They said “it was an excuse not to reduce nuclear arms.” They called him “a dunce” and “a cowboy” and joked that the program was playing a game of “Star Wars.” They even “made every budgetary movement they possibly could to try and block it.” One person took Reagan’s SDI program seriously — Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union before it was dismantled. Even Gorbachev himself admitted that “SDI was a game changer because the Soviets could never keep up with our technological knowhow, our scientific capabilities, and they certainly wouldn't have the money to build this system,” Levin recounts. Israel also saw the program’s merit. It “took the idea” and “refined it” to suit its unique needs — an adoption that has been hugely beneficial for the country. “Like no other country on the face of the Earth, the Israelis have a strategic defense missile defense system, and thank God they do,” says Levin. America, on the other hand, is “laying naked,” he warns. To hear more of Levin’s analysis, watch the clip above. Want more from Mark Levin?To enjoy more of "the Great One" — Mark Levin as you've never seen him before — subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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