Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said the choice of Gov. Tim Walz (D‑MN) as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate has transformed the presidential race to the detriment of former President Donald Trump.
In a roundtable appearance on CNN’s The Source, Axelrod praised the performance of Harris and Walz in their first joint campaign appearance.
“Such an interesting transformation has happened,” he said. “Suddenly, Donald Trump feels like the embattled incumbent. I mean, that’s the way he’s behaving. And they are presenting themselves as the turn-the-page candidates. And that’s the field that we got tonight.”
He added that Walz specifically “delivered some heavy blows” against Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R‑OH) but with “that kind of gentle humor that actually lands well.”
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