When Democrats and their loyal stenographers in the media all peddle the same verbatim line, that’s a pretty good sign that it’s the opposite of the truth. So the already hackneyed declaration that Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), who Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris hopes will replace her as vice president, is “folksy.”

But the move should be understood by the public as a promise that the Minnesota governor is anything but neighborly, traditional, or sociable. Rather, Walz is a socialist endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America, and his record of running the North Star State into the ground should inform the public’s understanding of Harris’s plans.