Vice President Kamala Harris's running mate lost his home county to President-elect Donald Trump.

Summary

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s running mate, suffered a personal setback in the 2024 election as he lost his home county, Blue Earth, to President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump won 49.6% of the vote there, while Harris received 48.3%, marking a symbolic defeat for Walz, who built his political career in the area.

Walz, a former teacher and congressman known for his moderate stance, had previously turned a Republican seat Democratic and won Minnesota’s governorship by a large margin in 2018.

His campaign faced challenges, including scrutiny over past statements about military service, which the Trump campaign leveraged as a “Stolen Valor” issue.

        • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
          1•17 hours ago

          No, we trained M16 as well, but spent way more time on M9/ shotgun. My assumption was always that our job was just to be targets in the case something actually happened. I also trained 50 cal.

          I’m interested if you can figure out what service I was in based on what I’ve told you so far.

          • mbfalzar
            1•6 hours ago

            I mean, in the US I’m pretty sure only Navy deals with shotguns, I think to prevent hull penetration? Coasties might for the same reason, but I’ve never hung out with any

          • @Kaboom@reddthat.com
            1•15 hours ago

            Without going into profile history, and assuming American, I’m guessing a land based service, either the Army or Marines. Seeing as the Marines had M16s longer than the Army did. I’m going with Marines.

            That said, I have a hunch you might be European somehow. Maybe Germany from how you misspelled Mossberg? You’d have to be NATO, but I’m not super knowledgeable about the German services.

            • @TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world
              1•15 hours ago

              Nope. My secret is safe. I’ll give another hint. Those were the only fire arms we carried underway, and they were mostly considered a joke. Especially the 50cal.

              • @Kaboom@reddthat.com
                1•5 hours ago

                Underway? Joke? Definitely the Coast Guard then. That, or potentially the Navy, which would also make sense, but I’m going with the coast guard.