JD Vance rally goers in Philadelphia weigh in on Kamala Harris’ ‘very liberal’ VP nominee, Gov. Tim Walz

Pennsylvanians react to Vice President Kamala Harris’ choice of running mate Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., at an event Tuesday for Donald Trump’s VP pick, Sen. JD Vance.

Voters in Pennsylvania attending a campaign event for Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, responded to Vice President Kamala Harris’ announcement of her running mate on Tuesday, with many of them having never heard of him before.

“Never heard of him,” Sheila Armstrong from Philadelphia told Fox News Digital, referring to Harris’ choice of Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn.

“Not before today,” she added jokingly, “I was looking on the map to see where Minnesota is again.”

Thomas Quinn from Downingtown admitted he hadn’t heard of Walz before his inclusion on the vice president’s short list. “Which is why I have not done any homework,” he said. “I don’t really know much about him. I understand it takes a lot to be a governor. And I also understand that he’s a veteran… So I really don’t know that much about it, but I’ll do my reading.”

Similarly, Cliff Skinner from the Keystone State said he had “never” heard of Walz either. He added that he was “not really too impressed” by the selection.

“I had not. I have to be honest,” said Kaitlin Derstine from Montgomery County when asked by Fox News Digital if she knew who Walz was before he was considered as Harris’ running mate. She commented that the news she was already seeing about him was “not very good,” suggesting, “I think [Harris] probably chose him based on his appearance and what she needed to complement her candidacy.”

Perry Petrongola from South Philadelphia also knew “not a whole lot” about Walz. “I believe he’s the governor of Minnesota. He’s very liberal and against guns.” He summed up Walz as having a “typical liberal agenda.”

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Even those familiar with the relatively unknown Walz were not pleased with what they knew. “I know that he is extremely left, and he also supports the sexual reassignment and mutilation of young kids,” said Leah Hoops from Delaware County. “And he is also allowing illegals to vote in our elections.”

Linda DellaPia from South Philadelphia described Walz as “more socialist, going toward her agenda.” She criticized him for the 2020 riots in Minnesota following the death of George Floyd, saying, “Look at the raids that happened in his home state that he allowed, and he actually bailed people out.”

“Why didn’t he bring in the national services – the National Guard – to help alleviate some of those tensions?” she asked.

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Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., told Fox News Digital at Tuesday’s rally, “I think the Harris campaign and the DNC have decided to go with someone more aligned with Kamala Harris.”

“Gov. Walz is a self-proclaimed socialist, so clearly they feel comfortable with someone who’s a self-proclaimed socialist, as opposed to someone like Josh Shapiro, who’s quite liberal and quite left-leaning, but, apparently a little too rational and sane for them,” Meuser said, referring to speculation that Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was a potential choice for Harris’ running mate.

According to Meuser, “We would have lost some votes. I mean, that’s the reality. And it would have been a little closer if Shapiro had been chosen.”

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“It just shows what the DNC and the Harris campaign are about. They are about socialism. They are about sanctuary cities. They are about open borders. They’re about big government, small economy. And they have the most anti-American energy ticket that you can imagine,” he said. “Outside of that, they’re wonderful,” he joked.

On the Shapiro running mate snub, Trump-Vance supporters were thankful that Harris chose Walz. DellaPia claimed Shapiro would have been “the smarter move.”

“I’m glad she didn’t pick Shapiro,” she said.

Armstrong echoed this sentiment, saying, “I’m just happy she didn’t pick Josh Shapiro.”

“Pennsylvania is already a messy state when it comes to elections and voting. Picking Josh Shapiro would have made the process even messier,” she claimed. “And I would say there would have been a higher likelihood of people cheating and doing illegal things because it would have been a homegrown person versus somebody they didn’t know.”

Fox News reached out to the Harris-Walz campaign for comment.