What Does ‘Freedom’ Mean to Tim Walz and the Democratic Party?

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and tried to explain the difference between the way Republicans and Democrats define 'freedom.' But does the Vice Presidential nominee’s idea of freedom mean more government intrusion into people’s lives? Plus, as Kamala Harris prepares to accept her party’s nomination for president, will she give Americans more insight into her policies than the convention has? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.4	slash Wall Street. From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal
0:21.3	this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.6	The Democratic National Convention continued on Wednesday night with speeches by Bill Clinton
0:29.7	and Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walls.
0:32.4	What have we learned this week so far about the
0:35.6	Democratic strategy to defeat Donald Trump in November? And what do Democrats
0:40.4	want to do with the power they would get if they retake the White House and Congress in November.
0:47.0	Welcome to Potomac Watch, the daily podcast of the Wall Street Journal opinion pages.
0:51.6	I'm Paul Geego, the editor of those pages, and I'm here today
0:55.3	with my esteemed colleagues, Kyle Peterson and Bart Swaim, who are both in Chicago this week watching
1:01.9	the convention talking to Democrats and so on.
1:04.8	Barton, you've been there for three days.
1:07.3	What are your main impressions after the various speeches and videos?
1:10.8	Well, I'm not the target audience for this convention.
1:14.2	I think it was well put together in some ways.
1:18.0	Thematically, I think it was well put together.
1:19.7	I mean, they had some real glitches about certain speeches going on too long and the roll call going into
1:25.3	prime time and just dumb things like that. But thematically it was sort of in some way the
1:30.2	masterpiece of not saying anything about what a Harris administration would do on really
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