In an effort to safe extra assist from male voters earlier than Election Day, vice-presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., performed Madden NFL collectively on the live-streaming platform Twitch on Sunday.
“Sundays are for football! Game on, AOC,” Walz wrote in a publish on X.
The pair jumped on the streaming service Sunday afternoon, throughout NFL Sunday video games, to debate the upcoming election.
Ocasio-Cortez opened the session explaining that her and Walz agreed to do the live-stream a few weeks in the past when he expressed curiosity in doing a recreation stream together with her. They agreed to play Madden as a result of he was a soccer coach, and he was aware of the sport, having performed it along with his youngsters prior to now.
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Gov. Tim Walz, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez performed a recreation of ‘Madden’ on Twitch in an try to enchantment to younger male voters. (Twitch)
Walz joined the stream after half-hour, carrying a camouflage Minnesota Vikings hat, previous to attending a marketing campaign rally in Nevada.
The duo wasted no time in throwing jabs at former President Donald Trump and emphasised the significance of Democrats taking management of the Home and preserving majority management of the Senate.
“We don’t all share the same politics, we don’t all share the same views, but the need to defeat Trump this year has been my number one priority,” Ocasio-Cortez mentioned.
Throughout the live-stream, Walz informed Ocasio-Cortez that if he and Kamala Harris win the election, he would make her the Speaker of the Home.
“We’re gonna win this election. We’re gonna make you put a gavel in your hand in the House,” Walz informed Ocasio-Cortez
The 2 proceed to recreation and chat a few Harris-Walz administration, with Walz eluding that they might get rid of the filibuster.
“The Senate has their own things. They have, kinda their ‘norms and their customs,’ but in order..” Ocasio-Cortez mentioned earlier than Walz cuts in.
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“Maybe, maybe, some of those norms, I’m just gonna say I don’t know where you stand, but I’m guessing you and I are probably the same on the filibuster?” Walz asks.
“Oh yeah, we gotta get rid of that thing,” Ocasio-Cortez replies.
The filibuster is a Senate rule that enables a minority to dam laws pending a supermajority vote.
Whereas Harris first mentioned she would assist ending the filibuster to reinstate Roe v. Wade period abortion laws in 2022, she has since made abortion a serious subject in her Democratic bid for the presidency this election cycle. She additionally supported ending the filibuster to move the progressive Inexperienced New Deal local weather laws in 2019.
Walz and Ocasio-Cortez additionally talked concerning the significance of entry to Social Safety, bonding over their mutual losses of their dads once they had been youngsters.
“Gov. Tim Walz and I both lost our dads when we were teenagers. A lot of people don’t know that Social Security also helps you if you lose a spouse (or parent, if you’re a kid). It’s so important we defend and expand it,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X following the stay stream.
Throughout a marketing campaign rally in North Carolina earlier this month, Walz claimed that his mom has to attend for her social safety test each month to feed herself and that Trump and all his “rich friends” do not care and even fear about Social Safety.
“When my mom looks for that Social Security deposit to be made in her bank account, that’s how she’s going to feed herself. That’s how she’s going to get things done. He [Trump] doesn’t give a damn if his Social Security check comes or not,” Walz claimed.
Walz touted {that a} hundred million Individuals beneath Kamala Harris as president would see a tax minimize.
Walz and Ocasio-Cortez completed their recreation after taking part in one half. Walz performed for the Minnesota Vikings, whereas Ocasio-Cortez performed for the Buffalo Payments. The ultimate rating was 0-0.
Walz then campaigned in Las Vegas. He attended a “Latinos con Harris-Walz” get-out-the-early-vote occasion and watch celebration for the Las Vegas Raiders vs. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs recreation with Congressman Steven Horsford and Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez on Sunday afternoon.
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Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., joins Twitch live-stream to play a recreation of Madden, in opposition to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. (X/@Tim_Walz)
The Harris-Walz marketing campaign mentioned they’ve positioned an emphasis on constructing a community of trusted allies to mobilize their male-driven audiences – together with a program known as, “Athletes for Harris,” which is co-chaired by NBA gamers Stephen Curry and Chris Paul, and former NBA legend Magic Johnson.
Throughout an interview with NBC Information final week, Harris dismissed her diminishing assist amongst male voters who pressed her on why former President Donald Trump had a 16-point lead over the vp in the important thing voting bloc.
“Why do you think there is a disconnect for you with men right now?” NBC’s Peter Alexander requested Harris throughout an interview in Michigan that aired on Saturday.
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An NBC ballot performed in early October discovered that whereas Harris leads Trump amongst girls voters, 55% to 41%, Trump leads Harris 56% to 40% amongst male voters.
MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell additionally known as out Harris’ points with male voters throughout an look on NBC’s “Meet The Press” earlier this month.
Fox Information’ Hanna Panreck and Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.
