Democratic Vice Presidential candidate has big plans should he and current Vice President Kamala Harris win the presidential election next week.
And if Walz has his way, he’s going elevate firebrand Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the top position in the House of Representatives.
During the live-stream yesterday where Walz and AOC talked everything from football, the video games, to even bashing Donald Trump, Walz brazenly said that that if he and Kamala Harris win the election, he would make her the Speaker of the House.
“We’re gonna win this election. We’re gonna make you put a gavel in your hand in the House,” Walz told Ocasio-Cortez.
But that’s not all the duo has planned.
Walz also eluded that they would eliminate the filibuster.
“The Senate has their own things. They have, kinda their ‘norms and their customs,’ but in order..” Ocasio-Cortez said before Walz cuts in.
“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.
Tim Walz and AOC just agreed on abolishing the Senate filibuster.
WALZ: “I’m guessing you and I are probably the same on the filibuster?”
AOC: “Oh yeah! We gotta get rid of that thing.”
These people are extremely dangerous. pic.twitter.com/2QWyFsvR1Q
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 27, 2024
The filibuster, as many know, is a Senate rule that allows a minority to block legislation pending a supermajority vote.
While perhaps a tongue-and-cheek comment, there is some historical precedence here.
According to a Fox News report, Harris first said she would support ending the filibuster to reinstate Roe v. Wade era abortion legislation in 2022.
She also supported ending the filibuster to pass the progressive Green New Deal climate legislation in 2019.
And if AOC were the hypothetical Speaker of the House, she would have control of moving such types of legislature through the House to the Senate.
AOC and Walz went on the talk about the expansion of Social Security, bonding over their mutual losses of their dads when they were teenagers.
“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 live stream.
The random live stream between AOC and Walz was actually pre-planned.
AOC opened the session explaining that her and Walz agreed to do the live-stream a couple of weeks ago when he expressed interest in doing a game stream with her.
They agreed to play Madden because he used to be a football coach, and he was familiar with the game, having played it with his children in the past.
Experts believe this is a play to appear to more male voters ahead of the election.
The Harris campaign said they have placed an emphasis on building a network of trusted allies to mobilize their male-driven audiences – including a program called, “Athletes for Harris,” which is co-chaired by NBA players Stephen Curry and Chris Paul, and former NBA legend Magic Johnson.
During an interview with NBC News last week, Harris dismissed Donald Trump having a 16-point lead over the vice president in terms of overall male approval.
An NBC poll conducted in early October found that while Harris leads Trump among women voters, 55% to 41%, Trump leads Harris 56% to 40% among male voters.