Kamala Harris Enlists Tim Walz's Cat To Troll JD Vance On Social Media
Kamala Harris’ campaign didn’t waste any time going for cat lovers after announcing Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday morning.
The Democratic presidential campaign posted a video montage on social media showing several pics of the Minnesota governor’s rescue cat, Afton, and the “purr-fect” caption, “Cat people for Harris-Walz.”
The video was both an appeal to cat fans and a way to troll Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, who has come under fire for saying “childless cat ladies” were running the country, of whom he included Harris. (Harris has two stepchildren and does not own a cat.)
Vance, a Republican senator from Ohio, has been blaming cat people for the state of the American family since at least 2021, but there’s been a backlash to his resurfaced comments, which the Harris campaign is using to its advantage, as you can see below.
Cat people for Harris-Walz pic.twitter.com/Z88By4yrSD
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) August 6, 2024
Apparently the orange tabby’s montage got the vote of many cat owners and other animal lovers to boot.
Walz owns a dog AND a cat. Basic nightmare for Trump and Vance, the most anti-pet ticket in American history https://t.co/Y2r086pra6
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) August 6, 2024
Our cats and couches are safe with #HarrisWalz 😻🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/dF5EqKyFyO
— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) August 6, 2024
So basically got all the votes of the Swifties
— Queen Iseabail, the Sassy Lassy 🇺🇦🏴 (@bandrui0) August 6, 2024
cats for harris zoom call asap
— coinmon (@therealCoinmon) August 6, 2024
#YesWeKam#HarrisWalz2024pic.twitter.com/T4DtD68gx3
— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@NickKnudsenUS) August 6, 2024
Cats out of the bag! The PURPLE wave is about to make landfall on the United States. We’re headed for a purr-fect future where the opposition will be hiss-terical! Let’s claw our way to victory!
— Wall Street Bronze (@wsbronze) August 6, 2024
Damn straight pic.twitter.com/KrPeFIKImG
— Geeky (@GeekyEnthusiast) August 6, 2024
kittens rise up 🙌
— Angelica Reed (@Angelica_Reed1) August 6, 2024
Is it significant that both Kamala Harris & Tim Walz love cats? I think there might be something to it...#HarrisWalzForTheWinpic.twitter.com/p3o4QnSpF6
— Monica Tomosy 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@MTomosy) August 6, 2024
Walz is a cat guy. That’s all I need to know. Cat guys are good people. #HarrisWalz2024#CatLadiesForKamalapic.twitter.com/wdbQKbmn1X
— Tatyana (@abbey_normal__) August 6, 2024
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