Walz was one of just 19 Democrats in the House in 2012 to vote for a GOP bill to extend George W. Bush-era tax cuts ahead of a bipartisan deal struck with then-president Barack Obama.
He also voted to extend the Bush tax cuts in 2010 and then again as part of the Obama proposal as most Democrats did.
However, while Walz has sided with Republicans on some tax issues earlier in his career in Congress, he joined 188 other Democrats in voting against the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, former President Trump’s marquee tax bill, in 2017. Not a single House Democrat voted for the measure, key parts of which are set to expire in 2026.
Walz also drew fire from Republicans on fiscal matters as governor. His 2023 budget, which he described as “transformational” for Minnesota, was the largest in the state’s history.
Endorsements for the Harris-Walz ticket have been rolling in from Democratic backers with some notable names in Silicon Valley singing Walz’s praises. Investor and television personality Mark Cuban was among them.
“People are tired of the ideologues and hate from both parties. They want to vote for normal people they can relate to. Walz can sit at the kitchen table and make you feel like you have [known] him forever,” he wrote online Tuesday morning.
The Hill Tobias Burns has more here.
