Harris-Walz must do more than bring ‘joy’ to the Democratic ticket

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At the Democratic National Convention, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party’s nomination for vice president, addressing a packed arena. “We’re all here tonight for one beautiful, simple reason: We love this country,” Walz declared to thousands of delegates. Some voters view this wave of positivity as a counter to the darker, fear-driven messaging from former President Donald Trump’s campaign.

Watch the video above as Straight Arrow News contributor Ruben Navarrette delves into the history of the “politics of joy” since the Reagan era and expresses concern over the emphasis the Harris-Walz ticket is placing on it.

The following is an excerpt from the above video:

You see, part of adding Walz to the Democrat ticket has been a campaign to hypnotize voters and convince them that things aren’t really as bad as the Republicans suggest, with all their doom and gloom. I can remember back when Republicans used to be optimistic with a message that was bright and positive. See President Ronald Reagan, who saw America as a shining city on a hill.

Today, with former President Donald Trump at the helm of the GOP pirate ship, pessimism is the order of the day. The message is dark and depressing. Whether Republicans are looking back over the last three and a half years or ahead, if Harris is elected, all they see is disaster and gloom — to which Democrats offer as a counter the suggestion that we should all be — just wait for it — joyful. Yeah, that’s right. Democrats are making Joy sexy again. They’re bringing back the joy. They want Americans to feel good about America by finding the joy in life.

Ever since Walz joined the ticket, the Democratic message, aided and abetted by their surrogates in the media, has been that Harris and Walz are bringing the joy back to America. Happy times are here again.