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In an effort to unafraid much support from antheral voters earlier Election Day, vice-presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., played Madden NFL together connected nan live-streaming level Twitch connected Sunday.
"Sundays are for football! Game on, AOC," Walz wrote successful a station connected X.
The brace jumped connected nan streaming work Sunday afternoon, during NFL Sunday games, to talk nan upcoming election.
Ocasio-Cortez opened nan convention explaining that her and Walz agreed to do nan live-stream a mates of weeks agone erstwhile he expressed liking successful doing a crippled watercourse pinch her. They agreed to play Madden because he utilized to beryllium a shot coach, and he was acquainted pinch nan game, having played it pinch his children successful nan past.
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Gov. Tim Walz, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez played a crippled of 'Madden' connected Twitch successful an effort to entreaty to young antheral voters. (Twitch)
Walz joined nan watercourse aft 30 minutes, wearing a camouflage Minnesota Vikings hat, anterior to attending a run rally successful Nevada.
The duo wasted nary clip successful throwing jabs astatine erstwhile President Donald Trump and emphasized nan value of Democrats taking power of nan House and keeping mostly power of nan Senate.
"We don’t each stock nan aforesaid politics, we don’t each stock nan aforesaid views, but nan request to conclusion Trump this twelvemonth has been my number 1 priority," Ocasio-Cortez said.
During nan live-stream, Walz told Ocasio-Cortez that if he and Kamala Harris triumph nan election, he would make her nan Speaker of nan House.
"We're gonna triumph this election. We're gonna make you put a gavel successful your manus successful nan House," Walz told Ocasio-Cortez
The 2 proceed to crippled and chat astir a Harris-Walz administration, pinch Walz eluding that they would destruct nan filibuster.
"The Senate has their ain things. They have, kinda their ‘norms and their customs,’ but successful order.." Ocasio-Cortez said earlier Walz cuts in.
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"Maybe, maybe, immoderate of those norms, I'm conscionable gonna opportunity I don't cognize wherever you stand, but I'm guessing you and I are astir apt nan aforesaid connected nan filibuster?" Walz asks.
"Oh yeah, we gotta get free of that thing," Ocasio-Cortez replies.
The filibuster is simply a Senate norm that allows a number to artifact authorities pending a supermajority vote.
While Harris first said she would support ending the filibuster to reinstate Roe v. Wade era abortion authorities successful 2022, she has since made abortion a awesome rumor successful her Democratic bid for nan presidency this predetermination cycle. She besides supported ending nan filibuster to walk nan progressive Green New Deal ambiance authorities successful 2019.
Walz and Ocasio-Cortez besides talked astir nan value of entree to Social Security, bonding complete their communal losses of their dads erstwhile they were teenagers.
"Gov. Tim Walz and I some mislaid our dads erstwhile we were teenagers. A batch of group don’t cognize that Social Security besides helps you if you suffer a spouse (or parent, if you’re a kid). It’s truthful important we take sides and grow it," Ocasio-Cortez wrote connected X pursuing nan unrecorded stream.
During a run rally successful North Carolina earlier this month, Walz claimed that his mother has to hold for her societal information cheque each period to provender herself and that Trump and each his "rich friends" don't attraction aliases moreover interest astir Social Security.
"When my mom looks for that Social Security deposit to beryllium made successful her slope account, that's really she's going to provender herself. That's really she's going to get things done. He [Trump] doesn't springiness a damn if his Social Security cheque comes aliases not," Walz claimed.
Walz touted that a 100 cardinal Americans nether Kamala Harris arsenic president would spot a taxation cut.
Walz and Ocasio-Cortez vanished their crippled aft playing 1 half. Walz played for nan Minnesota Vikings, while Ocasio-Cortez played for nan Buffalo Bills. The last people was 0-0.
Walz past campaigned successful Las Vegas. He attended a "Latinos con Harris-Walz" get-out-the-early-vote arena and watch statement for nan Las Vegas Raiders vs. Kansas City Chiefs crippled pinch Congressman Steven Horsford and Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez connected Sunday afternoon.
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Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., joins Twitch live-stream to play a crippled of Madden, against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. (X/@Tim_Walz)
The Harris-Walz run said they person placed an accent connected building a web of trusted friends to mobilize their male-driven audiences – including a programme called, "Athletes for Harris," which is co-chaired by NBA players Stephen Curry and Chris Paul, and erstwhile NBA fable Magic Johnson.
During an question and reply pinch NBC News past week, Harris dismissed her diminishing support among antheral voters who pressed her connected why erstwhile President Donald Trump had a 16-point lead complete nan vice president successful nan cardinal voting bloc.
"Why do you deliberation location is simply a disconnect for you pinch men correct now?" NBC's Peter Alexander asked Harris during an question and reply successful Michigan that aired connected Saturday.
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An NBC canvass conducted successful early October recovered that while Harris leads Trump among women voters, 55% to 41%, Trump leads Harris 56% to 40% among antheral voters.
MSNBC big Andrea Mitchell besides called retired Harris' issues pinch antheral voters during an quality connected NBC's "Meet The Press" earlier this month.
Fox News' Hanna Panreck and Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.