of the DNC, we turn now tLavin, staff writer for the
National Catholic Register. He
is in Chicago right now. Peter, great to be with you . As we just heard tonight, that Tim Walz is
going to be speaking. It's
called Waltz Wednesday, let's
talk more about him. What are
you expecting to hear from him
tonight? >> Well, it's hard to know
exactly what to expect from
Waltz tonight. It's good to admit, even for us political
watchers, that about a month
ago, no one had ever heard of
Tim Waltz. And today he is becoming the vice presidential
nominee of the Democratic Party.
There's been a race to define
Tim Walz in the media , there's
been great scrutiny over his military record and other aspects of his personal life
that have yet to really be
vetted. We know that he was a high school football coach. We
know that he served in the military , and we know that he's
also been a sharp critic of the
pro-life community. And one of the ways that he's been
criticizing the pro-life
community is through, sharing
his own personal story about his
family's journey using IVF. Now,
of course, two days ago, we found out that that may have
been something of a fib in a new
York Times report that really,
it wasn't IVF that he and his
wife used, but some other kind
of fertility service . So it's
going to be interesting to see. How does he address thesegrowing controversies
surrounding his somewhat tenuous relationship with the straight truth? And outside of that, that
Waltz is still pretty much a blank slate .
>> Yeah. And Peter, I also want to talk about his record when it comes to issues dealing with the faithful during his time as
governor of Minnesota, what can
you tell us about that?
>> So we know that Tim Walz is
one of the most progressive
governors in America, and this
is particularly the case on issues surrounding life, on gender identity, Tim Walz, we can be sure is going to press
hard on the culture war, stuff
from the from the progressive
side .
>> Yeah. I want to get back to abortion now. Really on display
there at the DNC. I understand
that you interviewed Kristen Day
from Democrats for Life of
America. What did she have to say about the DNC and its
attitude toward pro-lifers ?
>> So I was struck talking to
Kristen Day today about how dismayed she actually is with
the Democratic Party. She
sounded to me like somebody who
was heartbroken, who has had a long relationship with an
institution and doesn't really
want to leave it, but is
beginning to see the writing on
the wall, in response to the
planned Parenthood abortion ban
controversy that's been
happening here in Chicago, her group, Democrats for life of
America has decided to begin a
diaper drive, tonight, she's her group is going to be doing the
first drop off of diapers at a local pregnancy center. And,
she's also had a number of
conversations with Democratic leaders, Democratic
lawmakersasking, is there any room in
this party? For pro-life
Democrats and she's heard in
response that there is there has
been some lip service that, yes, there might be room for you if
you call yourself pro-life, but
not if you vote like a pro-life
person. You have to vote the
same way that the Democrats do on pro-abortion policies or
there is no room. And that's something that she and her group
seem to be coming to grips with .
>> Peter, so much more we can
talk about, but we have to leave
it right there. Thank you somuch for your insights and
weighing in. We appreciate it.
Thank you