NBC's Todd says Walz pick is a ‘yellow flag’, shows Harris may be easily controlled by far left

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NBC chief political analyst Chuck Todd expressed some uneasiness over Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate pick, Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn.

During a segment of MSNBC’s "Andrea Mitchell Reports" on Tuesday, the pundit praised Walz for his ability to appear folksy and relatable to the common American, but worried aloud that picking the progressive candidate means that Harris will be pushed around by the far left in her party.

"I have a yellow flag in my head going, ‘Huh, if you squeal loud enough, she hears and responds,’" Todd told Mitchell.

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Todd began his remarks by focusing on the good elements of picking Walz.

"Look, I like to say, you know, sometimes people speak Washington and sometimes people speak American. Tim Walz speaks American, you know?" he said, adding, "He’s not going to tell you about his subcommittee chair, he’s not going to tell you about—I have a feeling he won’t talk about the Veterans Committee, he’ll talk about just helping veterans and things like that."

"So, in that sense, it strikes me that's what Harris is looking for."

However, the NBC pundit felt compelled to voice his concerns about the pick, suggesting that the far left in the Democratic Party twisted Harris’ arm to pick Walz over more moderate choices like Sen. Mark