2024-08-06 20:32:38
Kamala Harris has introduced Minnesota Governor Walz as her vice presidential running mate in November’s US election, saying she is “proud” to have chosen him as her running mate.
“As a governor, coach, teacher and veteran, he has done a lot for working families like his.” Great to have him on our team,” Harris wrote on the X social network.
Republican Donald Trump’s campaign reacted to K. Harris’ choice – Minnesota Governor T. Walz was criticized as a left-wing radical.
“If Walz won’t tell voters the truth, we will: Tim Walz, like Kamala Harris, is a dangerous liberal extremist,” Trump campaign press secretary Caroline Leavitt said in a statement.
Walz himself said on Tuesday that being the Democratic Party’s vice-presidential candidate in November’s US presidential election is “the honor of a lifetime.”
“I’m all for it. It reminds me a little of the first day of school. So let’s do it, people!” Walz said on the X social network.
K. Harris’s decision to choose Minnesota Governor T. Walz as his running mate and vice presidential candidate was influenced by their chemistry, according to CNN.
“The time they spent together when Walz was campaigning for re-election in 2022 and when they visited an abortion clinic in March of this year apparently made a big difference.” Also, the Harris campaign, like the rest of us, saw the energy Walz had from the (Democrat) base. They saw how popular he is in Minnesota after he passed a historic, progressive agenda here. T. Walz’s inspection went very well. So, as people say, it’s like a gold worth situation. Every element was right,” a source close to T. Walz told the US news channel.
The former high school teacher and football coach has garnered attention from Democrats for his amiable style and ability to deliver rhetorical blows to Donald Trump without seeming too aggressive.
Although Minnesota is not a battleground (swing) state, the Harris campaign can count on Walz to attract broad Midwestern support in places like Wisconsin and Michigan that will help decide this election.
In addition, Walz has passed progressive legislation in his state, but he defends it in a way that moderate and independent voters can understand. As a former congressman, he was able to win in a district with many rural and Republican voters.
The governor may not have been known to Democrats a few weeks ago, but sometimes the “dark horse” wins the race, according to the BBC.
The choice of a vice-presidential candidate was one of the most important decisions of K. Harris’s political career, as she hurriedly prepared a campaign to be elected on November 5. would challenge Republican presidential candidate D. Trump and US Senator JD Vance, his vice presidential candidate, in the elections.
Walz, 60, is a former member of the US National Guard and a former teacher who has emerged in recent weeks as an effective defender of Harris. He attacked Trump and JDVance as “freaks,” and the Harris campaign-backed insult went viral.
A former congressman from a Republican district, Walz has proven attractive to rural white voters, although as governor he also supported progressive policies such as free school meals and expanded paid leave for workers. While Minnesota is solidly Democratic, it is close to Wisconsin and Michigan, two important swing states.
Harris began looking for a running mate in earnest two weeks ago, shortly after US President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her as the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Over the weekend, Harris met with his selection team, including former Attorney General Eric Holder, whose law firm Covington & Burling LLP has been conducting extensive background and financial checks on potential candidates. Holder and his office made detailed presentations of each of the finalists, several sources familiar with the process told Reuters.
According to sources, Harris discussed the decision with her husband Doug Emhoff, her brother-in-law Tony West and a small group of aides and advisers.
The rally on Tuesday afternoon will kick off a five-day multi-city tour of the battleground states that could decide the election.
K. Harris and her vice presidential candidate T. Walz will visit six cities: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Eau Claire (Wisconsin), Detroit (Michigan), Durham (North Carolina), Phoenix (Arizona) and Las Vegas (Nevada). At each stop, they will hold rallies, visiting college campuses, historically black universities, union halls and restaurants, a campaign spokesman said.
Over the weekend, the Harris campaign launched a program to persuade Republican voters to support the Democrat, and has shown the support of Republicans, including former Trump White House staffers Stephanie Grisham and Olivia Troye.
The program, called Republicans for Harris, will hold primary events Monday in the battleground states of Arizona, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
2024-08-06 20:32:38