Minnesota Governor Tim Walz accepts the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday (21), with 11 weeks to go before he and his presidential running mate Kamala Harris face Republican former President Donald Trump in the 2024 US election.
Walz, 60, a military veteran, former high school teacher and football coach, will talk about his childhood on a Nebraska farm, his family and the freedoms that Democrats say are under attack by Trump, who is running for the White House for the third time as a Republican.
Walz brought a folksy charm to the campaign trail, describing himself and Harris as “joyful warriors” focused on a better future, in contrast to Republicans who they say are stoking fear and division.
He will take the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago after former President Bill Clinton, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was instrumental in pressuring President Joe Biden to drop his candidacy a month ago, reversing the Democratic Party’s fortunes.
Biden trailed Trump nationally and in swing states before ceding the party leadership to Harris; polls now show her outpacing Trump in several of the handful of states that will decide the Nov. 5 presidential election.
Walz and Harris received a strong endorsement Tuesday from former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama at the Chicago convention.
“I love this guy,” Obama said of Walz. “He knows who he is and what’s important. You can tell those flannel shirts he wears don’t come from some aide. They come from his closet and have been through some stuff.”
Walz’s rapid rise to national fame has drawn Republican scrutiny and prompted Harris’ campaign to issue statements about his 24-year military history and the fertility treatment he and his wife underwent to have children.
Harris campaign officials are betting that Walz’s Midwestern roots and straightforward style will appeal to some rural white men who voted for Trump by large margins in the last two elections, and help win battleground states like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Trump will campaign with his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, in another swing state, North Carolina, on Wednesday, where he will speak about national security.
Republicans have sharply criticized Democrats’ economic plans. As governor, Walz made school meals free, set targets to cut greenhouse gases, expanded paid leave and protected collective bargaining and overtime — progressive policies that Republicans describe as dangerously liberal.
This content was originally published in Tim Walz, Nancy Pelosi and Bill Clinton headline 3rd day of Democratic Convention on CNN Brasil.
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