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Kamala Harris has announced that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will join her as running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket, after formally clinching her party’s nomination for the White House on Monday.
Following her rapid rise in the wake of President Joe Biden’s decision last month to step aside, the Vice President has had less than two weeks to pick a deputy, with the complicated business of vetting candidates having to take place at lightning pace.
State governors Josh Shapiro, Andy Beshear, Roy Cooper and JB Pritzker plus Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg were all understood to be in contention at various stages, with Harris holding final interviews at her Washington DC residence on Sunday before making a final choice on who would be best placed to help her beat Donald Trump and JD Vance at the ballot box in November.
Walz has proven himself a popular governor and has enjoyed success in recent days attacking Trump and Vance as “weird”, landing blows the Republicans have struggled to respond to.
Harris and Walz will now appear together at a rally in Philadelphia this evening, where the new man can expect a rapturous reception.
Key Points
- Kamala Harris picks Tim Walz as her vice president ahead of Philadelphia rally
- Why Walz makes sense as Harris’s running mate pick to take on Donald Trump and JD Vance
- Harris officially secures Democratic Party’s nomination
UAW: ‘Walz doesn’t just talk the talk, he walks the walk'
United Auto Workers union says Governor Tim Walz “doesn’t just talk the talk, he walks the walk” on supporting working-class Americans.
Oliver O'Connell6 August 2024 15:18 1722953738‘Walz delivers for young people', Voters of Tomorrow says
Santiago Mayer, the executive director of Gen Z-led group Voters of Tomorrow, says Minnesota Governor Tim Walz “will continue to champion our top priorities” in joining Kamala Harris as her running mate on the Democratic Party ticket.
“Governor Walz has dedicated his life to educating and empowering young people as a teacher and public servant. He has delivered the resources that young Minnesotans need to thrive, such as tuition-free college and universal school meals. His leadership and unwavering support for LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive freedom, and equity benefit all Americans, including rural and working-class youth. Gen Z knows Governor Walz will continue to champion our top priorities and fight to deliver a brighter future for us when he is vice president.
“Governor Walz gets bonus points for articulating exactly how young Americans feel about Donald Trump and JD Vance: They are weird. Trump and Vance are weirdly fixated on taking away freedoms from Americans and weirdly obsessed with culture wars. They also just act really, really weird. Instead, Gen Z trusts Kamala Harris and Tim Walz to advocate for us and move our generation towards the future we deserve. We are excited to fight for young Americans alongside the Harris-Walz Administration.”
Oliver O'Connell6 August 2024 15:15 1722953438Watch: Pelosi praises Walz, slams attacks on him as too far left
Oliver O'Connell6 August 2024 15:10 1722953258Trump campaign calls Walz ‘dangerously liberal extremist'
Trump Campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt has released the following statement on Kamala Harris’s choice of “Radical Leftist Tim Walz” as her running mate:
“It’s no surprise that San Francisco Liberal Kamala Harris wants West Coast wannabe Tim Walz as her running-mate – Walz has spent his governorship trying to reshape Minnesota in the image of the Golden State. While Walz pretends to support Americans in the Heartland, when the cameras are off, he believes that rural America is ‘mostly cows and rocks’. From proposing his own carbon-free agenda, to suggesting stricter emission standards for gas-powered cars, and embracing policies to allow convicted felons to vote, Walz is obsessed with spreading California’s dangerously liberal agenda far and wide. If Walz won’t tell voters the truth, we will: just like Kamala Harris, Tim Walz is a dangerously liberal extremist, and the Harris-Walz California dream is every American’s nightmare.”
Oliver O'Connell6 August 2024 15:07 1722953138Sierra Club welcomes Walz to Democratic ticket
The Sierra Club, the US’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental group, welcomes Kamala Harris’s decision to pick Governor Tim Walz as her running mate.
Executive director Ben Jealous said in a statement: “Like Vice President Harris, Governor Walz knows that climate change is the existential threat of our time. In his time serving in Congress and as Governor, he has worked to protect clean air and water, grow our clean energy economy, and see to it that we do all we can to avoid the very worst of the climate crisis. The Harris-Walz ticket is one that understands the fight before us, isn’t afraid to tackle climate change head-on, and will continue to build upon the legacy of the Biden-Harris administration moving forward. We welcome Governor Walz to the ticket and look forward to doing all we can to support the Harris-Walz campaign through November.”
Oliver O'Connell6 August 2024 15:05 1722952838‘Let’s do this’: AOC praises choice of Walz
New York progressive Democratic Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has praised the “excellent decision” by Kamala Harris to select Tim Walz as her running mate.
Oliver O'Connell6 August 2024 15:00 1722952538Watch: Harris impressed by Walz demeanor during Planned Parenthood visit
Oliver O'Connell6 August 2024 14:55 1722951938HRC says Harris-Walz administration will be ‘committed to advancing equality and justice for all'
Kamala Harris’s selection of Tim Walz as her running mate has been greeted with delight by the Human Rights Campaign, which says in a press statement that the choice of the Minnesota Governor makes it clear a Harris Administration would build on the Biden-Harris legacy of being the most pro-equality in American history.
“There’s no doubt – Kamala Harris has electrified the nation and breathed new hope into the race,” said Kelley Robinson, Human Rights Campaign President. “Her pick of Governor Walz sends a message that a Harris-Walz Administration will be committed to advancing equality and justice for all. That is the choice we are faced with in America. A Trump-Vance Administration that would demonize LGBTQ+ people, terrorize our families, send our rights and freedoms back to The Land Before Time and install Project 2025. Or a Harris-Walz Administration that will fight for our freedoms, defend our families, and make America a place where people don’t just get by — but can get ahead.”
Oliver O'Connell6 August 2024 14:45 1722951037Harris-Walz ‘most left-wing ticket in American history’, says DeSantis
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, whose own ambitions for the White House fell apart in spectacularly underwhelming fashion during the Republican primaries, offers his two cents on the Harris pick.
Joe Sommerlad6 August 2024 14:30 1722950437MAGA reacts to Harris pick: 'Tim Walz is an incompetent liberal’
Here’s the first response from the MAGA camp:
“Governor Tim Walz and Kamala Harris will get along just great. They’re both far-left radicals that don’t know how to govern. Tim Walz allowed one of the largest fraud schemes to happen under his watch. The Feeding Our Future case found that dozens in Minnesota stole $250 million in federal funds meant to help out hungry children. A June report from Minnesota’s legislative auditor found that Walz’s administration ‘failed miserably in its duty to properly oversee millions of federal dollars it administered to nonprofits to feed children.’ The report said that Walz’s incompetence ‘created opportunities for fraud.’
“Axios reported: ‘The report highlighted several ways in which the Walz administration failed to rein in the fraud, undercutting the governor’s longstanding claims that his agency staff deserve credit, not criticism, for their efforts to catch and stop it.’
“Walz has creepy far-left views. Walz signed legislation to ensure minors from not only his state, but across the country can get sex-change operations in Minnesota. Walz also signed a bill to require schools to stock period products in boys bathrooms .
“Tim Walz did nothing while Minneapolis burned. He sat back while the rioters that Kamala would bail out burned down a city. Even the liberal mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, criticized Tim Walz’s response to the riots.
“Tim Walz will work with Border Czar Kamala Harris to give your taxpayer dollars to the rest of the world. Under Tim Walz, Minnesota gives free college tuition to illegal immigrants.”
Fair to say they’re not on board.
Here’s Eric Garcia on Kamala’s choice, which we almost forgot about amid all the excitement.
Kamala Harris selects Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate, reports say
‘A prosecutor and a teacher? There’s never been a better ticket!’ one Democratic legislator from Minnesota tells The Independent about Harris’s selection
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