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Vice President Kamala Harris has picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate. Three people familiar with the decision confirmed the pick to The Associated Press on Tuesday.

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"his folksy demeanor and willingness to use plain language to criticize former president Donald #Trump and Sen. #JDVance (R-Ohio) helped catapult him onto Harris’s vice-presidential shortlist. In interviews, #Walz cast Trump and #Vance as not just a threat to #democracy but, simply, #weird, an attack that quickly caught on for #Democrats and that struck a nerve for #Republicans."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/06/who-is-tim-walz/

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Asked in a July 28 interview with CNN if such policies would be fodder for conservative attacks, Walz responded sarcastically: “What a monster. Kids are eating and having full bellies, so they can go learn, and women are making their own health-care decisions.”

He later added: “So, if that’s where they want to label me, I’m more than happy to take the [liberal] label.”

In the days after President Biden announced he would no longer seek reelection, Walz made numerous appearances on television, and his folksy demeanor and willingness to use plain language to criticize former president Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) helped catapult him onto Harris’s vice-presidential shortlist. In interviews, Walz cast Trump and Vance as not just a threat to democracy but, simply, “weird,” an attack that quickly caught on for Democrats and that struck a nerve for Republicans.

Tim Walz’s journey from high school football coach to VP candidate

Walz, formerly a little-known Midwestern governor, now faces the urgent task of introducing himself to the country with only about three months until Election Day.

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"In 2022, #Walz handily won reelection... while #Democrats also flipped the state #Senate, securing a trifecta for Democrats... that has allowed them to pass liberal priorities. Democrats under Walz’s governorship have enshrined the right to #abortion, allowed undocumented #immigrants to obtain a driver’s license, expanded background checks for gun transfers, legalized recreational #marijuana &offered protections for people seeking or providing gender-affirming #HealthCare."

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In 2022, Walz handily won reelection to his second term while Democrats also flipped the state Senate, securing a trifecta for Democrats in St. Paul that has allowed them to pass liberal priorities. Democrats under Walz’s governorship have enshrined the right to abortion, allowed undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s license, expanded background checks for gun transfers, legalized recreational marijuana and offered protections for people seeking or providing gender-affirming health care.

Walz also signed an executive order that removes the college degree requirement for 75 percent of Minnesota’s state jobs, a move that garnered bipartisan support and several states have also adopted. Democrats have also offered funding for free meals at schools and free college tuition for students from low-income families in Minnesota.

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"In 2006, #Walz won the race to represent #Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, flipping a #Republican seat in a #rural part of the state...

Walz would win reelection to his seat five more times before leaving the #House to run for #governor. In the 2018 gubernatorial race, Walz defeated his Republican opponent by more than 10 percentage points."
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Walz would win reelection to his seat five more times before leaving the House to run for governor. In the 2018 gubernatorial race, Walz defeated his Republican opponent by more than 10 percentage points.

By then, Walz had shifted to the left on several key issues, including on guns. After the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Walz said his then-17-year-old daughter, Hope, urged him to do more to prevent gun violence. On the campaign trail as he ran for governor that year, Walz said he in turn donated all the money he had ever taken from the NRA to charity and publicly pushed for background checks and eliminating reciprocal-carry agreements between states.

“I know basic gun safety isn’t a threat to my rights. It’s about keeping our kids safe,” Walz said last month about his evolution on the issue. “I had an A rating from the NRA. Now I get straight F’s. And I sleep just fine.”

Tim Walz’s journey from high school football coach to VP candidate

Walz, formerly a little-known Midwestern governor, now faces the urgent task of introducing himself to the country with only about three months until Election Day.

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"Walz’s foray into politics came later in life: Born and raised in West Point, Neb., a small rural town, after high school he enlisted in the #Army National Guard, where he would serve for the next 24 years. After losing his father to lung #cancer at age 19 — which he would later say shaped his views on #HealthCare — #Walz enrolled in Chadron State College in #Nebraska and graduated with a #teaching degree in 1989."
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Walz’s foray into politics came later in life: Born and raised in West Point, Neb., a small rural town, after high school he enlisted in the Army National Guard, where he would serve for the next 24 years. After losing his father to lung cancer at age 19 — which he would later say shaped his views on health care — Walz enrolled in Chadron State College in Nebraska and graduated with a teaching degree in 1989.

Walz met his future wife, Gwen, while teaching after college, and they moved in 1996 to her home state of Minnesota. He would stay at Mankato West High School as a teacher and football coach for the next decade or so, until he decided to run for public office — reportedly motivated to do so after he and some students were denied entry to a 2004 George W. Bush campaign event because organizers found out they were Democrats.

Tim Walz’s journey from high school football coach to VP candidate

Walz, formerly a little-known Midwestern governor, now faces the urgent task of introducing himself to the country with only about three months until Election Day.

^{Amy B Wang (The Washington Post)}

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"The much-anticipated decision creates a ticket with two candidates from strikingly different backgrounds: #Harris, 59, is #Black & #Indian American & spent much of her career as an attorney & prosecutor in deep-blue #California.

Meanwhile, #Walz, 60, is a #veteran & hunter who has spent most of his life in rural #Nebraska & #Minnesota — and is the first #Democratic vice-presidential pick since 1964 who did not go to #law school."
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