The governor of Minnesota, Tim Walzwas chosen by Kamala Harris to complete the formula of president and vice. Born in 1964, like Harris, Walz has quotas of progressivism that complement hers to try to stop the return of Donald Trump to the presidency. Recently, the vice presidential candidate has unreservedly criticized Trump. “He’s just a strange, very strange guy.”he said about the magnate.
On the Republican side, they accuse the vice presidential candidate of try to dump California’s liberal agenda in a rural state. “Walz is obsessed with spreading California’s dangerously liberal agenda everywhere”were the words of Trump’s campaign spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt.
Tim Walz, the rural man who accompanies Kamala Harris
Walz was born in rural Nebraska and at only 17 years old he enlisted in the Army National Guardwhere he served until he was 24. The governor is seen as a citizen of rural America and his past in the National Guard help him put together a ideal profile to attract the country and conservative man.
Despite coming from a traditionally Republican state, As a congressman he managed to promote progressive laws in matters of social policies. Benefits like Social Security and other social assistance They helped him with his university education, while living with his widowed mother.
Walz was a school teacher where he met his wife, Gwen Wipplewith which he later moved to Minnesota to continue his work at a high school as a geography teacher and football coach, leading his team to win the 1999 state championship.
During his years as a school teacher, Walz He taught in China and organized study trips with his wife – also an educator – for teenagers to the Asian country. This cultural exchange experience could help you if you end up reaching the White House.
Tim Walz’s Congressional Career
In 2006, presented in Congress and maintained the trust of its voters for 12 years. During his career, he was a member of the House Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee.
He has governed the state of Minnesota since 2018.after a re-election in 2022. This state has a traditionally Republican population but has voted Democrats in the last general elections. It also has the support of the senator Bernie Sandersthe most left-wing face of the Democrats.
Tim Walz, an ordinary man
If you make public appearancesWalz is usually shown in a t-shirt unlike Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, who always appear in suits. “I am not going to be ashamed of my progressive values. The “socialism of one is the character of being a good neighbor to another.”he stated in an interview.
Before him, two Minnesota senators became vice president. Hubert Humphrey accompanied Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and was a candidate for president in 1968. He lost to Richard Nixon. Walter Mondale He was Jimmy Carter’s vice in 1976 and accompanied him for re-election in 1980, when they fell to Ronald Reagan. In 1984 he was the Democratic candidate when Reagan was re-elected.
Source: Ambito
