In his new role as Kamala Harris’s vice president, Democrat Tim Walz mocks his Republican counterpart JD Vance – and otherwise appears aggressive.
In his first speech as “running mate” of the Democratic US presidential candidate Kamala Harris, Tim Walz launched a verbal attack on the Republican opposition. The focus of his criticism was, among others, Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance, whom he addressed with sarcastic words: “Like all normal people I grew up with in the heartland, JD studied at (the elite university) Yale, had his career financed by billionaires and then wrote a bestseller in which he slammed the people in his home country,” said Walz.
Walz went below the belt with another remark about his competitor: “I can’t wait to debate the guy – when he gets off the couch.” The sarcastic comment refers to a raunchy joke about Vance that is making the rounds on the Internet.
Only a few hours earlier, Harris had announced her decision to choose Walz as her running mate after much speculation about the choice. They then made their first joint campaign appearance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The duo was greeted with thunderous cheers.
Walz also attacks Trump
In his speech, Walz also attacked Republican presidential candidate Trump, accusing him of sowing “chaos and division.” “Donald Trump is not fighting for you or your family,” Walz said. “He never sat at a kitchen table like the one I grew up at, where we wondered how we were going to pay the bills. He sat at his country club in Mar-a-Lago and figured out how to lower taxes for his rich friends.”
Walz presented herself and Harris as the political antithesis to this. “She believes in the opportunity for every individual to rise into the middle class. She believes in the promise of America. We just have to fight,” said Walz. He thanked Harris for her trust and – looking at the mood in the room – “perhaps even more for bringing joy back.”
The 60-year-old has been governor of the state of Minnesota since 2019 and previously served for a long time as a member of the House of Representatives. Before his political career, he was a teacher. In his speech, Walz highlighted this, along with his childhood in the rural US state of Nebraska, as well as his time in the National Guard.
Source: Stern
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