The governor of Minnesota is a former high school teacher, Army veteran and hunter who brings Midwestern charm to the ticket.
is a true dark horse: an unassuming, nerdy former high school teacher, military veteran and politician who is, gosh darnit, a nice guy.
Few ordinary Americans outside his home state had ever heard of him, much less considered him vice presidential material, until heon Tuesday morning to be her running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket, Walz, 60, was the highest-ranking enlisted soldier to serve in Congress, he was a member of the House of Representatives for a dozen years before his successful run for governor in 2018.
Walz brings a rural, Midwestern—“Minnesota nice”—sensibility to the Democratic ticket as Harris and Walz blast off on a five-day tour of must-win battleground states, starting Tuesday evening in Philadelphia. Walz can also go toe-to-toe with Trump’s running mate on a key issue for Democrats in the 2024 election: reproductive rights. Especially after Vance’s slight against Democrats like Harris as “childless cat ladies.”after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that embryos created through in vitro fertilization should be considered children, jeopardizing the legality of IVF across the country. They have two children, Hope, a recent college graduate, and Gus, who is in high school.
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