The Minnesota governor's record shows efforts to thread the needle between standing up to Beijing and finding common ground.
Comments that have surfaced online suggest Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris' pick for vice president, Tim Walz, has for years sought to thread the needle between moral convictions and practicality when it comes to U.S.-China ties.The Nebraska native, who has served as Minnesota's governor since 2019, introduced himself as Harris' running mate during a joint rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Newsweek reached out to Walz's office with a written request for comment.
'I felt it was more important than ever to go to make sure that story was told and to let Chinese, the Chinese people, know we were standing there. We were with them,' he said.During his time as U.S. House representative for Minnesota's 1st District, Walz was a critic of China's human rights record and co-sponsoring multiple related bills, including the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2017.
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