Kamala Harris picked Minnesota‘s progressive governor Tim Walz as her running mate to take on Donald Trump and J.D. Vance after weeks of speculation and a bitter fight between candidates.
The 60-year-old father-of-two, who has been married to his teacher wife Gwen since 1994, joins the ticket in a victory for the far left of the party who were concerned about some of the other contenders’ support of Israel.
In Minnesota Walz has codified the right to abortion, signed universal free school meals, legalized recreational marijuana and gave voting rights to former prisoners.
The former teacher is also credited with being the Democrat who started calling Republicans ‘weird’, a craze that has dominated the campaign since Joe Biden dropped out of the race last month.
Walz turned the North Star State into a refuge for LGBTQ Americans and has also backed making Minnesota the 13th ‘sanctuary’ state for undocumented migrants.
经过数周的猜测和候选人之间的激烈争斗，卡马拉·哈里斯选择明尼苏达州进步派州长蒂姆·沃尔兹作为她的竞选搭档，与唐纳德·特朗普和 J.D. 万斯对决。
这位 60 岁的两个孩子的父亲自 1994 年起与身为教师的妻子格温结婚，他加入竞选队伍，代表了党内极左派的胜利，他们担心其他一些竞争者支持以色列。
在明尼苏达州，沃尔兹将堕胎权纳入法律保护，签署了全民免费学校餐，将娱乐性大麻合法化，并赋予前囚犯投票权。
这位前教师还被认为是开始称共和党人“怪异”的民主党人，自上个月乔·拜登退出竞选以来，这种狂热一直主导着竞选活动。
沃尔兹将北极星之州变成了美国 LGBTQ 群体的避难所，并支持将明尼苏达州打造为第 13 个无证移民“庇护”州。
