Kamala Harris has chosen her preferred candidate for Vice President in the event of a 2024 victory.
Following over a week of speculation and drama involving various contenders, the Harris campaign has revealed that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will join her on the 2024 ticket.
This announcement follows the sighting of several black Suburbans departing from his residence in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Monday.
A flurry of activity @GovTimWalz residence this morning… A fleet of vehicles, arriving within the past hour. 🤔#Veepstakes pic.twitter.com/8vVrNMsSrn
— Bill Keller (@billkellerfox9) August 6, 2024
Three black suburbans just rolled out of Governor Tim Walz’s St. Paul residence. He is expected to attend a fundraiser for Kamala Harris in Minneapolis tonight. @WCCO pic.twitter.com/yn8ZbY3P9Z
— Kirsten Mitchell (@Kirsten_TV) August 5, 2024
Before becoming governor in 2018, Walz served 12 years in the US House of Representatives and led Minnesota during the George Floyd riots in 2020, that caused nearly $2 billion in property destruction across the US.
This is Tim Walz’s legacy as Governor of Minnesota. He allowed Minneapolis to burn.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) August 6, 2024
He’s the perfect running mate for Kamala Harris, who fundraised for the Minnesota Freedom Fund. Which released violent criminals back onto our streets.
Now he wants to be VP. pic.twitter.com/5bHtchvSkj
No, this is not a video from a war-torn country in the Middle East.
— Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) August 6, 2024
This is the aftermath of the Minneapolis Riots when Minnesota Governor Tim Walz allowed it to burn four consecutive nights.
This is the legacy of Kamala Harris’s new running mate. pic.twitter.com/s4qii8uUBc
From CNN:
Vice President Kamala Harris has made a decision for her running mate, with four people close to the process saying Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is her choice.
A former educator, Walz is currently in his second term as Minnesota governor and chairs the Democratic Governors Association. He previously served 12 years in Congress, representing a conservative-leaning rural district that, both before and after his tenure, has been mostly dominated by Republicans.
He has over the past week delivered a handful of memorable haymakers against Republicans, though his most notable contribution has been a determination to label the GOP, especially its presidential ticket of Former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance. Walz has referred to the duo as “weird dudes,” before lighting into their political agenda.
The phrase has stuck, becoming a central meme in the new, post-Biden version of the campaign, a development that is delighting Democrats and apparently frustrating many on the right.
During recent remarks at a “White Dudes for Harris” fundraiser, Walz made a rough-and-ready case for the vice president before would-be small-dollar donors.
