Let's get to know VP candidate Tim Walz

Who is Tim Walz? Why Kamala Harris picked Minnesota governor as VP running mate | WSJ

National Guardsman Tim Walz

(The Wall Street Journal) Aug. 6, 2024: #20 on Trending. VP Kamala, 59, has named Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, 60 [a real manly hillbilly, redneck, and Midwesterner compared to Yale's JD Vance], as her running mate.

Gov. Walz is a former schoolteacher and seasoned Washington lawmaker who has been credited with a new political diss “weird” against Republicans like wacko JD Vance and senile DJ Trance.

WSJ’s Ken Thomas explains what Gov. Walz brings to the Democrats’ election showdown with DJ Trump and JD Vance.

(MSNBC) Let's take a deeper dive into the life of future VP Tim Walz

Congressman, governor, National Guard veteran, manly Midwesterner

CHAPTERS

• 0:00 Harris’s running mate
• 0:46 Who is Tim Walz?
• 3:47 What does he bring to the ticket?
• 4:58 What’s next?

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