Kamala Harris chooses Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as running mate
As reported by the AP news agency, the Democrat will bring a rural Midwestern perspective to the campaign and among his top priorities will be legalizing cannabis and increasing protections for workers.
Minnesota governor Tim Watz will be Kamala Harris' running mate in the 2024 presidential election.
Kamala Harris named Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday.
The news, which Kamala Harris confirmed in a statement posted on social networking site X, comes just hours before the Democratic candidate is to attend a campaign event in Pennsylvania, where she will introduce Walz as her running mate.
The decision has been made just as the current vice president and Democratic candidate prepares to face Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump in the November election.
As reported by AFP, Walz will bring a rural Midwestern perspective to the Democrat's campaign while ticking off liberal policy goals such as legalizing cannabis and increasing protections for workers.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump's campaign team has been quick to react to the news, showing their rejection to the choice of Walz as Harris' running mate whom they accused of being a "dangerously liberal extremist."
"If Walz won’t tell voters the truth, we will: just like Kamala Harris, Tim Walz is a dangerously liberal extremist," Karoline Leavitt, Trump's campaign press secretary said in a statement.
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