DNC Day 3: Kamala Harris' running mate Tim Walz, Nancy Pelosi, Bill Clinton to be key speakers
Tim Walz accepts the Democratic nomination for vice president on Wednesday with 11 weeks to go before he and presidential running mate Kamala Harris face Republican former President Donald Trump in the 2024 U.S. election.
Walz, 60, a military veteran, former high school teacher and football coach, will talk about growing up on a farm in Nebraska, his family and freedoms that Democrats say are under attack from Trump, making his third run for the White House.
Walz has brought a folksy charm to the campaign trail, describing himself and Harris as «joyful warriors» focused on a brighter future, in contrast to Republicans who they say are stoking fear and division.
He will take the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago after former President Bill Clinton, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who was instrumental in forcing President Joe Biden to step aside a month ago, reversing Democratic Party fortunes.
Biden was trailing Trump nationally and in battleground states before he ceded the party's top spot to Harris; polls now show her besting Trump in several of the handful of states that will decide the Nov. 5 presidential election.
Walz and Harris got a ringing endorsement on Tuesday from former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama at the Chicago convention.
«I love this guy,» Obama said of Walz. «He knows who he is and what's important. You can tell those flannel shirts he wears don't come from some consultant. They come from his closet and
