Mr Walz is well-placed with a proven appeal to rural, white voters and has championed popular progressive policies.
A former teacher and member of the US Army National Guard, Tim Walz has gone viral for attacking Donald Trump and JD Vance as 'weird' - an insult the Harris campaign has embraced. But now they have embraced the Minnesota governor entirely and put him on the presidential ticket. Mr Walz may not have the same profile as other vice presidential hopefuls, but he is well-placed with a proven appeal to rural, white voters.
It is this down-to-earth homespun style that has helped him connect with ordinary Americans. Heidi Heitkamp, the former senator, described him as 'someone with a lived experience that is so comparable to so many of the people in rural America'. Mr Walz was an early supporter of LGBT rights, being the faculty advisor for his school's first gay-straight alliance in 1999, long before Democrats openly supported gay rights.
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