CHICAGO: Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz led fellow Democrats in a political pep rally on Wednesday night (Aug 21), vowing that he and presidential running mate Kamala Harris would triumph over Republican Donald Trump in November's US election.
CHICAGO: Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz led fellow Democrats in a political pep rally on Wednesday night , vowing that he and presidential running mate Kamala Harris would triumph over Republican Donald Trump in November's US election.
He spoke of preserving the freedoms that Democrats say are under attack from Trump, 78, who is making his third major-party run for the White House. Walz said a second Trump White House would serve nobody except the wealthy and most extreme. Media personality Oprah Winfrey joined Democratic former President Bill Clinton and others to press the case that while Trump was for himself, Harris was for the country.
American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder performed, actress Mindy Kaling joked about cooking with her friend Kamala.
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