Five con­tro­ver­sies sur­round­ing vice pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nee Tim Walz, from DUI to COVID fraud

Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris has select­ed Mid­west­ern gov­er­nor, Army vet­er­an and for­mer foot­ball coach and teacher Tim Walz to be her 2024 run­ning mate after a hur­ried, intense two-week vet­ting process. Walz, 60, is a vet­er­an politi­cian who served in the U.S. Con­gress from 2007 until 2019, when he was elect­ed gov­er­nor of Min­neso­ta, defeat­ing Repub­li­can Jeff John­son. He was re-elect­ed to a sec­ond term in 2022 after fend­ing off a chal­lenge from Repub­li­can Scott Jensen. Pro­gres­sives have praised Walz’s strong sup­port for unions and record of accom­plish­ments as gov­er­nor, which include cod­i­fy­ing abor­tion rights into the state con­sti­tu­tion, enact­ing uni­ver­sal free school break­fasts and lunch­es for stud …