Who is Tim Walz? Meet the Har­ris run­ning mate who called Repub­li­cans ‘weird peo­ple’

Posted in Election 2024  •  Published by
<div>Who is Tim Walz? Meet the Harris running mate who called Republicans 'weird people'</div>

Vice Pres­i­dent and Demo­c­ra­t­ic pres­i­den­tial nom­i­nee Kamala Har­ris select­ed Min­neso­ta Gov. Tim Walz as her run­ning mate on Tues­day, putting an increased focus on his life and record in pub­lic office.Walz, 60, is a for­mer U.S. Army Nation­al Guard mem­ber and a for­mer teacher who has raised his pro­file in recent weeks as an effec­tive advo­cate for Har­ris. He grew up in a small town in Nebras­ka, and was also a foot­ball coach and union mem­ber at a high school in Min­neso­ta before get­ting into pol­i­tics. Recent­ly, he attacked for­mer Pres­i­dent Trump and his run­ning mate JD Vance as “weird,” a viral in …