Kamala Harris’s vice presidential running mate is named Tim Walz. Although he has been governor of Minnesota for 6 years, he is virtually unknown at the national level, but that will surely change very soon.
He is a fierce defender of migrants. Last year, a driver’s license program was approved that could benefit more than 80,000 undocumented immigrants. And in television interviews he has mocked Trump’s controversial wall.
He was a member of the National Guard, a high school social studies teacher, a federal legislator for 10 years and is currently serving his second term as governor of the State of Minnesota, in the Midwest of the United States.
Perhaps his greatest virtue as a politician is that he does not look like one. Born in West Point, Nebraska, Tim Walz looks like an ordinary person.
In a world of politics crowded with polished, well-groomed characters, it’s rare to find someone who actually seems like one of us.
But every now and then a figure emerges who embodies humility and empathy. This time it’s a country politician himself who has just been announced as the vice presidential candidate of the United States.
In a political landscape often dominated by polished speeches and rehearsed one-liners, the arrival of Tim Walz is a refreshing novelty.
And one of his most notable qualities is his spontaneous nature. He is not afraid to confront Trump or Vance, or to combat their ideas. He has done so with such ease and wit that his interventions have gone viral.
He recently called them “a couple of weirdos.” His label was a hit with Democrats and moderates who are offended by the misogyny contained in the words of Trump and Vance.
His modest, rural background makes him the ideal antidote to confront Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, whose resume is very similar, with the exception that he was raised in a low-income family in rural Ohio.
Although Minnesota contributes only 10 electoral votes, the influence of a character like Walz can extend to what is known as the “rust belt” of the United States, the industrial zone of the Midwest.
The Democrats’ dream is to rebuild the so-called “Blue Wall,” made up of the states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan that gave Joe Biden victory in the 2020 presidential election.
Everything seems to indicate that the November 5 elections will be one of the most competitive in modern American history, but with a partner like Tim Walz, Harris has improved her chances of rebuilding that blue wall with a progressive agenda that contrasts with the ideas and plans of Trump and Vance.
