Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, two top contenders whom presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is considering for her vice president, are both headlining Harris Victory Fund events Monday.
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Gov. Tim Walz will no longer join Kamala Harris at a rally on Sunday evening, as her campaign closes in on the deadline to name its own vice presidential candidate.
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Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. This week: Labor likes Walz for vice president; rising unemployment signals possible recession; Ramsey County goes non-union; undocumented workers pay $222 million in state and local taxes in Minnesota; and...
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Whoever Vice President Kamala Harris chooses to be her running mate in the presidential election is ultimately her decision, but
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“Walz was the highest-ranking enlisted soldier in the history of Congress.
House Democrats now tout him as an asset to the Democratic ticke.
“My sentimental favorite is Tim Walz,” said Rep. Jim McGovern (Mass.), the lead Democrat on the Rules Committee. “He was a great member of Congress. The people I know in Minnesota tell me he’s a great governor… But more importantly he’s a good guy. He’s down to earth, he’s the real deal, there’s nothing phony about him, and he calls ‘em as he sees ‘em, and he tells it like it is, and I appreciate the candor.”
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), who heads the Congressional Progressive Caucus, also favors Walz. She talked of Walz’s record of backing labor unions and working families.
“I want somebody who’s really strongly pro-labor and understands labor, because this is a big part of the working-class agenda and making sure that we win working-class votes,” Jayapal said.
“I want somebody who is totally committed to the agenda that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris fought for, … and then I think it should be somebody who’s really good in some of our mid-Western states. So making sure that we win Wisconsin, Ohio — some of those places. And so that kind of brings me to — I really like Gov. Walz,” she said. “I like the things that he’s been able to do. I like that he’s from a rural town; I like that he’s got a military background.”
“So he would be a great choice,” she added.
Support for Walz didn’t end there.
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is believed to be favoring Walz, too. A source told The Hill “she is always especially fond of former House colleagues,” giving a possible nod to Walz.”
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