The newly minted Democratic ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz wasted no time in releasing its first marketing campaign advert. The video introduces Harris’ new working mate to the American voter, and it’s wonderful.
Walz leaned on his small-town background, saying that his group taught him “to be generous toward my neighbors, compromise without compromising my values, and to work for the common good.”
“And so when I went into government, that’s what I carried with me. I worked with Republicans to pass an infrastructure bill, cut taxes for working families, signed paid leave into law. I codified abortion rights after Roe [v. Wade] got overturned,” he continued.
He ended with a robust pitch to recenter the election on how the Harris-Walz ticket will assist American folks:
However sufficient about me. Let’s speak about you. As a result of that’s what this election is about. It’s about your future. It’s about your loved ones. And Vice President Harris is aware of that. She, too, grew up in a middle-class household. She, too, goes to work daily, ensuring households can not simply get by however get forward.
We consider within the promise of America, in these values I realized in Nebraska. And we’re able to struggle for them, as a result of, as Kamala Harris says, “Once we struggle, we win.”