Moving away from the rally for a moment to other important election news: Georgia’s state board of elections adopted new rules for local election boards that permit them to withhold the certification of a vote in the face of unspecified discrepancies – a Republican-led move that could cause uncertainty and confusion after future election days.

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The five-person board passed the measure in a 3-2 vote. The three board members who voted for it – Dr Janice Johnson, Rick Jeffares and Janelle King – were praised by name three days ago by Donald Trump at an Atlanta campaign rally.

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The rule was proposed by Michael Heekin, a Republican appointee to the Fulton election board who refused to certify the presidential primary earlier this year. The rule requires local boards to initiate a “reasonable inquiry” when discrepancies emerge at a poll, and gives the power to withhold certification until that inquiry is completed. It does not define the term “reasonable inquiry”, nor does it establish strict limitations on the breadth of an inquiry.

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Here is a summary of Harris and Walz’s speeches at the rally:

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  In her first appearance with her newly minted running mate, Harris sought to define him foremost as a teacher and football coach. He was, she said, “the kind of teacher and mentor that every child in America dreams of having”. She told a story about him agreeing to be faculty adviser to his school’s gay-straight alliance, knowing “the signal it would send to have a football coach get involved”. He was, “the kind of coach, because he’s the kind of person, who inspires people to dream big”.

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  Harris also spoke about Walz’s skills as a marksman, and his views on the second amendment: he is in favour, but with caveats for background checks and red flags.Walz was the highest ranking enlisted man to ever serve in US congress and the top Democrat on the veterans’ committee, she said. He was also known as one of Capitol Hill’s best marksmen. She also used football references, comparing him and Vance to “a matchup between the varsity team and the [junior varsity] squad”.

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  Walz, who like Harris is known for his smile, started his speech by saying: “Thank you for the trust you put in me, but more so, thank you for bringing back the joy. “If Donald Trump and JD Vance are irritated that Kamala Harris smiles and laughs, they’re really going to be irritated by Tim Walz,” Melissa Hortman, the Democratic speaker of Minnesota’s house of representatives, told the Guardian on Tuesday. He also said: “Don’t ever underestimate teachers.” Walz’s wife, Gwen, is a teacher, too.

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  WhenWalz talked about Trump, he pivoted quickly, and effectively, from talking about Republicans interfering with healthcare, to his own daughter being born thanks to IVF, to children fearing that they will be shot at school. “In Minnesota we respect our neighbours for the personal choices they make,” he said. “That includes IVF.” He talked about his daughter Hope, who often appears in videos and photographs with her father, being born through IVF. Abortion opponents have been increasingly pushing for broader measures that would give rights and protections to embryos and fetuses, which could have huge implications for fertility treatments and other areas of healthcare. Walz said “It wasn’t by chance that, when we welcomed our daughter into the world, we named her Hope.” Then he said that when he and Harris talk about freedom, they mean the freedom to make your own choice about your body, and the freedom for children to go to school and not worry about being shot.

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  He called on people to “settle our political differences not with violence, but with votes” and said of Trump: “Don’t believe him when he plays dumb. He knows exactly what Project 2025 will to do restrict our freedoms.” He added of a second Trump term: “Only this time it will be much, much worse.” Walz seasoned his remarks with midwestern dialect, adding a “damn well” here and a “come on” there. “Say it with me! We are not going back,” he said, starting a chant from the audience. “We’ve got 91 days. My God, that’s easy,” he said. “We’ll sleep when we’re dead.”

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  Walz made a couch reference. Walz said his GOP rival and Trump “are creepy and yes, they’re weird as hell”. He added that he “can’t wait to debate the guy”. Then, to sustained cheers and laughter, he made a reference to the baseless, but much-shared, claim that JD Vance admitted to having sex with a couch in his memoir. “That is if he’s willing to get off the couch and show up.” Stumping earlier today in Pennsylvania, Vance said, “I absolutely want to debate Tim Walz,” but not until after the Democratic convention.

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At Kamala Harris’s first rally since announcing Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate, the room at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was ebullient, filled with thousands of voters cheering and waving Harris-Walz signs.

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“I feel ecstatic,” said Joseph Alston, a 69-year-old West Norriton Democratic committee member. Last week, he campaigned for Harris by knocking on doors and handing out flyers in the nearby King of Prussia area. People who he spoke to said that they were committed to vote against Donald Trump. “They don’t want him anywhere near the White House,” Alston said.

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Voters at the Tuesday rally were split in their opinions about Harris’s decision to pass over Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor who was on the shortlist of vice-presidential candidates. Still, they reaffirmed their vow to support Harris and to ensure that Trump isn’t elected again.

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“For me, it was always going to be Harris and whoever her running mate was going to be,” said Torri Green, a 35-year-old photographer from Philadelphia. “There’s too much at stake.”

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Outside of the event, Green had stood in line with thousands of people waiting to enter. If Harris is elected president, Green said she hopes that teachers will get paid more and that reproductive rights will be protected. Casting a vote for Harris in November is a no-brainer for her, she said: “I appreciate her as a person and the light that she brings.”

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“I feel so good,” said Patricia Bai about supporting Harris as the Democratic nominee. The caregiver from Liberia will vote in a presidential election for the first time after recently becoming a US citizen. “If [Harris] becomes president tomorrow,” Bai said, “she will implement policies that would put us in the right place.”

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Bill Haggett, a 72-year-old former health executive, said that he appreciated that Walz made school meals free for all Minnesota students, and he was curious to see if Walz’s accomplishments in Minnesota would be scalable nationwide.

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“Thank you for bringing back the joy,” Walz said as he took the podium from Harris.

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The Harris campaign said that it has raised $20m since Walz joined the ticket.

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He’s a hunter, and a gun owner, who has fought for gun safety laws: “He was known as one of Capitol Hill’s best marksmen,” she said.

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He’s an advocate for reproductive rights: “After Roe was overturned, he was the first governor in the country to sign a new law that enshrined reproductive freedom as a fundamental right.”

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He supports voting rights: “He signed the most significant expansion of voting rights in Minnesota in over 50 years.”

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Kamala Harris – who announced to the crowd that she was now the official Democratic nominee, having earned enough votes from Democratic delegates – began by acknowledging the long journey ahead: “Now we got some work to do.”

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“We are the underdogs in this race, but we have the momentum, and I know exactly what we are up against,” she said.

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The duo were played on by Beyoncé’s Freedom, soaking in the roaring applause of thousands packed into the rally stadium.

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“We’re doing this!” Harris beamed.

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Walz had a hand on his heart.

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“I love you Philly!” Shapiro began. ““I love being your governor. You all fill my heart and I love you so much.”

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The rally will mark Walz’s first official campaign appearance since Harris selected him as her running mate earlier today, and for Walz will serve as an introduction to the country.

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“I couldn’t be prouder to be on this ticket, and to help make Kamala Harris the next president of the United States,” he is expected to say, according to the campaign, which shared excerpts from his prepared remarks.

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The Minnesota governor will share about his upbringing in Butte, Nebraska – a small town of 400 – as well as his experiences as a teacher and an elected official.

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Here is where this eventful day in US politics stands so far:

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  The Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, has selected Tim Walz as her running mate. Walz, the governor of Minnesota, and Josh Shapiro,the governor of Pennsylvania, were reportedly the two finalists in Harris’s search for a running mate.

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  Harris and Walz will soon appear at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, marking their first joint event since the running mate announcement. After the Philadelphia rally, Harris and Walz are scheduled to appear at a series of events in battleground states across the country in the coming days.

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  Harris said she chose Walz because of his “convictions on fighting for middle-class families”. “We are going to build a great partnership,” Harris said on Instagram. “We are going to build a great team. We are going to win this election.”

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  Walz thanked Harris for “the honor of a lifetime” by choosing him. “I’m all in,” Walz said on X. “Vice President Harris is showing us the politics of what’s possible. It reminds me a bit of the first day of school. So, let’s get this done, folks!”

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  Republicans attacked Walz as extreme, while Democrats praised him as a down-to-earth leader who can achieve change. “Tim Walz is a dangerously liberal extremist, and the Harris-Walz California dream is every American’s nightmare,” the Trump campaign said in a statement. But Nancy Pelosi, the former Democratic House speaker, rejected that characterization. “He’s right down the middle,” Pelosi told MSNBC. “He’s a heartland-of-America Democrat.”

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  Meanwhile, Donald Trump will participate in a “major interview” with billionaire and X owner Elon Musk on Monday, the former president announced in a social media post. The announcement comes one week after Trump’s calamitous interview at the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists, where he questioned Kamala Harris’srace.

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The blog will have more coming up, so stay tuned.

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Donald Trump will participate in a “major interview” with billionaire and X owner Elon Musk on Monday, the former president announced in a social media post.

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“ON MONDAY NIGHT I’LL BE DOING A MAJOR INTERVIEW WITH ELON MUSK — Details to follow!” Trump wrote in a post shared to Truth Social.

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The announcement comes one week after Trump’s calamitous interview at the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists, where he questioned Kamala Harris’ race.

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The NABJ interview was initially supposed to be an hour long, but it ended after just 34 minutes, as the audience jeered many of Trump’s responses. He will likely face an easier audience with Musk.

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Kamala Harris’scampaign has released a new video introducing Tim Walz to the country, as most Americans are not yet familiar with the Minnesota governor.

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The video, which is narrated by Walz, recounts his upbringing in Nebraska and his decision to join the national guard before he became a teacher and eventually a lawmaker.

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The video, as well as Walz’s scheduled campaign appearances in battleground states over the coming days, will provide many Americans with their first impression of Harris’s new running mate. A recent ABC News/Ipsos poll showed that only 13% of Americans knew enough about Walz to register an opinion of him.

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Growing up, I learned to be generous toward my neighbors, compromise without compromising my values, and to work for the common good.@KamalaHarris and I both believe in that common good – in that fundamental promise of America. We’re ready to fight for it. And like she says:… pic.twitter.com/5SfrDRqx7C

— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) August 6, 2024

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Here is the full transcript of the video:

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Sometimes life is as much about the lessons you learn as the lessons you teach.

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Where I grew up, community was a way of life.

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My high school class was 24 people.

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I was related to half of them.

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I learned to be generous toward my neighbors, compromise without compromising my values, and to work for the common good.

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My dad was in the army, and with his encouragement, I joined the army national guard when I was 17. I served for 24 years.

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I used my GI benefits to go to college and become a public school teacher.

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I coached football and taught social studies for 20 years.

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And I tried to teach my students what small-town Nebraska taught me: respect, compromise and service to country.

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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 got overturned.

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Because I go to work for the common good.

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But enough about me.

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Let’s talk about you. Because that’s what this election is about.

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It’s about your future. It’s about your family.

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And Vice-President Harris knows that. She too grew up in a middle-class family. She too goes to work every day, making sure families can not just get by but get ahead.

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We believe in the promise of America. In those values I learned in Nebraska. And we’re ready to fight for them.

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Because as Kamala Harris says: when we fight we win.

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Tim Walz has left his residence in St Paul to make the trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he will appear alongside Kamala Harris at a campaign rally this evening.

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The rally will mark Walz’s first official campaign appearance since Harris selected him as her running mate earlier today. Minnesotans gathered outside his residence to watch their governor depart.

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After the Philadelphia rally, Harris and Walz are set to appear at a series of events in battleground states across the country – with stops planned in Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada.

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Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance said he left a voicemail congratulating Tim Walz on his selection as Kamala Harris’s running mate.

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“I actually called Tim Walz. I left a voicemail. I didn’t get him,” Vance told reporters.

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“But I just said, look, congratulations. Look forward to a robust conversation. Enjoy the ride. And maybe he’ll call me back, maybe he won’t.”

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Before Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, Harris had accepted an invitation from CBS News to debate Trump’s running mate in mid-August. But the timing and venue of a vice-presidential debate is now up in the air.

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Joe Biden celebrated Kamala Harris’sselection of Tim Walz as her running mate, encouraging all Americans to rally behind the new Democratic nominee after he dropped out of the presidential race last month.

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“I’ve known Tim Walz for nearly two decades, first during his time in Congress and as Governor,” Biden said on X.

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“A husband and father, he’s been a school teacher and a high school football coach. He served for 24 years in the Army National Guard and became the highest ranking enlisted soldier to ever serve in Congress. As Governor, he’s been a strong, principled, and effective leader.”

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The first major decision a party nominee makes is their choice for Vice President. And Kamala Harris has made a great decision in choosing Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate.

I've known Tim Walz for nearly two decades, first during his time in Congress and as Governor. A…

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Biden went on to say:

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The Harris-Walz ticket will be a powerful voice for working people and America’s great middle class. They will be the strongest defenders of our personal freedoms and our democracy. And they will ensure that America continues to lead the world and play its role as the indispensable nation.

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It’s time for all Democrats – and indeed all Americans – committed to freedom, democracy, and American leadership in the world to rally behind the Harris-Walz ticket.

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Every generation of Americans faces a moment where they are asked to defend American democracy. That moment is now.

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Here’s where this busy day in US politics stands so far:

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  The Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, has selected Tim Walz as her running mate. Walz, the governor of Minnesota, and Josh Shapiro,the governor of Pennsylvania, were reportedly the two finalists in Harris’s search for a running mate.

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  Harris said she chose Walz because of his “convictions on fighting for middle-class families”. “We are going to build a great partnership,” Harris said on Instagram. “We are going to build a great team. We are going to win this election.”

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  Walz thanked Harris for “the honor of a lifetime” by choosing him. “I’m all in,” Walz said on X. “Vice President Harris is showing us the politics of what’s possible. It reminds me a bit of the first day of school. So, let’s get this done, folks!”

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  Republicans attacked Walz as extreme, while Democrats praised him as a down-to-earth leader who can achieve change. “Tim Walz is a dangerously liberal extremist, and the Harris-Walz California dream is every American’s nightmare,” the Trump campaign said in a statement. But Nancy Pelosi, the former Democratic House speaker, rejected that characterization. “He’s right down the middle,” Pelosi told MSNBC. “He’s a heartland-of-America Democrat.”

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The blog will have more coming up, so stay tuned.

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Barack and Michelle Obama released a statement celebrating Kamala Harris’s selection of Tim Walz as her running mate, praising the Minnesota governor’s “ability to talk like a human being and treat everyone with decency and respect”.

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“When a presidential candidate chooses a running mate, it says a lot about who they are and what kind of president they’ll be,” the Obamas said. “Do they pick someone inexperienced and polarizing who will deepen our divisions? Or do they pick someone with the judgment to make tough decisions, and the character to believe that every voice counts and everyone deserves an equal chance?”

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That second question appeared to be a thinly veiled dig at the Republican vice-presidential nominee, JD Vance, a freshman senator from Ohio who has attracted criticism for his views on abortion access and those without children.

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The Obamas went on to say:

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By selecting Tim Walz to be her vice-president from a pool of outstanding Democrats, Kamala Harris has chosen an ideal partner – and made it clear exactly what she stands for.

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Governor Walz doesn’t just have the experience to be vice-president, he has the values and the integrity to make us proud. As governor, Tim helped families and businesses recover from the pandemic, established paid family leave, guaranteed the right to an abortion and put common sense gun safety measures in place to keep communities safe. But Tim’s signature is his ability to talk like a human being and treat everyone with decency and respect – not all that surprising considering the fact that he served in the national guard for 24 years and worked as a high school social studies teacher and football coach before being elected to Congress.

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Like Vice-President Harris, Governor Walz believes that government works to serve us. Not just some of us, but all of us. That’s what makes him an outstanding governor, and that’s what will make him an even better vice-president, ready on day one. Michelle and I couldn’t be happier for Tim and Gwen, their family and our country.

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Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz,expressed gratitude to Kamala Harris after she selected him as her running mate in the presidential race.

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“It is the honor of a lifetime to join @kamalaharris in this campaign. I’m all in,” Walz said on X.

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“Vice President Harris is showing us the politics of what’s possible. It reminds me a bit of the first day of school. So, let’s get this done, folks! Join us.”

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It is the honor of a lifetime to join @kamalaharris in this campaign.

I’m all in.

Vice President Harris is showing us the politics of what’s possible. It reminds me a bit of the first day of school.

So, let’s get this done, folks! Join us. https://t.co/tqOVsw2OLM

— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) August 6, 2024

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Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro,reaffirmed his commitment to getting Democrats elected in November, after Kamala Harris decided not to choose him as her running mate.

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Reports indicated that Shapiro and Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz,were the two finalists in Harris’s search for a running mate, and she ultimately chose Walz.

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My work here in Pennsylvania is far from finished — there is a lot more stuff I want to get done for our Commonwealth.

Over the next 90 days, I look forward to traveling all across the Commonwealth to unite Pennsylvanians behind my friends Kamala Harris and Tim Walz and defeat… pic.twitter.com/Mkc1isQTo9

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Shapiro, who could have been the first Jewish American to serve as vice-president, invoked his faith as he explained the path forward for him and his family.

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“My life in public service has always been motivated by my family and my faith,” Shapiro said in a new statement. “Since I first ran for state representative 20 years ago, I’ve been called to serve because I want to leave our community, our commonwealth and our country better off for our children – and because my faith teaches me that no one is required to complete the task, but neither are we free to refrain from it.”

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He went on to say:

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Nearly two weeks ago, Vice-President Harris asked me to work with her team to complete the vetting process to be considered as her running mate – and following those conversations, on Sunday, I was grateful to have the opportunity to speak with the vice-president directly about her vision for the role and the campaign ahead.

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As I’ve said repeatedly over the past several weeks, the running mate decision was a deeply personal decision for the vice-president – and it was also a deeply personal decision for me. Pennsylvanians elected me to a four-year term as their governor, and my work here is far from finished – there is a lot more stuff I want to get done for the good people of this commonwealth.

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Serving as the 48th governor of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the highest honor of my life – showing up in your communities, listening to and learning from you, and then working across the aisle to get stuff done and deliver results for you. In just 19 months, we’ve made a meaningful, positive impact in peoples’ lives, and I’m proud of how Americans all across the country have taken notice of what we’re accomplishing here in Pennsylvania. I’m excited to continue working to protect and advance real freedom, deliver good schools, safe communities and economic opportunity.

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Vice-President Kamala Harris has my enthusiastic support – and I know that Governor Tim Walz is an exceptionally strong addition to the ticket who will help Kamala move our country forward. Lori and I consider Tim and Gwen to be good friends of ours and we are excited for them and for the country to get to know the great people we know them to be. Over the next 90 days, I look forward to traveling all across the commonwealth to unite Pennsylvanians behind Kamala Harris’s campaign to defeat Donald Trump, become the 47th president of the United States and build a better future for our country.

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Kamala Harris has confirmed her selection of Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz,as her running mate via an Instagram post.

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“I am proud to announce that I’ve asked @walzforgovernor to be my running mate,” Harris said. “One of the things that stood out to me about Tim is how his convictions on fighting for middle-class families run deep. It’s personal.”

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She went on to say:

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He grew up in a small town in Nebraska, spending summers working on his family’s farm. His father died of cancer when he was 19, and his family relied on Social Security survivor benefit checks to make ends meet. At 17, he enlisted in the National Guard, serving for 24 years. He used his GI Bill benefits to go to college, and become a teacher. He served as both the football coach and the advisor of the Gay-Straight Alliance.

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I share this background both because it’s impressive in its own right, and because you see in no uncertain terms how it informs his record. He worked with Republicans to pass infrastructure investments. He cut taxes for working families. He passed a law to provide paid family and medical leave to Minnesotan families.

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He made Minnesota the first state in the country to pass a law providing constitutional abortion protections after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, and as an avid hunter, he passed a bill requiring universal background checks for gun purchases.

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But what impressed me most about Tim is his deep commitment to his family: Gwen, Gus and Hope. Doug and I look forward to working with him and Gwen to build an administration that reflects our shared values.

n Whether you are a supporter, a volunteer, a donor, a member of our staff or your name is on the ticket: you are part of the people-powered campaign that is going to defeat Donald Trump.

n We are going to build a great partnership. We are going to build a great team. We are going to win this election.

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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has released a new statement attacking Tim Walz as a “dangerously liberal extremist”, lambasting the policy agenda he has pursued as governor of Minnesota.

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Since Minnesota Democrats secured a legislative trifecta in the 2022 elections, Walz has signed a series of progressive bills protecting abortion access, expanding background checks for gun purchases and legalizing recreational marijuana.

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“It’s no surprise that San Francisco liberal Kamala Harris wants west coast wannabe Tim Walz as her running-mate – Walz has spent his governorship trying to reshape Minnesota in the image of the Golden state,” said Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign press secretary.

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“From proposing his own carbon-free agenda to suggesting stricter emission standards for gas-powered cars and embracing policies to allow convicted felons to vote, Walz is obsessed with spreading California’s dangerously liberal agenda far and wide. If Walz won’t tell voters the truth, we will: just like Kamala Harris, Tim Walz is a dangerously liberal extremist, and the Harris-Walz California dream is every American’s nightmare.”

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Nancy Pelosi,the former Democratic House speaker, joined MSNBC to celebrate Kamala Harris’s selection of Tim Walz as her running mate.

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Pelosi had reportedly been leaning toward Walz in the veepstakes, as the two of them served in the House together for 12 years.

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Appearing on Morning Joe, Pelosi fiercely rejected any characterization of Walz as an out-of-touch progressive, as many Republicans are trying to paint him.

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“To characterize [Tim Walz] as left is so unreal,” Pelosi said. “He’s right down the middle. He’s a heartland-of-America Democrat.”

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Progressives are celebrating the selection of Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’ running mate, praising the Minnesota governor’s policy record and ability to directly confront Republicans.

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“Tim Walz is an effortless populist and represents the exact direction the Democratic party needs,” said Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. “Walz has proven that he has the necessary skills and authentic populism to go on offense – calling out the extremist and weird Trump-Vance agenda.”

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Joseph Geevarghese, executive director of Our Revolution, said in a statement, “The selection of Tim Walz as the vice-presidential nominee is a clear indication that the Harris campaign is listening to the voices of progressives across the country. Governor Walz’s strong pro-labor record and dedication to working-class issues align with our movement’s goals to take on corporate power and create an economy that works for everyone.”

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Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in the presidential race, the AP confirmed.

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The widely anticipated announcement comes one day after Harris officially secured the Democratic nomination following a virtual roll call vote of the party’s delegates.

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Harris, who is the first woman of color to serve as a major party’s nominee, will formally accept the nomination at the Democratic convention in Chicago later this month, where she and Walzwill both deliver speeches.

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More details to come …

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Kamala Harris has reportedly selected Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor, as her running mate in the presidential race.

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Four sources told CNN that Walz was the pick, but the Harris campaign has not yet officially announced her decision.

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Stay tuned …

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Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance spoke to conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt this morning and weighed in on the Democratic veepstakes.

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Hewitt said he would be “shocked” if Kamala Harris did not select Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor who could become the first Jewish-American to serve as vice-president.

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Vance agreed, saying, “I think that they will have not picked Shapiro, frankly, out of antisemitism in their own caucus and in their own party. I think it’s disgraceful the Democrats have gotten to this point where it’s even an open conversation, and it is an open conversation.”

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He added, “Even if it is Josh Shapiro, the guy has, in some ways, had to run away from a lot of his biography over the last few months because the far left doesn’t like the fact that he is a Jewish American. So look, we have to be honest about this fact. We have to call it out.”

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Shapiro’s critics have fiercely rejected any suggestion of antisemitism on their part, arguing that their concerns lie with the governor’s views on education and the war in Gaza.

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Shapiro has previously voiced strong support for Israel and made some controversial comments about pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses earlier this year. He also enraged public school advocates by supporting a private school voucher program, although he later vetoed that proposal under pressure from fellow Democrats.

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Here’s more background on Shapiro:

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Democratic delegates selected Kamala Harris, the vice-president, to be the party’s presidential nominee, according to final vote results released late Monday by the Democratic National Committee, the Associated Press reported.

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Harris received nearly 4,600 votes in the five-day online voting process, which the DNC said was 99% of participating delegates.

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Kelly’s resume stands out in the sea of lawyers that dominate Washington.

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The Arizona senator was a US navy pilot who served multiple deployments. He was on Celebrity Jeopardy. He is a steadfast partner to his wife, former US representative Gabrielle Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt at a public event in Tucson in 2011 and has worked alongside Kelly to limit guns since.

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Oh, and he’s been to space multiple times because he was an astronaut, along with his twin brother, Scott. He even wrote a children’s book about it, called Mousetronaut.

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“An astronaut! Who doesn’t like astronauts, except for Flat Earthers, right? But they’re very small in quantity,” Arizona pollster Mike Noble said. “So, outside of Flat Earthers, I’m trying to think of what’s more American than astronauts. Astronaut takes everybody. I’ve been to space, what have you done?”

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Minnesota’s governor captured the internet’s attention and swayed Democrats’ messaging by succinctly summing up how he views Republicans: they’re weird.

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Clips of Walz have spread widely, cementing him as a national voice for Kamala Harris’s campaign – and a potential pick to run alongside her as vice-president.

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Walz, 60, was born and raised in small-town Nebraska. He became a teacher, first in China, then in Nebraska and finally in Mankato, Minnesota, where he taught geography and coached the high school football team. He also served in the army national guard for 24 years, enlisting at age 17, a role that took him around the country and on a deployment to Europe.

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Walz first ran for office in 2006 in a Republican-leaning congressional district, knocking off the incumbent in an upset. He kept the district until 2016, dispatching Republicans over and over. In 2018, he ran for governor and won, then defended the seat successfully in 2022.

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He’s now the chair of the Democratic Governors Association, a perch that has given him a national profile.

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Kamala Harris is set to announce her choice of a running mate today, before they appear together at an evening rally in Philadelphia to kick off a five-day tour of the swing states that are crucial to winning the presidential election.

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The culmination of what has been a lightning-fast vetting process – it is little more than two weeks since Joe Biden, the 81-year-old president, made the historic decision to stand aside and Harris became the de facto nominee – has seen a round of interviews both in person and online.

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On Monday, Reuters reported that the search had narrowed to two governors: Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Tim Walz of Minnesota.

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Harris, 59, interviewed both men, as well as the Arizona senator Mark Kelly, over the weekend at the Naval Observatory, the Washington DC residence of the vice-president.

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Three other men were reported to be on her shortlist: the Illinois governor, JB Pritzker; the Kentucky governor, Andy Beshear; and Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who is now the US secretary of transportation.

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With polling showing her gaining on Donald Trump – CBS gave the Democrat a one-point edge nationally and put the candidates level in battleground states – and a rocky rollout for Trump’s own vice-presidential pick, JD Vance, speculation has been rife as to whom Harris will select.

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Here are some pictures from the rally:

The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino was as the rally in Philadelphia. Here is her report:

Kamala Harris introduced her running mate, Tim Walz as “the kind of vice-president America deserves,” at a raucous rally in Philadelphia that showcased Democratic unity and enthusiasm for the party’s Democratic presidential ticket ahead of the November election.

Casting their campaign as a “fight for the future”, Harris and Walz were repeatedly interrupted by applause and cheering as they addressed thousands of battleground-state voters wearing bracelets that twinkled red white and blue at Temple University’s Liacouras Center – a crowd her team said was its largest to date.

“Thank you for bringing back the joy,” a beaming Walz said to Harris, after she presented him to the crowd, reciting his biography as a teacher, high school football coach, military veteran, legislator and governor. Harris, who has served as vice-president to Joe Biden for three and a half years, said Walz, the Minnesota governor, would be “ready on day one”, and said the race between them and the Republican presidential ticket of Donald Trump and JD Vance was a “matchup between the varsity team and the JV squad”.

Harris hopes Walz will help her shore up her campaign’s standing across the upper Midwest, a critical region in presidential politics that often serves as a buffer for Democrats seeking the White House. The party remains haunted by Trump’s wins in Michigan and Wisconsin in 2016. Trump lost those states in 2020 but has zeroed in on them as he aims to return to the presidency this year and is expanding his focus to Minnesota.

Since Walz was announced, the team raised more than $20m from grassroots donations, the campaign said.

George Chidi

The new rule essentially makes the certification of election results discretionary, said Democratic state representative Sam Park at a press conference outside of the hearing room at the Georgia capitol.

“These are Maga certification rules, and they’re in direct conflict with Georgia law, which states in multiple places that local elections board officials shallperform their duties, meaning their duties are mandatory, not discretionary,” Park said.

Debate on the rule centered on how much power state law and court precedent grants to the state board of elections to set rules for local boards. Georgia supreme court case law describes the role of elections supervisors as ministerial with little discretion to declare a vote valid or invalid, said Nikhel Sus, deputy chief counsel at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington DC.

“It is contrary to settled Georgia law and would exceed this court’s rule making authority,” Sus said. The law requires disputes about a vote to be resolved with investigations by district attorneys, courts and other bodies, he said.

Board members in support of the rule say that local elections supervisors are required to sign an affidavit declaring that the results of an election are accurate and correct, and that rules should permit elections boards the power to determine the truth of that statement for themselves.

The rule is likely to draw an immediate legal challenge so close to an election.

New Georgia rules let local boards withhold election certification

George Chidi

Moving away from the rally for a moment to other important election news: Georgia’s state board of elections adopted new rules for local election boards that permit them to withhold the certification of a vote in the face of unspecified discrepancies – a Republican-led move that could cause uncertainty and confusion after future election days.

The five-person board passed the measure in a 3-2 vote. The three board members who voted for it – Dr Janice Johnson, Rick Jeffares and Janelle King – were praised by name three days ago by Donald Trump at an Atlanta campaign rally.

The rule was proposed by Michael Heekin, a Republican appointee to the Fulton election board who refused to certify the presidential primary earlier this year. The rule requires local boards to initiate a “reasonable inquiry” when discrepancies emerge at a poll, and gives the power to withhold certification until that inquiry is completed. It does not define the term “reasonable inquiry”, nor does it establish strict limitations on the breadth of an inquiry.

Melissa Hellmann

Josh Shapiro, who spoke before introducing Harris and Walz at Tuesday’s rally, affirmed his support of Harris, exclaiming that she is “battle tested and ready to go”. He spoke of the danger of Trump becoming president again, citing the statement coined by Walz: “He’s a weirdo.”

Harris entered the stage shortly afterward. “Together with Josh Shapiro, we will win Pennsylvania,” she said to applause.

Cherelle Parker, Philadelphia’s mayor, also spoke in support of Harris at Tuesday’s rally. As the first Black female mayor in the city’s history, Parker acknowledged that the event was “history-making”.

“We are on the cusp of electing our vice-president Kamala Harris to be the 47th president of the United States,” Parker said as the crowd erupted. “Don’t let Trump the trickster take our eyes off the prize.”

Melissa Hellmann

In the eyes of Andrew Cambron, a 34-year-old teacher from Delaware, Walz was the best option for Harris’s running mate, since he’s “the kind of guy who resonates with the center of the country”. Cambron added that he wanted to see a broader investment in public education and to see Harris get behind universal healthcare.

“We finally have a progressive on the Democratic ticket,” Cambron said about Walz, “which hasn’t really happened since Obama in 2012.” Shapiro would have been a terrible choice, said Cambron, who disagreed with Shapiro’s pro-Israel stance and his efforts to quash pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses.

During the presidential primaries, more than 700,000 voters cast uncommitted ballots or the equivalent to express their dissatisfaction with Joe Biden’s support of Israel’s war on Gaza. The Uncommitted National Movement has stated that it’s waiting to hear from Harris on her Gaza policies before agreeing to endorse her. But following Harris’s Tuesday announcement about Walz, the group released a statement saying that they hope he will help change course on Gaza policy.

“Governor Walz has demonstrated a remarkable ability to evolve as a public leader, uniting Democrats diverse coalition to achieve significant milestones for Minnesota families of all backgrounds,” Elianne Farhat, senior advisor at Uncommitted and executive director of Take Action Minnesota, a political advocacy group, said in a statement. “As Harris’s vice-presidential pick, it’s crucial he continues this evolution by supporting an arms embargo on Israel’s war and occupation against Palestinians in an effort to unite our party to defeat authoritarianism in the fall.”

Here is that couch moment:

VP Harris' face. https://t.co/Ji6WEwsqB6

— Heather Thomas (@HeatherThomasAF) August 6, 2024

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The Democratic running mates have “Happy Warrior energy”, per the New York Times’ chief White House correspondent, Peter Baker:

The Happy Warrior energy of the Harris-Walz rally just now is something we haven't seen in American politics for a while. Feels reminiscent of Clinton-Gore '92. Doesn't mean they win; plenty of Happy Warriors lose. But it's a vastly different dynamic than just a few weeks ago.

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) August 6, 2024

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The Happy Warrior energy of the Harris-Walz rally just now is something we haven’t seen in American politics for a while. Feels reminiscent of Clinton-Gore ’92. Doesn’t mean they win; plenty of Happy Warriors lose. But it’s a vastly different dynamic than just a few weeks ago.

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) August 6, 2024

The Washington Post columnist James Hohmann points out that Walz has personal experience with the, at times, astronomically expensive US healthcare system:

For Tim Walz, access to health care is personal. pic.twitter.com/f43TMtfF7g

— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) August 6, 2024

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Summary

Here is a summary of Harris and Walz’s speeches at the rally:

• In her first appearance with her newly minted running mate, Harris sought to define him foremost as a teacher and football coach. He was, she said, “the kind of teacher and mentor that every child in America dreams of having”. She told a story about him agreeing to be faculty adviser to his school’s gay-straight alliance, knowing “the signal it would send to have a football coach get involved”. He was, “the kind of coach, because he’s the kind of person, who inspires people to dream big”.

• Harris also spoke about Walz’s skills as a marksman, and his views on the second amendment: he is in favour, but with caveats for background checks and red flags.Walz was the highest ranking enlisted man to ever serve in US congress and the top Democrat on the veterans’ committee, she said. He was also known as one of Capitol Hill’s best marksmen. She also used football references, comparing him and Vance to “a matchup between the varsity team and the [junior varsity] squad”.

• Walz, who like Harris is known for his smile, started his speech by saying: “Thank you for the trust you put in me, but more so, thank you for bringing back the joy. “If Donald Trump and JD Vance are irritated that Kamala Harris smiles and laughs, they’re really going to be irritated by Tim Walz,” Melissa Hortman, the Democratic speaker of Minnesota’s house of representatives, told the Guardian on Tuesday. He also said: “Don’t ever underestimate teachers.” Walz’s wife, Gwen, is a teacher, too.

• WhenWalz talked about Trump, he pivoted quickly, and effectively, from talking about Republicans interfering with healthcare, to his own daughter being born thanks to IVF, to children fearing that they will be shot at school. “In Minnesota we respect our neighbours for the personal choices they make,” he said. “That includes IVF.” He talked about his daughter Hope, who often appears in videos and photographs with her father, being born through IVF. Abortion opponents have been increasingly pushing for broader measures that would give rights and protections to embryos and fetuses, which could have huge implications for fertility treatments and other areas of healthcare. Walz said “It wasn’t by chance that, when we welcomed our daughter into the world, we named her Hope.” Then he said that when he and Harris talk about freedom, they mean the freedom to make your own choice about your body, and the freedom for children to go to school and not worry about being shot.

• He called on people to “settle our political differences not with violence, but with votes” and said of Trump: “Don’t believe him when he plays dumb. He knows exactly what Project 2025 will to do restrict our freedoms.” He added of a second Trump term: “Only this time it will be much, much worse.” Walz seasoned his remarks with midwestern dialect, adding a “damn well” here and a “come on” there. “Say it with me! We are not going back,” he said, starting a chant from the audience. “We’ve got 91 days. My God, that’s easy,” he said. “We’ll sleep when we’re dead.”

• Walz made a couch reference. Walz said his GOP rival and Trump “are creepy and yes, they’re weird as hell”. He added that he “can’t wait to debate the guy”. Then, to sustained cheers and laughter, he made a reference to the baseless, but much-shared, claim that JD Vance admitted to having sex with a couch in his memoir. “That is if he’s willing to get off the couch and show up.” Stumping earlier today in Pennsylvania, Vance said, “I absolutely want to debate Tim Walz,” but not until after the Democratic convention.