Former President Barack Obama — and his wife, former First Lady Michelle Obama — quickly shared a supportive statement on Tuesday upon the public reveal of Vice President Kamala Harris’ choice for running mate in this year’s election: Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz.
“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,” said a statement from the Obamas. “Like Vice President Harris, Governor Walz believes that government works to serve us. Not just some of us, but all of us.”
Harris and Walz — who were born in the same year (1964) — are quickly returning to the campaign trail starting with a Tuesday stop scheduled in Pennsylvania, where Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro was actually one of the finalists in Harris’ selection process.
Shapiro was another of the leading Democrats speaking out in favor of Harris and Walz on Tuesday ahead of his own participation in that Tuesday campaign event happening in Philadelphia. “Over the next 90 days, I look forward to traveling all across the Commonwealth to unite Pennsylvanians’ behind Kamala Harris’ campaign to defeat Donald Trump, become the 47th President of the United States, and build a better future for our country,” the Pennsylvanian said on Tuesday.
Precedent suggests Shapiro’s efforts could be crucial, as Pennsylvania was among the states that Trump won in 2016 but Biden and Harris nabbed four years later.
Harris, meanwhile, will also be campaigning in coming days in other states that were either close or somewhere Democrats still fell slightly short in 2020, including Georgia and North Carolina. Her schedule appears much more rigorous than Trump’s own near-future plans out on the campaign trail, which apparently include just one rally taking place in Montana.
