Vice President Kamala Harris has reportedly picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) to be her running mate, according to multiple news outlets. A formal announcement is expected soon.
Walz, 60, was first elected governor in 2018 and re-elected in 2022. He previously served six terms in Congress, initially winning his seat in the Democratic wave of 2006.
A former teacher and coach and longtime National Guardsman, Walz has not been a prominent figure on the national Democratic stage. He was not known to have presidential ambitions. But in the weeks since President Biden ended his re-election bid, Walz’s solid record as a progressive governor, his perceived appeal in the critical Blue Wall states, and his direct, folksy manner had catapulted him into the top rank of vice presidential contenders for Harris.
Not since Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-ME) was picked by Vice President Hubert Humphrey as his running mate in 1968, following President Lyndon Johnson’s abrupt withdrawal from the race, has a political figure taken this surprise route to the ticket.
The new Democratic ticket is scheduled to make its first public appearance later today at Temple University in Philadelphia before embarking on a five-day campaign tour of key swing states – Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada – before Harris ends up back home in the Bay area on Friday.
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A Winchester, Virginia man was arrested Friday on federal charges of making threats against Vice President Kamala Harris on the social media platform GETTR. The FBI cited some 4,359 online threats allegedly made by the man over the past year. “The threats included promises to kill Ms. Harris and her family, to pluck out her eyes with pliers and to burn her alive,” the NYT reported.
You can’t beat that Cajun-Swedish combo. The greatest pole vaulter who ever lived capped his gold medal performance at the Paris Olympics with another world-record height, beating his own prior record(s).
To give you some sense of Mondo Duplantis‘ domination of pole vaulting, here are the top vaults (click “All” next to “Best by Athlete”) ever recorded:
For those not familiar, Duplantis was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, by a Cajun father and Swedish mother. He has competed internationally for Sweden since 2015.
