Harris Chooses a Walz Partner
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🗓️ 7 August 2024
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, August 7th. Will Minnesota Nice play in the rest of the country? |
| 0:05.0 | We start here. |
| 0:08.0 | Minnesota Governor Tim Walls has been tapped as Vice President Harris's running mate. |
| 0:13.3 | Everyone from Bernie Sanders to Joe Mansion is saying nice things about the guy. |
| 0:17.1 | He remains a relative unknown to much of the country, so let's get acquainted. |
| 0:21.3 | The man who shot former President Trump might not have been the only |
| 0:24.6 | one out there. He had just spent some time in Iran. Turns out another man was arrested for |
| 0:30.3 | what sources call an entirely separate plot and naming your stadium after a company |
| 0:35.7 | is so last decade. |
| 0:37.7 | We're talking about Pit Bull Stadium. |
| 0:40.7 | What a Rap Star's contract tells us about the new era of corporate sponsorship? |
| 0:45.0 | From ABC News, this is Start Here. |
| 0:50.0 | I'm Brad Milkie. Usually a vetting team for a presidential nominee spends months researching potential running mates, evaluating risks and rewards. |
| 1:06.0 | The team around Vice President Kamala Harris had 16 days. |
| 1:10.0 | We've now learned that this weekend after the list was narrowed down from 12 |
| 1:14.2 | possible names to nine to three she spoke to the finalists in person Arizona |
| 1:19.5 | Senator Mark Kelly Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walls. |
| 1:25.0 | Throughout Washington, the thinking was that Shapiro might just be the front runner. |
| 1:29.5 | He's a bit younger than Harris is, he's dynamite on the stump, so if you're trying to capitalize on this |
| 1:33.9 | ground swell of support from young Democrats in their brat summer, this would be the guy. |
| 1:39.0 | But sources familiar with the interviews say that when he spoke to Harris in person, his team at least did not think it went that great. |
| 1:45.6 | On Sunday sources say he called Harris to say he wasn't sure he should leave his job as Pennsylvania |
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