Kamala Harris announces Tim Walz as her VP pick
Americast
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4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Tim Walz is not a household name in American politics and until recently wasn't even considered a frontrunner to be Kamala Harris's pick as vice president. But after days of speculation, Harris has chosen Walz as she looks to gain support among working class and progressive voters.
What does his selection tell us about the Democrats strategy to retain the White House in November? Justin, Sumi and Marianna analyse Walz's selection with Newscast's Adam Fleming on another big day in the election campaign.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, it's Justin at home in South London. |
| 0:06.7 | And it is Mariana, aka Misinformation, |
| 0:08.9 | in our makeshift Baltimore Bureau, not the worldwide headquarters. |
| 0:12.8 | Still glamorous though, and we're going to be joined as well by the BBC's |
| 0:16.0 | Washington chief presenter, Sumi Somaskanda, later on as well. |
| 0:20.2 | And we're going to be talking to Adam Fleming from newscast about the new |
| 0:24.9 | Democratic candidate for Vice President just announced a few hours ago when we're |
| 0:30.0 | recording this so we're still excited and my goodness they're excited in |
| 0:35.0 | Democratic Party land. It is in case you haven't heard the governor of |
| 0:38.7 | Minnesota Tim Walsh. He's been selected there were several very, very good candidates in the mix, but |
| 0:45.3 | Kamala Harris posted on X. I'm proud to announce, I've asked him whilst to be my running mate |
| 0:50.7 | as a governor, a coach, she means a football coach, not a kind of bus, a teacher |
| 0:56.4 | and a veteran. He's delivered for working families like his. It's great to have him on the team. |
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