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The NPR Politics Podcast

Minn. Gov. Tim Walz Picked As Harris' Running Mate

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Daily News, Politics, News

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Walz, 60, is a veteran and former schoolteacher who has been governor of Minnesota since 2019. Why did Harris pick him, and what does he bring to the Democratic ticket?

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This is Rachel Duke in San Antonio, Texas on a nice 80 degree morning listening to the

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cicadas. It'll be 100 degrees later today today and all I will hear is the air conditioning units

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This podcast was recorded at 11.08 a.m. on Tuesday August 6th

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Things may have changed by the time you hear this,

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but I'm sure the cicadas and the air conditioning units

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will still be going.

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I find that noise so great in though in the summer cicadas.

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They kind of sounded like crickets. I like the cricket sound.

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I like the sound of air conditioning in a hundred degree weather I'll tell you

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air conditioning crickets and rain sound nice to fall asleep too don't fall asleep for

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this podcast hey there it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Susan Davis.

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I cover politics.

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I'm Asma Khalid.

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I cover the White House.

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And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.

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And today, the Vice President has selected her Vice President.

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Kamala Harris's tap Minnesota Governor Tim Walls

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