The Campaign Moment: Why Harris picked Walz
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 6 August 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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“Post Reports” co-host Martine Powers sits down with senior political reporter Aaron Blake, who writes The Post's Campaign Moment newsletter. They talk about why Vice President Harris chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, his strengths and weaknesses, and how he compares with the GOP’s vice president pick, JD Vance.
Today’s show was produced by Laura Benshoff. It was edited by Lucy Perkins and Mary Jo Murphy and mixed by Sean Carter. Thanks also to Trinity Webster-Bass.
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| 0:00.0 | Erin, I got to say you called this. |
| 0:05.0 | Did I? I don't know that I did. |
| 0:08.0 | Did I? You were talking about walls like weeks ago before I even knew who the governor of Minnesota was. |
| 0:14.7 | Yeah I mean I guess this is something that's going to come as kind of a shock to a lot of people |
| 0:18.4 | but I think the writing's been on the wall at least a little bit. |
| 0:22.4 | Sure sure but I think I feel like you're understating. the writings been on the wall at least a little bit. |
| 0:22.5 | Sure, sure, but I think I feel like you're understating your Minnesota like spidey senses |
| 0:28.0 | kicking in in a way that only Minnesotans would understand. |
| 0:31.2 | Well, you know, the American people love to elect Minnesotans |
| 0:36.0 | as vice presidents. |
| 0:37.5 | We do not produce presidents, but we do produce sidekicks. What does that say about Minnesota? |
| 0:44.0 | I said that's the case. |
| 0:45.0 | Well, it's because we're broadly agreeable, but we're not exciting. |
| 0:50.0 | Aaron, I have to say, I do think that you are broadly agreeable and also exciting. |
| 0:55.0 | Well thank you. I haven't been accused of that too much but I do appreciate that. Welcome to this special hybrid episode of the campaign moment in post reports. |
| 1:10.0 | It's Tuesday, August 6th. |
| 1:11.8 | I'm Martine Powers co-host of Post Reports. |
| 1:14.3 | And I'm Aaron Blake, senior politics reporter, |
| 1:16.4 | and author of the campaign moment newsletter. |
| 1:19.1 | We're coming to your feeds with the highly anticipated news |
| 1:21.9 | of who Vice President Kamala Harris has picked as her running mate. |
| 1:28.6 | She's now chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walls, which means the last piece of a shifting Democratic ticket, has now |
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