With Oprah sneaking in for a surprise address and Bill Clinton returning to the spotlight, Tim Walz enjoyed a star-studded opening act before he made his debut. This is what you missed on day three of the Democratic convention.
Kamala Harris 's running mate Tim Walz has made his big debut on day three of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
The Harris campaign is clearly hoping the Governor of Minnesota, who is an enthusiastic hunter and former public school teacher, will help her in parts of the country that might be sceptical about a woman in the White House. In the end, true to form, he appeared to go off-script anyway, largely ignoring the teleprompter in the second half of his speech.But he had some zingers prepared.
She'd tried to keep her presence under wraps by wearing a hat, sunglasses and face mask during rehearsal, her best friend Gayle King reported on CBS.The media mogul's political endorsement is hugely powerful in America.When she backed Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in 2008, she helped put him on the television screens of middle-class American voters around the country.
"Thank you Joe! I know Kamala Harris will take us to new heights," she said before pivoting to a fiery warning about the insurrection on January 6, 2021.(Pelosi, like hundreds of other members of congress sheltered in safe rooms when Trump supporters broke into the Capitol in an attempt to overturn the outcome of the election.
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