As everything shows, the 60-year-old governor of Minnesota, Tim Walsh, was chosen by the Democratic camp to support the presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, as a candidate for vice president in the elections of the coming November.
Who is Tim Walsh?
Born April 6, 1964, a former educator, Army National Guard veteran, Walsh is serving his second term as governor of Minnesota and chairs the Democratic Governors Association. He previously served 12 years in Congress, representing a conservative, rural Minnesota district that was dominated by Republicans. He was re-elected five times, stepping down in 2019 after being elected governor.
By choosing Walsh, Harris is “investing” in a governor, veteran and former teacher to appeal to white voters. Walsh, 60, managed a progressive revival of Minnesota during his second term as governor when Democrats took full control of state government in 2023 — a vision of what Democrats hope to do nationally.
A few days ago, Walsh called Trump and his running mate JD Vance “weird.” The phrase went viral on social media and was quickly adopted by Harris’ official campaign. The former high school teacher and football coach has garnered attention from Democrats for his ability to land “rhetorical jabs” at Donald Trump and JD Vance without seeming aggressive.
The new “duo” of the Democrats is expected to visit, until Saturday, six states, in which it is estimated that the elections of November 5 will be decided.
The importance of Minnesota
According to international analysts, in addition to Walsh’s profile, an important factor in his selection was the fact that he is the current governor of a very important state for the Democrats. It is recalled that in order to have hopes of remaining in the White House, the Democrats need to maintain the famous “blue wall” of the North, which largely gave Joe Biden victory in 2020.
Minnesota is not just one of the states that make it up, but the only one in which the Democrats have won consecutively from 1976 to the present day. The last Republican to win there was Richard Nixon in 1972. Even in 1984, when Ronald Reagan won the largest victory in the history of the Republican party, Democrats won only one state in the entire country, and that was Minnesota. .
But at this moment and in Minnesota, the polls, especially before the withdrawal of the current president Biden, gave a slight lead to Donald Trump, which is expected to be reversed after the Democrats chose to choose Tim Walsh as their presidential candidate. Also, according to analysts, Kamala Harris believes that Walsh will also have an impact in states like Wisconsin and Michigan, which are considered to play a key role in the November elections.
Walsh’s positions
As governor, he was staunchly liberal and signed a number of bills on marijuana, abortion rights and gun control. Republicans accuse him of being a leftist.
In Congress, Walsh was considered a moderate Democrat and had served on the House Agriculture, Veterans Affairs and Armed Services committees.
His positions on the crisis of 2008 and the right to abortion
During the financial crisis in 2008 he repeatedly spoke out against the use of taxpayers’ money to bail out financial institutions. In late September, he voted against a $700 billion bill that would have bought troubled assets from these institutions.
For the same reasons, in December 2008, he voted against the bill that offered $14 billion in government loans to bail out the nation’s major automakers.
At the same time, he has supported the legalization of recreational cannabis as governor of Minnesota. As a gubernatorial candidate in 2017, he said, among other things, “We have an opportunity in Minnesota to replace the current failed policy with one that generates tax revenue, grows jobs, creates opportunity, protects children and trusts adults to make personal decisions based on their personal liberties”.
Walsh supports the rights of LGBTQ people, including laws against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
In 2007, it received a 90% rating from the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT rights organization.
As governor, he has signed a number of bills supporting the LGBTQ community.
In 2023, he signed a bill banning the practice of conversion therapy.
Finally, he supports abortion rights.
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