The democratic socialist, who endorsed Harris for president, informed Minnesota Public Radio on Saturday that Walz can be a candidate who “understands the wants of working households.”
“I hope very a lot that the Vice President selects a working mate who will converse up and tackle highly effective company pursuits, and I feel Tim Walz is any person who might try this,” Sanders stated of Walz, a former instructor and rural Nebraska native.
Sanders is not the primary to level out Walz’s potential to rally working-class voters. As Enterprise Insider’s John Dorman reported, Walz might assist join with rural and working-class voters who’re not sure about voting blue.
A number of Minnesota labor leaders have voiced help for Walz in an open letter to Harris, calling him an “important associate in profitable in November.”
Walz additionally acquired help from United Auto Staff president Shawn Fain, who identified on CNN Walz’s help for the 2023 UAW strike, which resulted in October. Walz joined the picket line at a placing Stellantis facility in Plymouth, Minnesota.
The Midwestern Democrat has additionally taken it upon himself to pit his rural roots towards former President Donald Trump’s VP choose, JD Vance, who’s from Ohio.
“Folks like JD Vance know nothing about small-town America,” Walz stated throughout an look on “Morning Joe.”
Walz is amongst a number of others being thought-about as a Harris working mate. Different contenders embrace Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, JB Pritzker of Illinois, and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, in addition to Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
Rep. Adam Schiff predicted on Saturday that Harris’ VP choose might be based mostly on “greatest working mate that can assist her win.”
“I feel it’ll be much less about who does she have one of the best chemistry with and extra about who has one of the best probability of serving to the ticket,” he informed CNN.
Harris is predicted to disclose her alternative of working mate as early as Monday, sources informed Reuters.
The Harris marketing campaign informed Politico that Harris would stage her first rally together with her working mate in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Representatives for Walz, Sanders, and Harris didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
