US Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced that she has chosen far-left Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024 presidential elections. They'll be facing off against former president Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance.
Walz, 60, has been Governor of Minnesota since 2019 and previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Concerns have been raised over Walz vocal and material support for the BLM movement's riots in 2020 which caused significant property damages and fatalities in Minnesota and across the country, following the death of George Floyd.
Critics say Walz and Harris who also raised funds for the rioters, may be embracing a more radical or divisive approach to policing and social justice.
Walz also faces criticisms for his woke extremism on LGBTQ issues. Under Walz’s administration, Minnesota has expanded its Medicaid coverage to include gender-affirming surgeries for transgender children, a policy opposed by overwhelming majority of American voters.
"TIM WALZ WOULD BE THE WORST VP IN HISTORY!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Even worse than Dangerously Liberal and Crooked Kamala Harris - HE'S THAT BAD. He'll unleash HELL ON EARTH and open our borders to the worst criminals imaginable. He'll rubber stamp Kamala's GREEN NEW SCAM and light TRILLIONS of dollars on fire."
On his part, Vance said, "The biggest problem with the Tim Walz pick, it's not Tim Walz himself. It's what it says about Kamala Harris, that when given the opportunity she will bend the knee to the most radical elements of her party."