Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi after President Joe Biden delivered a speech in the House Chamber of the US Capitol for his Joint Address to Congress, Wednesday, April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
Among Tim Walz’s key supporters during Kamala Harris’s decision to choose a running mate for the 2024 presidential election was former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Theodore Bunker reports on Pelosi’s push for the radical Minnesota Marxist. He writes at Newsmax:
House Democrats, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, lobbied for Vice President Kamala Harris to select Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate because of his strong ties to the lower chamber, Politico reported.
Pelosi and other House legislators pushed Harris to select Walz, who served in the House for 12 years, over Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., neither of whom has served in the House.
Another consideration, according to Politico, was Walz’s strong support among centrists and progressives. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-N.H., head of the centrist New Democrat Coalition, and Progressive Caucus leader Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., pushed for Harris to select Walz.
“The point is that Vice President Harris, by selecting Tim Walz, doesn’t have to have a lot of these relationships in the House created because he already has them,” said Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., who served with Walz in the House.
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