Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee in the 2024 presidential race, chose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
Born in Nebraska, Walz enlisted in the Army National Guard after graduating high school. He took a high school teaching and coaching position. Walz advised Mankato West High School’s first gay-straight alliance club in Mankato, Minn.
Politicos have touted Walz as a safe choice for Harris, due to his Midwestern heritage and his military service. Sources told ABC News that unions back Walz, though mostly behind the scenes. Walz joined a union as a high school teacher.
Yet the governor has loudly supported experimental transgender medical interventions for children and signed legislation protecting abortion without limitations on late-term abortions.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., the self-declared socialist candidate against…
