Tim Walz Thanks Dems for 'Bringing the Joy'

Minnesota governor accepts VP nomination at DNC
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Aug 21, 2024 9:00 PM CDT
Updated Aug 21, 2024 11:00 PM CDT
'Coach Walz' Accepts VP Nomination
Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago.   (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party's nomination for vice president Wednesday night, using his Democratic National Convention address to thank the packed arena for "bringing the joy" to an election transformed by the elevation of his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris. "We're all here tonight for one beautiful, simple, reason: We love this country," Walz said as thousands of delegates hoisted vertical placards reading "Coach Walz" in red, white, and blue. As the AP reports, Walz described his upbringing in Nebraska and teaching and coaching football in Minnesota and told the crowd, "Thank you for bringing the joy to this fight."

"While other states were banning books from their schools, we were banishing hunger from ours," he said. In a dig at his Republican counterpart, JD Vance, he added, "I had 24 kids in my high school class, and none of them went to Yale." When Walz talked about the difficulty conceiving his daughter, Hope, she made a heart with her hands and held it over her chest. His son, Gus, wept watching his dad speak and at least once shouted, "That's my dad!" "I haven't given a lot of speeches like this but I've given a lot of pep talks," Walz said. (Other speakers included Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey.)

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