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EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (NewsNation) — With 90 days until the 2024 statesmanlike election, Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and moving mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are focusing their run efforts connected cardinal battleground states, opening successful Wisconsin.
Walz, introduced Tuesday successful Philadelphia, criticized Republican nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump and his moving mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance.
"Violent transgression was up nether Donald Trump. That's not adjacent counting the crimes helium committed," Walz said astatine the rally astatine Temple University.
As the contention intensifies, the situation present is to specify Walz to Americans, arsenic Republicans knock his progressive policies arsenic governor.
Harris and Walz volition sojourn Eau Claire connected Wednesday, wherever they're apt to person a lukewarm invited owed to the area's typically blue-leaning tendencies, dissimilar immoderate of the much agrarian parts of the state.
Vance volition besides beryllium successful municipality for his ain rally.
How person Democrats responded to Walz arsenic Harris' moving mate?
Democrats nationwide person been speedy to endorse Walz.
The Harris run reported raising much than $20 cardinal pursuing the announcement of Walz arsenic the VP pick. Supporters swarmed his location successful the Twin Cities aft the announcement.
Walz was the archetypal idiosyncratic to commencement the "these guys are weird" attacks connected Trump and Vance.
Now, Harris and Walz are embracing popular culture, with Walz wearing a run chapeau resembling popular prima Chappell Roan's merchandise. However, it's excessively aboriginal to archer if the excitement among Generation Z volition pb to existent votes.
The duo made their archetypal quality unneurotic arsenic moving mates Tuesday successful Philadelphia, wherever the assemblage was afloat of vigor and Walz instantly targeted Vance successful his remarks.
"Like each regular radical I grew up with successful the heartland, JD studied astatine Yale, had his vocation funded by Silicon Valley billionaires, and past wrote a bestseller trashing that community. Come on, that's not what mediate America is," Walz said.
What are Republicans saying astir Walz arsenic the VP pick?
Republicans person been speedy to travel astatine Walz.
Trump reposted an nonfiction connected Truth Social attacking the governor for retiring from the National Guard earlier troops deployed to Iraq successful 2005; Walz successfully ran for Congress successful 2006.
Vance accused Walz of being brushed connected crime.
"They marque an absorbing tag squad due to the fact that of people Tim Walz allowed rioters to pain down Minneapolis successful the summertime of 2020, and past the fewer who got caught, Kamala Harris helped bail them retired of jail. So, it is much instructive for what it says astir Kamala Harris, that she doesn't attraction astir the border, she doesn't attraction astir crime."
Former GOP campaigner and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley besides went aft Walz successful a station connected societal media level X.
"Democrats doubling down connected the Progressive movement," she said. "Walz is simply a triumph for unfastened borders, socialism and Iran."
