Tim Walz 'can't wait to debate' JD Vance

(NewsNation) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz "can't wait to debate" Ohio Sen. JD Vance, his opponent for the vice presidency, but only "if he's willing to get off the couch and show up," Walz said while making his debut as Kamala Harris' running mate at a Pennsylvania rally Tuesday. 

“JD Vance literally wrote the foreword for the Project 2025 agenda,” Walz said. “Like all regular people I grew up with in the heartland, JD studied at Yale, had his career funded by Silicon Valley billionaires and then wrote a bestseller trashing that community. C’mon. That’s not what Middle America is."

Walz began being mentioned as a contender for the spot at the end of July, with Democrats applauding his affable persona, praise among unions and national experience as chair of the Democratic Governors Association. 

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