Published 8:45 pm Tuesday, August 20, 2024 By Submitted My Point of View by Jennifer Vogt-Erickson The presidential race has changed dramatically in the past month. Joe Biden stepped aside from the campaign as the result of age-related issues, and his delegates quickly and joyfully lined up behind Kamala Harris, who is in Chicago this week to accept the Democratic nomination for president. Jennifer Vogt-Erickson Harris is a historic choice, the first woman of Asian descent at the top of a major party ticket.
She is only the second woman and second person of African descent to be the standard bearer for a major party. And Harris made a terrific choice for her running mate, our own governor, Tim Walz. Hundreds of Midwest dad memes flooded social media, and dozens of my friends posted pictures on social media of themselves with Walz when he was our First District congressman.
I knew Walz’s chances of making the ticket were rising fast when Shawn Fain, president of the UAW, signaled his preference for Walz or Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. Walz is a friend of workers and unions, and he has stood on the picket line with nurses in Albert Lea.
Unions are foundational to a prosperous and democratic society, and the median wealth of union member households surpasses that of nonunion households in every education category. As expected, Republicans immediately attempted to launch Swift Boat Attack 2.0 against Walz and were quickly thwarted by fact checkers who debunked their claims.
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