Vice presidents have always been one of Minnesota’s top exports.
Hubert Humphrey. Walter Mondale. End of list.
This is our moment. We are one heartbeat away from making Kamala Harris’ search for a running mate all about Minnesota.
Vice President Harris has a short time to choose her own vice president before the Democratic National Convention in August and a short list of potential vice presidents that might, just might, include Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
In an interview with MPR, Walz joked that adding him to the ticket would be a “testament to Minnesota. We are the land of vice presidents.”
“[Harris] mentioned she would need my help. And I said she has it in any way that she sees fit,” Walz said during a Monday interview with Cathy Wurzer on Minnesota Now.
With magnificent Minnesotan understatement, he added: “If that’s the direction she goes, I guess that’s fine.”
Harris’ challenger, former president and current felon Donald Trump, was — to put it mildly — unhappy to see Walz’s face on Fox News on Tuesday morning. Joe Biden’s advancing age and declining health had prompted Beltway oddsmakers to move Minnesota from the “likely Democratic win” category to “lean Democratic.” But when Biden bowed out of the race over the weekend, all those polls went out the window.
