Donald Trump’s campaign and Republican lawmakers slammed Vice President Kamala Harris for selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, calling him a “wannabe” West Coast liberal.
Democrats, however, hailed the pick as aligning the party’s urban and rural voters.
Reactions that poured in Tuesday described Walz, a National Guard veteran and former teacher and coach who represented a rural Minnesota district in the House for six terms, as a strong balance against Harris’ time as a prosecutor in San Francisco and California attorney general.
