Democratic Vice President and Gov. Tim Walz said on “Good Morning America” Wednesday that presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris will provide “what Americans are hungry for” — a unifying president who wants to find solutions.
Walz also asked Wednesday to downplay the president’s comments Joe Bidenwho a day earlier referred to supporters of the Republican ticket as “garbage” in response to the former president. Donald TrumpControversial rally in Madison Square Garden.
Asked about Biden’s comments on Wednesday, Walz said, “The president has clarified his remarks.”
“Let’s be very clear,” Walz added. “The vice president and I have made it very clear that we all want to be involved in this.”
Tim Walz speaks on Good Morning America, October 30, 2024.
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Speaking on a Voto Latino campaign call, Biden referenced a joke from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe during Trump’s Sunday event at MSG.
“The other day, he was called by a speaker during his speech Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage,” Biden said, according to a CNN video clip.
“The only garbage I see floating out there are his supporters,” the president added. Biden later said the comment was referring only to the comedian, not Trump supporters more broadly.
But Republicans used the comments to energize supporters. Trump’s candidate JD Vance, for example, called Biden’s remarks “disgusting”, and added: “Kamala Harris and her leader Joe Biden are attacking half the country. There is no excuse for this. I hope the American people reject it.”
With less than a week left on the campaign trail, Walz said Harris’ Tuesday night speech at the Ellipse in Washington featured “the rhetoric of an association president.” United States it gives.”
The Democratic ticket, he added, “is one that understands that we are all in this together, that supports robust debate on the issues.”
Minnesota Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz speaks at a campaign event at Burns Park in Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 28, 2024.
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Walz said that “dissident voices” will “have a seat at the table, because that’s how we find real solutions.”
The Minnesota governor contrasted Harris’ remarks with former President Donald Trump’s “divisive rhetoric” and said it “has to stop.”
Harris’ closing argument at the Ellipse took on Trump as he called for unity.
“Unlike Donald Trump, I don’t think people who disagree with me are the enemy,” Harris said. “He wants to put them in jail; I’ll give them a seat at the table,” he added, referring to his campaign platform to include a Republican in his cabinet if elected.
“I pledge to approach my work with the joy and optimism that comes with making a difference in people’s lives,” Harris said.
“And I pledge to be the president of all Americans, and to always put country above party and self,” Harris added.
Walz told “Good Morning America” that the campaign is confident.
“We’re winning this thing,” he said. “There’s energy out there. I’ve done it long enough to know these things are won in the end. We don’t take anything for granted.”
“We know it’s going to be close,” Walz added. “We have a better ground game. We have the momentum on our side.”
Tim Walz speaks on Good Morning America, October 30, 2024.
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“The outcome will be clear,” Walz said when asked about his concerns heading into the final week of the campaign.
“My biggest concern is that Donald Trump has brought pessimism to people. People think their votes don’t matter. Your vote matters. Get out. Get involved in this democracy.”
“I think you’re going to see Donald Trump continue to come down on this really difficult and hateful rhetoric,” he added.
“We saw our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico have to endure this. We saw it in Ohio with the people. That’s what’s going to end.”
Trump, on the other hand, defended the MSG event as a “love party” and said it was “an honor to participate.”
