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Tim Walz Steps Into the Spotlight
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- Trump and Venezuela
- Show You Care. Pass the Child Tax Credit.
- The Suffering of Farm Animals
- Baseball Caps Everywhere
Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times
To the Editor:
Re “Minnesota’s Walz Is Harris’s Choice for Running Mate” (front page, Aug. 7):
Unlike all the talk about a vice-presidential selection not making much of a difference, Kamala Harris’s choice of Tim Walz will prove that wrong. He will have a rare synergistic impact on the ticket; each will feed the other’s positivity and likability. This sense of optimism and joy will resonate emotionally with a majority of voters, and therein lies the true benefit of her selection.
Voting is not rooted in logic but in feeling. For all of Donald Trump’s time on the political stage, he has only tapped into people’s fear and anger.
With the Harris-Walz ticket, sincerity will best cynicism, common good will supplant irreconcilable differences, and community will take the place of conflict. More voters will embrace this vision of America than Mr. Trump’s wasteland of constant discord.
Robert Clayman
Bethesda, Md.
To the Editor:
When a presidential candidate chooses a running mate, it says a lot about who they are and what kind of president they’ll be. Do they pick someone inexperienced and polarizing who will deepen our divisions? Or do they pick someone with the judgment to make tough decisions, and the character to believe that every voice counts and everyone deserves an equal chance?
By selecting Tim Walz to be her vice president from a pool of outstanding Democrats, Kamala Harris has chosen an ideal partner — and made it clear exactly what she stands for.
Governor Walz doesn’t have just the experience to be vice president, he also has the values and the integrity to make us proud. As governor, he helped families and businesses recover from the pandemic, established paid family leave, guaranteed the right to an abortion, and put common-sense gun safety measures in place to keep communities safe.
