VP HARRIS CHOOSES DEMOCRACY CHAMPION TIM WALZ AS RUNNING MATE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
AUGUST 6, 2024

PRESS CONTACT:
Sarah Harris, [email protected]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 election. A former high school teacher, National Guard veteran, and congressman, Walz has a long, distinguished record of service to his country and community.

Stand Up America’s Founder & President, Sean Eldridge, issued the following statement:

“Governor Walz made Minnesota a national model for protecting our democracy and the freedom to vote. He signed into law critical voting rights protections, including automatic voter registration, a permanent vote-by-mail option, and the Minnesota Voting Rights Act to ensure that every eligible Minnesotan can make their voice heard at the ballot box.

“Walz stands in sharp contrast to Trump’s VP pick, JD Vance, who has said that he would have refused to certify the 2020 election if he had been Vice President and helped Trump overturn the will of the American people.

“The Harris-Walz ticket is the pro-democracy leadership team that the American people deserve. That’s why Stand Up America, and our nearly 2 million members, are ready to mobilize across the country to elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz and defeat Donald Trump in November.”

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About Stand Up America
Stand Up America is a progressive advocacy organization with nearly two million community members across the country. Focused on grassroots advocacy to stand up to corruption and voter suppression and build a more representative democracy, Stand Up America has driven over 1.7 million calls to lawmakers, registered over 100,000 voters, mobilized thousands of protestors, and contacted tens of millions of voters.

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