Walz He began his speech by thanking Harris for trusting him and inviting him to be part of the campaign. He also thanked Biden for “four years of strong and historic leadership,” prompting sporadic chants from the crowd of “thanks, Joe.”

“It is the honor of my life to accept your nomination for Vice President of the United States“Walz said to cheers from the crowd at a stadium Chicago where the celebration takes place Democratic National Convention.

“We’re all here tonight for one beautiful and simple reason: We love this country,” Walz said.

Walz described himself as “a real person who can make a real difference” and showed off his defense of social securityreproductive rights and public aid to education.

It’s the last half and we’re one goal down, but we’re attacking and we have the ball.

The new Democratic vice presidential nominee, the favorite of the most progressive wing of the party, said that “Health and housing are human rights“.

“It’s the final period and we’re down by one goal, but we’re attacking and we have the ball,” said the candidate, who was a teacher and American football coach and is already nicknamed ‘Coach Walz’ by his fellow believers.

“Kamala Harris is ready. Our job now, for everyone watching, is to get into the trenches and do the blockade and the defense “inch by inch, with every yard, with every call, with every knock on the door, with every five-dollar donation,” the governor said.

The Democratic vice presidential candidate also defended regulations to the trend of weapons and recalled that he is a hunter and a much better one than many of the Republican congressmen with whom he worked for more than a decade as a legislator in Washington.