Harris introduces new mate Walz as 'vice president America deserves'

Vice President Kamala Harris introduced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to the nation on Tuesday at a raucous rally in Philadelphia just hours after announcing the affable politician as her running mate.

I set out to find a partner who can help build this brighter future, Harris said, joking that the past two weeks since she stepped into the race have been something of a whirlwind.

I'm here today because I've found such a leader."

In choosing the 60-year-old Walz, Harris is elevating a Midwestern governor, military veteran and union supporter who helped enact an ambitious Democratic agenda for his state, including sweeping protections for abortion rights and generous aid to families.

It was her biggest decision yet as the Democratic nominee and she went with a broadly palatable choice someone who says politics should have more joy and who deflects dark and foreboding rhetoric from Republicans with a lighter touch, a strategy that the campaign has been increasingly turning to since Harris