Tim Walz introduces himself in first campaign ad since VP nomination

Tim Walz releases first video since joining Harris campaignSource Tim Walz

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00:00Sometimes life is as much about the lessons you learn as the lessons you teach.

00:05When I grew up, community was a way of life.

00:08My high school class was 24 people.

00:11I was related to half of them.

00:13I learned to be generous towards my neighbors,

00:15compromise without compromising my values,

00:18and work for the common good.

00:20My dad was in the Army, and with his encouragement,

00:22I joined the Army National Guard when I was 17.

00:25I served for 24 years.

00:27I used my GI benefits to go to college and become a public school teacher.

00:32I coached football and taught social studies for 20 years.

00:35And I tried to teach my students what small-town Nebraska taught me.

00:38Respect, compromise, service to country.

00:41And so when I went into government, that's what I carried with me.

00:44I worked with Republicans to pass an infrastructure bill,

00:47cut taxes for working families, signed paid leave into law.

00:51I codified abortion rights after Roe got overturned.

00:54Because I go to work for the common good.

00:56But enough about me. Let's talk about you.

00:59Because that's what this election is about.

01:01It's about your future. It's about your family.

01:04And Vice President Harris knows that.

01:06She, too, grew up in a middle-class family.

01:08She, too, goes to work every day making sure families

01:11cannot just get by, but get ahead.

01:14We believe in the promise of America,

01:16in those values I learned in Nebraska,

01:18and we're ready to fight for them.

01:20Because as Kamala Harris says, when we fight, we win.

01:24♪♪♪