Bill Clinton will be delivering his 13th speech to a Democratic convention and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be delivering his first major address.
The two speeches, officials say, are designed to complement one another and underscore one of the central reasons Vice President Kamala Harris selected Walz as her running mate: To put some parts of Trump country back in the reach of Democrats.
Walz, born and raised in Nebraska, who moved to Minnesota three decades ago fits that bill.
Clinton is poised to make a robust case for the importance of the election — and the urgency to stop Donald Trump from winning back the White House. He will echo Hillary Clinton’s remarks that Harris is the perfect candidate to finish the job that his wife started back in 2008 and 2016.
For much of the day, Walz has been practicing his speech — his biggest moment yet on the national stage, including traveling with a teleprompter to practice.
