Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz continued the Harris campaign’s outreach to Republican voters on Monday at an event in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he spoke alongside the city’s Republican mayor who has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
Speaking to dozens of supporters at a coffee shop in the Milwaukee suburbs, Walz thanked Mayor Shawn Reilly for his endorsement, part of a slate Republicans who have backed Harris on the grounds that former President Donald Trump poses a threat to democracy.
Walz acknowledged differences between himself and the Republicans who have endorsed Harris but praised Reilly and other Republicans for their commitment to Constitutional values.
“To stand here and say, this is about the Constitution, it’s about decency, it’s about finding common ground, to solve the problems that Americans are looking for us to solve that takes political courage,” Walz said.
The Democratic vice presidential nominee’s remarks, which focused heavily on the danger Trump represents to America’s values and institutions, comes after Future Forward PAC, the main super PAC supporting Harris, warned against making attacks on Trump’s anti-democratic remarks and behaviors a focal point of the campaign’s closing message.
