At a Tuesday rally that doubled as a watch party for the first debate between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz promised the Democratic ticket will give Arizonans something to vote for, not just an argument against the former president.
The vice presidential nominee said Harris' agenda will provide new opportunities for small business owners, new paths to home ownership, and affordable health care and prescription drug costs — an agenda that “puts people first rather than billionaires.”
“She wakes up every morning fighting for you,” Walz said. “Those guys get up thinking about themselves.”
Walz has been campaigning in the Southwest for the past three days, with stops in Texas, Nevada and Arizona, where earlier Tuesday he spoke with voters at a Tempe coffee shop and visited a local Harris-Walz campaign office with Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs.
At the Mesa Convention Center, Walz then urged everyday people to keep working, along with Harris, until the election in November.
“When you get a chance for 56 days to change things, keep your foot on the gas. Stay off the damn brake,” Walz said. “Don't sleep for the next 56 days. Knock the doors and let's watch her do her work, and let's go do ours.”
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