{"id":265,"date":"2024-08-06T16:50:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T16:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/?p=265"},"modified":"2024-08-06T16:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T16:50:48","slug":"utah-democrats-welcome-tim-walz-to-the-harris-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"Utah Democrats Welcome Tim Walz to the Harris Ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-contrast-light-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-47bdb376e735f1b61d6ad37834144df1\"><strong>August 6, 2024, Salt Lake City &#8211; <\/strong>Vice-President Harris announced today that she has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Governor Walz is a former teacher, a veteran, and most importantly, a champion for working families.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-light-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4baf3843c6c58352cf5c899f4171b984\">Here\u2019s how Tim Walz has stood up for Minnesota families:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-contrast-light-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e3c479f60f78a94a47918ccca2bc2234\">\n<li>He lowered the cost of insulin to $35 a month, preventing pharmaceutical companies from taking advantage of Minnesotans.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He signed the largest tax cut in the state\u2019s history, putting more money in the hands of families.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He eliminated junk fees, protecting Minnesotans from corporate cash-grabs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He passed paid leave so parents could take care of sick family members without risking their jobs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-light-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-430f615df2800e78d2fcd79534430f19\"><strong>\u201cGovernor Walz is the right choice for Harris\u2019 running mate,\u201d<\/strong> UDP Executive Director Thom DeSirant said. <strong>\u201cAs the next Vice-President, he will build on his pro-family agenda and fight for the economic well-being of all Americans, not just the privileged few. Walz\u2019s policies appeal to working people &#8211; that\u2019s why he was able to flip a solidly red Congressional District in 2006. His electoral strength and rural relatability will help the Harris Campaign defeat Donald Trump this November.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 6, 2024, Salt Lake City &#8211; Vice-President Harris announced today that she has selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Governor Walz is a former teacher, a veteran, and most importantly, a champion for working families.&nbsp; Here\u2019s how Tim Walz has stood up for Minnesota families: \u201cGovernor Walz is the right choice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267,"href":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions\/267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tooeledemocrats.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}