CNN's White House reporter lashes out at Kamala Harris picking on Tim Walz

CNN White House correspondent MJ Lee spoke of Democratic Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota as an “incredible contrast” to Vice President Kamala Harris after Walz was chosen as the vice presidential running mate, adding that he could reach “the middle of the country”. .”

Harris picked Walz to be vice president over Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning, he said. CNN and the Associated Press. Lee described Walz as being able to balance the “dynamism” that Harris brings from the “big cities” to the “coasts” of America with his “small town” roots.

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“What an incredible contrast we have now on the Democratic ticket with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz at the same time,” Lee told “CNN News Central.” “We have someone in Kamala Harris who embodies the dynamism, the innovation of big cities, especially on the coasts of this country, and then in Tim Walz, we have someone who embodies the proud, the resilient, the hardworking, the patriotic. mid of the country. And I think we can easily imagine Tim Walz embracing and leaning on that contrast.”

“He's someone who can get on the campaign stage and say to the American people, 'Look, I might not have gone to law school, I was busy serving in the military, I was busy being a high school teacher. I may not be from a big coastal city, I was born in a small town in Nebraska and yet I share all of these core values ​​that Kamala Harris loves and here I am with all of you, keeping it all the same. values ​​and viewpoints like our vice president, Kamala Harris,” Lee continued. “So you can imagine it's kind of a really free ticket that, again, aims to speak to the broad spectrum of voters that democrats hope to make it to november as they hope to defeat donald trump…JD Vance ticket.

Walz is credited with starting the trend of calling former President Donald Trump and Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio “freaks” on July 23. appearance on “Morning Joe,” according to multiple reports

Harris leads Trump by 0.2% in a national head-to-head showdown, seconds in the Real Clear Polling average from July 22 to August 4, with Harris increasing his lead to 0.4% when Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein and independent presidential candidates Cornel West and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are included in the surveys.

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