CHICAGO – Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz held a short fundraiser in Chicago on Saturday, telling a group of about 200 donors that their money would be used to help defeat former President Donald Trump in battleground states. He said it would help boost the ground war.
The Minnesota governor, a former high school teacher and football coach, also spoke about his ironclad roots during his speech. Referring to football and politics, he said that not only is the presidency at stake, but the fate of the current Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate depends on Democratic wins in his home state as well as Wisconsin and Michigan. I pointed out that it was on.
“This year, the Senate, the White House and the Super Bowl all go through the NFC North. Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota are going to have a lot to say on this,” Walz said, adding that teams in the NFL division He talked about a certain state.
Mr. Walz is responsible for the re-election efforts of Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, and the re-election of Rep. Elissa Slotkin to replace retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. was mentioned. There are no U.S. Senate seats up for grabs this year in Illinois.
“You know what’s at stake here. So I just want to say to you, because of the resources that you’re providing, we’re able to help Wisconsin’s community offices and over 300 paid staff members. “Please know that we definitely have a number of volunteers in place to organize rallies of tens of thousands of people,” he said before moving to southern battleground states. “And look, it’s anecdotal at this point, but I think it’s no mistake that early voting in Georgia and North Carolina set records because of Georgia’s hard work.”
Walz spoke for about 10 minutes Saturday afternoon at a Harris Victory Fund fundraiser at the Park Hyatt Chicago off North Michigan Avenue. The victory fund is a joint fundraising committee for Vice President Kamala Harris and Vice President Walz’s presidential campaign, as well as Democratic Party committees in about 20 states, including Illinois. An estimate of the amount raised was not immediately available. After visiting Chicago, Walz was scheduled to head to Michigan State.
Those in attendance included Mayor Brandon Johnson, Senior U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, and several members of Congress.
“We’re going to win the electoral votes we can get from this state,” Walz said of Illinois. The state has voted Democratic for president since 1992 and twice voted for Trump by 17 points in 2016 and 2020. What we realized today (and) is we need to win at Wisconsin. We need to win at Michigan. We need to win Pennsylvania. We beat North Carolina. ”
“You are here because you believe in the promise of America, and you are here because we love this country. You are here to ensure that we deliver on the promise of this country. We are doing our best and we will definitely do it.”
Walz has recently intensified public doubts about Trump’s suitability as president by discussing his age and physical fitness, but he has also said that “Donald Trump’s exhausting, divisive, and decrepit It’s clear that the rhetoric is consistent with the tired, divisive, aging Donald Trump.” He added that the former Republican president “doesn’t deserve what’s good about this country.”
Walz predicted a close result in the Nov. 5 election, saying the Democratic ticket was an underdog in the race.
“That’s the state of our country,” he said, arguing that young people in particular were uninterested in voting because they had “seen nine years of absolute political hell.”
“I hear that from some people. Look, I just don’t care about politics. The answer to that is ‘too bad.’ You’re interested in politics,” Walz said. “The policies that we’re advocating for, I think everyone in this room knows, will benefit Donald Trump far more than the people he considers to be on their side. .”
He also detailed President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 results in Georgia, where the former president implored the state’s election official to “get 11,780 votes.” That’s what it means.
“If we won Georgia by one vote, and it was Jimmy Carter’s vote, how perfect would the universe be?” Walz said of his desire to live long enough to vote early for the Democratic Party. He talked about the 100-year-old former president who achieved his goal.
