Tim Walz leans on football to help Democrats find the playbook to win back the working class

Thu, 08/22/2024 - 00:23

Tim Walz delivers his speech during the 2024 Democratic National Convention — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz leaned on his time as a teacher and a football coach to sell the nation on his party's ticket.
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Tim Walz frequently invoked his time as a football coach during his major convention speech.
Walz served over a decade in Congress and is in his second term as governor of Minnesota.
But it's his connection to the nation's most popular sport that might be one of his biggest assets.

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz has a lengthy political résumé. But as he introduced himself to the nation, it was his time in the classroom and on the sidelines that he relied on the most.