Tim Walz accepts VP nomination and pitches voters: ‘We have the right team’

Harris's running mate emphasizes coach background and takes swipe at JD Vance in Democratic convention speech

Minnesota governor Tim Walz accepted the Democratic party's vice-presidential nomination by emphasizing his rural bonafides and Americana background as a teacher and coach in a more sweeping speech than the unassuming midwesterner has given before.

You might not know it, but I haven't given a lot of big speeches like this," Walz said as he closed out Wednesday's Democratic convention in Chicago. But I have given a lot of pep talks."