Harris' running mate's identity revealed! He has organized many American high school students to study in China and worked as a foreign teacher in Foshan, Guangdong →
2024-08-12
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August 6, local time,US Vice President HarrisOfficially announced Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz as her running mate.
According to previous reports, Harris "interviewed" three potential candidates for vice president at her Washington residence on August 4. The three were: Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Prior to this, Harris had a 90-minute interview with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on August 2, and met online with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Illinois Governor Jay Robert Pritzker and other potential candidates for vice president.
Analysts believe that Waltz, who is favored by Democratic progressives and young voters for his attacks on Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, will help Harris attract voters in swing states in the Midwest.
Wall, 60,Shi, was born in rural Nebraska, joined the National Guard at the age of 17 and was promoted to command sergeant major. He served in the early days of the Global War on Terrorism, and later settled in Minnesota and has served as Governor of Minnesota since January 2019.
In addition, Waltz's relationship with China is alsoexpressHe may be inclined to restore the policy of engagement with China. Waltz taught at a high school in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China from 1989 to 1990 and was a member of the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
In 1989, he visited China for the first time and taught American history, American culture and English at Foshan No. 1 Middle School in Guangdong Province for a year. After returning to the United States, he praised the experience to a local newspaper in Minnesota: "No matter how long I live, I will never be treated so well again."
After returning to the United States, he and his wife Gwen founded acalledWaltz is a member of the Educational Travel Adventures company. Until 2003, they organized summer study tours for American high school students in China. Waltz also served as a visiting professor of international relations at the Macau Polytechnic University. He and his wife also spent their honeymoon in China.
According to people familiar with the matter, Harris chose Waltz because of his experience as governor and his close relationship with Midwestern voters, which is expected to attract more white working-class voters to the Democratic Party.Source: Financial Times Client
