Democratic governor tells Walz to ‘put the human face’ on Harris policies ahead of VP debate
Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) told Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) to “put the human face” on Vice President Harris’s policies as he prepares for the upcoming vice presidential debate.
“I think he’s just got to put the human face on the Harris-Walz policies,” Lamont said Sunday on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.”
As a fellow Democratic governor, Lamont offered some advice for Walz, who is set to take on Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the Republican vice presidential nominee, in a critical debate on Tuesday.
Walz should put a “big emphasis upon small business and startups and innovation,” contrasting former President Trump’s record on business, Lamont argued.
There should be emphasis on what Harris and Walz intend to do “for the middle class to raise people up, give people an opportunity to own their own home and own their own business," he said.
Lamont said he likes Walz because he "had a life before politics." Democrats have played into Walz's modest Midwest background in the National Guard and as a high school teacher and football coach before running for Congress and becoming Minnesota's governor.
The Connecticut governor argued the skills Walz brings to the job, like balancing a budget as governor, are unique and tell a different story than Vance's past.
“I think he’ll tell that story and he’ll tell it well,” Lamont said of Walz.
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