Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) formally accepted the Democratic Party’s vice presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night.
The theme of the evening was “Fight for Freedom,” and Walz spoke, thanking Vice President Kamala Harris (Democrat) for inviting him to campaign and President Joe Biden (Democrat) for his leadership.
“To accept the nomination for vice president of the United States is the honor of my life,” Walz said.
Waltz also spoke about growing up in a small town, serving in the military, being a teacher and running for Congress.
“Then I returned as governor and we immediately set out to make a difference in the lives of our neighbors,” Walz said. “We cut taxes for the middle class. We passed paid family and medical leave. We invested in fighting crime and lowering home affordability. We reduced the cost of prescription drugs and saved people from the kind of medical debt that devastated my family. And we made sure every child in our state had breakfast and lunch every day.”
“While other states were banning books from their schools, we were taking hunger out of our schools,” he continued. “In Minnesota, we also protected reproductive freedom because we respect our neighbors and their personal choices.”
“Even if we wouldn’t make the same choice for ourselves, we have a golden rule: take care of yourself,” Waltz declared before reiterating his support for IVF.
“Freedom is a big theme in this election,” Walz said.
Sen. Cory Booker (NJ, DN) kicked off the third day of the convention by declaring the theme of the convention “Freedom” and introducing the nonprofit organization Reproductive Freedom for All, calling them “the greatest heroes, warriors and advocates fighting for reproductive freedom.” The current and former presidents of Planned Parenthood also spoke Wednesday evening.
Meanwhile, outside the convention site, Planned Parenthood is setting up a “mobile clinic” offering free medication abortions, vasectomies and emergency contraception.
Ahead of Walz’s speech, the Democratic National Committee released a video montage featuring his former students, those who served with him in the military and his wife singing his praises for the vice presidential nominee.
As previously reported by The Blaze News, Waltz has come under fire recently for making misleading statements, including repeatedly claiming that he and his wife underwent in vitro fertilization treatments to have two children. Waltz’s wife, Gwen, has corrected her husband’s record, saying that they underwent intrauterine insemination.
A spokesman for Harris-Waltz’s campaign defended the Democratic vice presidential nominee, saying, “Governor Waltz speaks like a normal person would, and he used commonly understood shorthand for discussing fertility treatments.”
Walz mentioned “IVF and fertility treatments” in his speech at the Democratic National Convention, but stopped short of alleging that he and his wife had used IVF, saying only that the issue was “personal” for his family.
Waltz is also facing defamation charges for referring to weapons he “carried in war” despite never having been deployed to a combat zone.
in Waltz introduction video On Wednesday night, Gwen Waltz said her husband had been “promoted to master sergeant,” but did not mention that he had been discharged at a lower rank because he did not meet the requirements for master sergeant.
Also speaking on the third day of the convention were former President Bill Clinton, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York), Maryland Governor Wes Moore, and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro.
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