During remarks at a campaign rally in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Walz criticized Trump as “the other guy” and told supporters that there are significant reasons not to back his Republican opponents in the presidential contest.
“There are plenty of reasons that we don’t want the other guy and I could go in for weeks to say it, many of them … some of them are deathly serious,” he said. “But just tell me the contrast here of how great this feels: We’re going to elect a new generation of leadership with Kamala Harris, a new way forward.”
Walz contrasted the message from Harris during a speech last week at the Ellipse outside the White House with “that other stuff you saw in New York City,” a reference to the former president’s campaign rally in Madison Square Garden.
“Just tell yourself how great it’s going to be, we get this thing done, it might take a little bit here, we’ve got patience, our system’s secure, our elections are safe, we’ll get this right, we will win and when that thing is done, we’re not ever going to have to see this guy on TV again and listen to him,” Walz said.
The Minnesota governor said Republicans “stole something from us that Kamala Harris brought back: Joy.”
He urged those in the crowd to encourage others to vote.
“The rule of law must win and the Constitution stands above any d**n man that they want to plaster his face on a flag,” he said.