Gov. Ned Lamont (D-Conn.) advised Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) to “put the human face” on Vice President Harris’s insurance policies as he prepares for the upcoming vice presidential debate.
“I believe he’s simply bought to place the human face on the Harris-Walz insurance policies,” Lamont stated Sunday on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.”
As a fellow Democratic governor, Lamont provided some recommendation for Walz, who is about to tackle Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the Republican vice presidential nominee, in a critical debate on Tuesday.
Walz ought to put a “huge emphasis upon small enterprise and startups and innovation,” contrasting former President Trump’s file on enterprise, Lamont argued.
There ought to be emphasis on what Harris and Walz intend to do “for the center class to lift individuals up, give individuals a possibility to personal their very own dwelling and personal their very own enterprise,” he stated.
Lamont stated he likes Walz as a result of he “had a life earlier than politics.” Democrats have performed into Walz’s modest Midwest background within the Nationwide Guard and as a highschool instructor and soccer coach earlier than operating for Congress and changing into Minnesota’s governor.
The Connecticut governor argued the talents Walz brings to the job, like balancing a price range as governor, are distinctive and inform a special story than Vance’s previous.
“I believe he’ll inform that story and he’ll inform it nicely,” Lamont stated of Walz.
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