Wisconsin. once again on Wisconsin this
week, when Democratic presidential candidate Kamala
Harris hosted a huge rally in Eau Claire with her new running
mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The Republican VP, JD
Vance, came to town to Here and Now reporter Murv Seymour was
there. To see what the vaccine looks like for the push for key
votes in key swing states in the 2024 presidential election has
made its way to rural parts of western Wisconsin.
like, look like. For the second time in just over two weeks,
candidate Harris and Air Force two are back in Wisconsin as she
fires up support in her run for the white House. So let's make
sure Tim Walz goes from Midwest nice to Midwest Vice in front of
her biggest crowd ever in Wisconsin. An estimated 12,000
people packed the fairgrounds of the Eau Claire event district in
the area known as High Country. >> I think we had most of
western Wisconsin here and half of Minnesota.
and our next door neighbor, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz,
with top Wisconsin Democrats paving the way.
>> Hello, everybody. We love you.
hometown Grammy winning singer Bon Iver. This time, candidate
Harris has come to introduce her newly announced running mate to
rural Wisconsinites, with hopes that they and other
Midwesterners like what vice presidential candidate and
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz brings to the ticket. As a
former military man, teacher and high school football coach, I
don't need you telling me about our health care.
>> I don't need you telling us who we love, and I sure the hell
don't need you telling us what books we're going to read.
>> The path to the white House runs right through this state,
and with your help, we will win in November. We are going to
win. >> Getting inside high country
to see this Democratic duo hasn't been easy. Some walk for
miles and waited in traffic for hours to be a part of the
growing momentum of the Harris campaign. What do you like about
Walz as a candidate for vice president?
>> He's just one of us. He's a good old upper Midwest boy and,
as they say, you can sit down at a coffee shop with Walls and,
feel right at home. He's just like my next door neighbor.
>> Well, I think it will be really important because there's
still a lot of rural. And maybe he can relate to that dynamic of
the population that maybe Kamala wouldn't. But I think that will
really help open some people's eyes.
powered political campaign swinging through Eau Claire
right now. Across town, vice presidential Republican
candidate JD Vance is here to also rally the troops.
>> What can you do for Wisconsinites up here in the
upper northwest? Wisconsinites in a 30 minute
question and answer session, specifically with Wisconsin
based reporters. >> Why would people in Wisconsin
want to have a beer with you? He accuses candidate Harris of
dodging the media she's running for the media, refusing to
answer tough questions and hoping that a basement campaign
is going to earn her a promotion.
know he's stumping in the shadows of the Harris Walls
campaign to offer voters a contrast. With less than three
months until Election Day, it's unlikely this will be the last
time these two campaigns cross paths in Wisconsin, as they
continue to crisscross battleground states to woo
voters in small, large and rural voters in small, large and rural