KAMALA HARRIS AND MINNESOTA GOVERNOR TIM WALZ HAD THEIR FIRST SITDOWN MEDIA INTERVIEW WITH CAMPAIGN CNN'S DANA BASH.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> Eric: THIS YEAR THE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN TURNED UP A BIT WITH A MINNESOTAN ON THE PRESIDENTIAL TICKET.

MARY LAHAMMER PICKS UP THE STORY FROM THERE.

>> THE BUZZ AT THE BOOTH WHERE DEMOCRATS GATHER IS DECIDEDLY DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

>> I GOT THE HARRIS-WALZ, I WANTED THE ORANGE, I GOT THE GREEN BUT I'LL WAITED UNTIL I GET THAT ONE TOO.

>> WHY DO I LIKE IT?

IT'S KIND OF THE ANTI-MAGGA HATH.

>> SEEING A LOCAL ELEVATED TO A NATIONAL TICKET HAS CHANGED THINGS FOR FOLKS IN THE DEMOCRATIC FARMER LABOR PARTY.

>> WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE HARRIS-WALZ TICKET, GOT TO STOP BY AND SHOW SUPPORT AND MAKE SURE THE RIGHT PEOPLE WILL GET ELECTED.

>> IT'S FANTASTIC, I THINK AKAMALA HARRIS WILL BE AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT PRESIDENT.

WITH TIM WALZ, I'M SAD BECAUSE WE'LL LOSE TIM WALZ BUT OF BUT HE IS THE KIND OF GUY THAT YOU WANT TO ENDORSE AND BE BEHIND BECAUSE HE'S FATHER FIGURE, HE'S A TEACHER.

>> RECENT YEARS IF DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF CHOICE, YOU CAN VOTE FOR WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER MORE REASONABLE PATH OR A LITTLE MORE OUT THERE AND FRINGE AND THE DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW PROVIDE A VERY SOLID REASONABLE PATH FORWARD.

>> IN THE SUBURBS ARE REALLY STARTING TO SUPPORT KAMALA AS WELL AS I BELIEVE, I'M HEARING THAT.

>> SO MUCH MORE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

AFTER THE DEBATE I KNEW THE ONLY, ONLY CHANCE WE HAD IS IF BIDEN CAME OUT IN FULL SUPPORT OF KAMALA HARRIS ND WE CHOSE SOMEBODY GREAT FOR VICE PRESIDENT.

>> HERE AT THE D.F.L.

BOOTH AT THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR THEY SOLD MORE MERCHANDISE IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS THAN THEY'VE EVER DONE BEFORE IN AN ENTIRE RUN OF THE FAIR.

>> LOTS OF MERFCH, LOTS OF MERCH.

PEOPLE ARE EXCITED, YES, DEMOCRATS ARE EXCITED BUT I'VE BEEN HERE A NUMBER OF TIMES, WE'VE HAD REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS, PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO GO BACK.

>> SENATOR KLOBUCHAR WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT IN THE PAST SAID IT WAS SURREAL TO STAND BACK STAGE WITH OB RAH, JOHN LEGEND AND THE MANKATO FOOTBALL TEAM BEFORE NTRODUCING WALZ AT THE CONVENTION.

>> IN MINNESOTA, WE LOVE A DAD IN PLAID!

>> HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN ASKED WHAT IS TIM WALZ REALLY LIKE?

>> A FEW TIMES BUT ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FUNNIER THINGS ABOUT OUR MODERN POLITICS IS I HINK ALL THESE PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW THINK THEY KNOW HIM PERSONALLY.

THEY THINK HE'S LIKE THEIR FAVORITE UNCLE OR SOMETHING.

>> THIS IS THE NATION DISCOVERING WHAT A KIND OF AVERAGE MINNESOTAN LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE.

>> EXACTLY, THAT'S HY I CAME UP WITH THAT LINE DAD IN PLAID WHICH THE CONVENTION PROMISED ME THEY WOULDN'T GIVE AWAY AFTER I WROTE IT.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MUCH CHANGE THAT FAST, I'LL SAY THAT MUCH.

>> THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BOOTH ALSO HAS NEW MERCH POKING FUN AT HARRIS, BUT ONE G.O.P.

REP SPENDS HIS TIME AT THE NONPARTISAN HOUSE BOOTH.

>> I HAVE COME TO THE FAIR SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID.

IT WAS A ONE-STAY EVENT.

I LOVE WORKING IN POLITICS, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN BEHIND THE SCENES AS YOU KNOW AND I HAVE BUILT STATE FAIR BOOTHS FOR YEARS, YEARS, I DON'T HAVE ONE THIS YEAR, I MISS IT.

>> YOU WALK PAST THE D.F.L.

BOOTH, GET THE BUZZ AND ENERGY THAT SURROUND HAVING GOVERNOR WALZ, HOW DO REPUBLICANS KIND OF COUNTER THAT ENERGY AROUND WALZ AND THAT TICKET NOW.

>> I THINK THAT STORY IS GOING TO UNFOLD.

I BELIEVE THE GOVERNOR HASN'T REALLY BEEN HELD TO A ACCOUNT FOR A LOT OF THE DECISIONS THAT HE'S MADE.

THE GOVERNOR IS REALLY GOOD AT COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE.

I DON'T AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE POLICIES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THAT, AND I DON'T THINK THAT HE'S REALLY BEEN ALL THAT HONEST WITH HIS BELIEF SYSTEM AND WHAT ULTIMATELY CAME OUT.

THIS IS A GOVERNOR THAT RAN ON ONE MINNESOTA.

>> THE REPUBLICAN FROM A COMPETITIVE DISTRICT WORKED ON THE AMPAIGNS OF WALZ'S LAST TWO CHALLENGERS FOR GOVERNOR AND SAYS HE BARELY RECOGNIZES THE KIND OF ENERGY THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAS BEEN MUSTERING IN FRONT OF ENORMOUS CROWDS ON A NATIONAL TAGE.

>> I'VE SEEN HIM CHANGE HIS DEMEANOR SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE LAST THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.

>> AS A PERSON WHO REPRESENTS SOME RURAL AREAS HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HIM AND HIS OUTREACH IN RURAL MINNESOTA AND THE COUNTRY?

>> I THINK HE'S GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON BEING LITTLE BIT MORE AUTHENTIC.

PUTTING AN ORANGE VEST ON AND CAMO HAT ON AND TALKING ABOUT IT IS ONE THING BUT WHEN THE POLICIES ARE HURTING HUNTERS, WHEN THE POLICIES HURT FISHERMEN.

>> DO REPUBLICANS HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO THOUGH TO SUCCESSFULLY COUNTER WHAT HAS BECOME A SENSATION AND THE MEMES AND HIS COMMUNICATION SKILLS >> ABSOLUTELY, I MEAN, REPUBLICANS, WE NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE IN AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A REPUBLICAN IN MINNESOTA.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS VERY POPULAR IN GREATER MINNESOTA.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOT ALL THAT POPULAR MATTER METRO.

SO I MEAN WE HAVE TO FIND THAT SPACE AS WELL AND THAT GRACE.

>> AND THE NEVER WALZ BOOTH HAS UPDATED IMAGES FOR THE VP RUN MOCKING HIS MILITARY RECORD AND MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS IN SCHOOL BATHROOMS ALONG WITH SPINNING A WHEEL TILL FULL OF ISSUES FROM ACTION FOR LIBERTY.

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