Tim Walz says "people are hungry to come back together" as campaign closes

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, nan Democratic nominee for vice president, said Wednesday that Americans are "hungry to find a unifying message" arsenic he and Vice President Kamala Harris make their last entreaty to voters little than a week earlier Election Day.

"People are quiet to travel backmost together," Walz said connected "CBS Mornings." "They're quiet for america to find solutions."

Harris delivered her closing argument successful nan run Tuesday nighttime from nan aforesaid tract that her opponent, erstwhile President Donald Trump, said to his supporters earlier they marched to nan U.S. Capitol connected Jan. 6, 2021, to effort to extremity nan counting of nan electoral votes.

Walz said Harris' speech, which sought to opposition her imagination for nan state pinch Trump's successful nan last agelong of nan campaign, represented "the champion of America."

"One that's talking astir unifying us, 1 that's talking astir bringing folks to nan table," Walz said astir nan reside that, successful part, targeted undecided voters. "The American contented of disagreeing and debating but still doing it successful a respectful manner."

The unifying infinitesimal was short lived arsenic President Biden, speaking pinch Latino activists successful a video telephone Tuesday evening, appeared to telephone erstwhile President Donald Trump's supporters "garbage" successful consequence to a joke made astatine a Trump rally days earlier by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, successful which Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a "floating land of garbage."

The president clarified that he was referring to "the hateful rhetoric" of nan comedian arsenic Republicans seized connected nan video footage. But Walz said Mr. Biden's comments do not undercut nan closing connection of unity from nan campaign, adding that nan president was "very clear that he's speaking astir nan rhetoric we heard."

The vice statesmanlike nominee besides addressed a number of issues that are among nan astir salient connected nan run way this cycle, for illustration abortion. Walz wouldn't outline support for circumstantial restrictions connected abortion, citing a return to nan standards nether Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed a correct to abortion until fetal viability.

"Restoration of Roe — that's what we're looking for," Walz said.

The Minnesota politician besides addressed nan Arab American voters successful Michigan who whitethorn not support Harris owed to their position connected nan warfare successful Gaza, saying his connection to them is that "there's 1 summons present that is going to find nan pathway to stabilization successful nan Middle East, but besides 1 that is going to respect their quality authorities present — push backmost against Islamophobia — make judge that they person nan correct to afloat prosecute successful our strategy here."

A caller CBS News canvass showed a widening gender spread among voters, pinch women supporting Harris by a 10-point margin. The canvass recovered that men are much apt to opportunity efforts successful nan U.S. to beforehand gender equality person gone excessively acold of late, and if they deliberation this, they're voting overwhelmingly for Trump.

For his transportation to men, Walz outlined really nan Harris-Walz management would proceed bringing manufacturing jobs backmost to nan U.S. and reside weapon unit successful schools. And he delivered a stark informing to men, saying "for nan women successful their lives that they love, their wives, their daughters, their partners, whoever it whitethorn beryllium this election, really — their lives are astatine stake," citing reproductive healthcare.

"At nan extremity of nan day, arsenic nan Vice President said past night, we're location for policies that thief everyone — she wants to beryllium nan president for each America," Walz said. "Men are proceeding that message, and complete nan adjacent six days, that will commencement to solidify."