Watch live: Harris courts voters in Philadelphia at first rally with VP pick Tim Walz

Vice President Harris will appear with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in their first rally together Tuesday in Philadelphia, just hours after Harris’s announcement that Walz will be her running mate in this year’s election.

Polling shows that the Minnesota governor, also a former House member, was until today relatively unknown to most people in the U.S.

And the Harris-Walz rally follows close on another event in Philadelphia from the opposing camp.

GOP vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) appeared with people affected by narcotics trafficking into the U.S., suggesting that border policy under the Biden-Harris administration has had a direct effect on the lives of Americans. Vance said he’s congratulated Walz on his candidacy, and said that he expects to debate his Democratic counterpart at some point following that Democratic National Convention.

The transfer of candidacy from President Biden to Harris necessitated a compressed schedule to select a name for the second spot on the Democratic ticket, with the sitting vice president holding interviews for a would-be successor at her Naval Observatory residence last weekend.

Tuesday’s event with Harris and Walz is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. EDT.

[tracymonroe]

Come on, America. Your choice is literally between good and evil, love and hate, intelligence and ignorance, service and selfishness, freedom and authoritarian rule. Do the right thing!

[fghplol]

I have to clean my room now. There’s coffee everywhere. The couch comment was unprecedented.😂🎉

[aaronsands]

We're NOT going back! I'm with this team the whole way!

[randeepchauhan]

Him praising Shapiro first was a class act.

[markericson]

If he is willing to get off the couch and debate me, has to be the line of the campaign so far!! Brilliant!!

[mobster]

JD will be lifting his eyes from the couch to spy upon a decent, strong and honest person, something he could never be bro😂

[Wishmaster]

Pfff...finally normal speaking people.
I am convinced that good will ultimately defeat evil.
Go America make the right choice for the entire world.

[dsa]

I love Tim Walz. He looks like a kid in a candy store! I just love his enthusiasm! I bet Trump is throwing catsup bottles all over the place watching this!

[jordynu]

tim walz smiling and clapping along to the achievments he's particularly proud of was so charming, like ”yay unions and free lunch for kids 😊wait I did that 👏”

[wolftree]

Walz was great. Having seen him speak, I am totally on board now. He took it to the orange felon.

[Tt-ntiu]

He sounds like my freaking grandpop …… Just a dude who is happy to be alive, has done the thing and wants other people to succeed doing the thing.

The hatred coming out of the Trump/Vance side doesn’t stand a chance.

[frequentlycynical]

I had no idea that Harris was such a great speaker. No notes, no teleprompter, no hesitation, no brain farts, no rambling.

[Yunglou]

Omg, I love him, what a great pick! I had no idea who he was but now I know he is the biggest green flag, golden retriever, future coach vice president tim walz!!! I loved the jabs sir! I cried and laughed through the whole thing. This is what hope feels like!

All the speakers where amazing, btw! I love Philly! Need to go visit!

The kids were so lucky to have him, his family seems so humble and for the people. Im so excited!

[minnybiker]

I'm more optimistic today than I've been in a long time. I wouldn't classify myself as a Democrat, but i whole heartedly believe that... We ALL do better, when we ALL do better. We were taught to share as youngsters. We ought to remember that as we age. Go Blue!

[JavaScriptJolt]

We're NOT going back!!! Harris/Walz 2024 💙🇺🇸

[ronb]

Watching it for the first time at 9:57 on the East Coast I’m tearing up, I can’t believe that reception oh my God normal people running for office. People who want to save democracy not tear it down.

[thomasbullock]

Walz is calm, has a sense of Humor and talks like a conservative. We’ll see. He might make a difference.

[jewbacca]

I think it would go a long way to say something like “and though we are fighting for all Americans, I know many of you will not agree on all issues. But please, i hope you can understand the importance of the freedoms of your neighbors as much as your own. Don’t let the desire to stifle the freedom of others decide how you vote. Always vote for freedom for everyone. As Americans, we should be uplifting one another. We should be loving one another. And we should be getting back to discussions of policy, not extremist talking points, just because that’s what the people who are bored or ignorant of policy want to hear. That is not what America is or should be. Let’s acknowledge our failure to do that in the past, because for all its greatness, America has not been great to all Americans. So join us. Let’s make America great. Make America great.”

[dfadden]

Why does she call her team the underdogs? She is ahead in the polls, and I know of many Republicans who are voting for her.

[whipsintha]

He is a casual speaker, and that's gonna win him over with the people.