Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz, Former President Bill Clinton make campaign stop in Durham

Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton made a campaign stop Thursday in Durham.
Posted 10/18/2024, 12:58:00 AM Updated 10/18/2024, 3:40:00 PM

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MEANWHILE, DEMOCRATIC VP

CANDIDATE TIM WALZ WAS IN

DURHAM THIS AFTERNOON. WRAL'S

MONICA CASEY WAS THERE AS HE

CAMPAIGNED ALONGSIDE FORMER

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON.

>> HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE PACKED

INTO THIS TIME GYMNASIUM TO

HEAR WHAT PRESIDENT BILL

CLINTON AND GOVERNOR TIM WALZ,

D WELL, MEN FOCUSED ON THE

ECONOMY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF

VOTING.

>> U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

TIM WALZ POINTED TO PRICE

SCOUTING AND THE COST OF

PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS AS TOP

PRIORITIES. YOU SOUGHT DOWN

HERE AND WE SAW IT IN FLORIDA.

>> HURRICANES COMING IN ALL

THE SUDDEN AIRLINE PRICES WENT

WAY UP.

THAT'S NOT CAPITALISM. THAT

PRICE GOUGING. THAT'S UNFAIR.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT. AND FOR

INSULIN CAPPING IT AT 35.

THAT'S LIFE. AND THEN FORMER

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

EMPHASIZED THE IMPACT OF EVERY

DAY COSTS LIKE GROCERIES.

GROCERY BUSINESS HAS BEEN

CHANGING BEFORE OUR I THINK

GETTING MORE AND MORE

CONCENTRATED.

>> THAT'S WHAT I CALL. THE

HARRIS BECAME THE FIRST

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE EVER TO

SAY. WE NEED A NATIONAL PRICE

GOUGING LAW. ANOTHER PRIORITY

FOR THE HARRIS-WALZ CAMPAIGN,

HEALTH CARE. HEALTH CARE COSTS

CAN BANKRUPT. YOU. BUT KAMALA

HARRIS PUT OUT A PLAN THAT

SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, ESPECIALLY

FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS

THIS COUNTRY, MEDICARE WILL

START PAYING FOR HOME HEALTH

CARE TO OUR SENIORS TO STAY.

>> THAT RESONATED WITH KENYA

LANE. BUT GUESS WHAT? MY MOM

DID NOT. 48. MY MOM HAD

PREEXISTING CONDITIONS EACH

HERE FOR 3 TIME FOR HER

DAUGHTER GABRIELLE SCHOOL.

SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY.

I LOVE WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT

SCHOOLS AND HAVE SCHOOLS NEED

TO BE PROTECTED. I LOVE THAT

POLL WORKER JOHN COMPTON TELLS

ME HE WAS HAPPY THAT WALLS IN

CLINTON COVERED MANY BASES IN

THEIR SPEECHES. WE HAVE A

CHOICE.

>> WANTED REBUILDING OUR

INFRASTRUCTURE.

>> OF THOSE ARE THE BIG ONES