Former Football Player Coached By Tim Walz Says Kamala's Got His Vote

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Tim Walz has power with people he hasn't seen in years ... 'cause he's changed the mind of a former player he mentored decades ago when he was a Minnesota high school athletics coach.

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00:00Before, uh, Kamala, you know, picked Tim as her running mate, were, were you undecided

00:07on who you were voting for or were you kind of already probably voting for Kamala Harris?

00:11Uh, I was certainly undecided.

00:14Uh, I, I don't think I, I likely wouldn't have voted for that ticket.

00:19I don't know.

00:20I don't know.

00:21It's hard to say.

00:22Uh, I know who I wasn't voting for.

00:23Um, and I wouldn't say Kamala Harris was the side I wasn't voting for, but, uh, you know,

00:29I was, I was really undecided.

00:30I mean, and this, it's slam dunk now for me, but, uh, I don't know what direction I would

00:36have gone to be honest with you.

00:37Historically, if you went back, I'm a third party guy, I've just always kind of rooted

00:40for the underdog.

00:41I was a Ralph Nader guy back in the early 2000s and, you know, like Kennedy and all

00:47the stuff he is up to, you know, but, uh, now that my guy is on this ticket, it's, it's

00:52no brainer to me.

00:53Cause everybody on that football team mattered to Tim Walls, you know, and my background,

00:58I was, I was the type of student that I would have been the player that would have been

01:01easy to just shove aside.

01:03You know, I came with some baggage and gave my teachers a hard time and school wasn't

01:07really a priority for me, but Tim Walls gave me the attention and care that said, okay,

01:11I'm going to continue to work hard.

01:13I'm going to stay here.

01:14And I have no doubt he'll do that for the rest of the country because everybody matters

01:17to that man.

01:18And, uh, there's no joke behind that.

01:20And so he's going to do whatever he thinks, you know, he was just so good with me because

01:24it was such personal, you know, uh, there's no one pat answer, you know, he'll, he'll

01:31speak to the individual and the needs of that individual and adapt accordingly as needed.

01:35That will be most beneficial to those folks.

01:37I mean, just overall, a great coach, right.

01:41And it starts with his energy, his energy, his care, his attention, right.

01:45Uh, he's just the type of guy you want to do well for.

01:49Right.

01:50And, and he, he takes the time for everybody, you know, um, he took some special attention

01:56with me, uh, no doubt, which was a catalyst for me to continue to want to play football

02:01even and continue to want to go to school.

02:04And so, you know, with his guidance and, and, uh, and being able to provide a, uh, you know,

02:10an opportunity to write for me to, you know, have a, I don't know how you'd want to say

02:16it purpose, I guess.

02:18Yeah.

02:19He gave me some purpose as a young kid, young, uh, troubled little kid, uh, having a tough

02:24time making it.

02:25And, uh, when I met him and he just gave me so much attention and care that, uh, it was

02:29my pleasure to work hard for him.

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