‘What you see is what you get’: St Paul’s mayor on Gov. Tim Walz

(NEXSTAR) – The Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota Melvin Carter provided insight into what Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s speech might sound like at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday night. Carter told Nexstar that hearing from Walz will feel like you’re “having coffee with a buddy” and described Walz as a “relaxed guy.”

“What you see is what you get,” Carter said. “I think we’ll see somebody who has a really optimistic view of the country: who loves people in this country, who loves Americans. [Someone] who will make a strong case that there’s a set of investments, a set of policies, that we can make that can make it really clear that the best America is right in front of us, and we can go get it together.”

Walz will introduce himself to voters as a headliner on day three of the DNC on Wednesday where he is also expected to accept the party’s nomination for vice president. The 60-year-old governor was a teacher and served in the military before joining politics.

“I think this election is going to be close, and I think what that means is that the tiebreaker is gonna go to people who are talking about the real issues that people deal with every day,” Carter said.

The mayor of St. Paul highlighted the importance of creating policies that make people’s lives easier, pointing to things like affordable housing and helping families put food on the table.

“I think at the core we have to show people that democracy can work,” he said.

Carter also called for making Election Day a federal holiday.

“We’re Minnesota so we’re excited because we always lead the country in voter turnout,” Carter said. “We ought to take Election Day as a holiday and say we’re going to take Election Day off and make sure that every single person has the opportunity to have their voice heard this Election Day.”

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