DNC 2024 Day 3 live updates: Walz tells Democrats to 'leave it on the field'

After focusing on his own biography, Walz turned to skewering Trump and Vance -- and brought back the phrase that made him go viral during the veepstakes: "weird."

"Here's the thing. It’s an agenda that nobody asked for," he said of the Trump-Vance platform. "It’s an agenda that serves nobody but the richest people and the most extreme voices in our country. An agenda that does nothing for our neighbors in need."

"Is it weird? Absolutely," he said. "But it's also wrong."

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Walz turns his attention to 'weird' Trump and Vance

After focusing on his own biography, Walz turned to skewering Trump and Vance -- and brought back the phrase that made him go viral during the veepstakes.

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As governor, with the help of a narrow Democratic majority in the state legislature, Walz implemented a bevy of progressive policies including: universal school breakfast and lunch, state codification of abortion rights and gun control measures like universal background checks and red flag laws.

He discussed his personal connection to each issue in tonight's speech, including his family's IVF journey and being a hunter supportive of the Second Amendment but also a father who worries about guns in schools.

"That’s what this is all about," he said. "The responsibility we have to our kids, to each other, and to the future we’re building together -- a future in which everyone is free to build the kind of life they want. But not everyone feels the same sense of responsibility."

In his speech, Walz touted how he won his first election for Congress in a "deep red district."

While it's true that the district had an entrenched Republican incumbent and he wasn't given much of a chance at first, the district was actually pretty competitive under the surface. In the 2004 presidential election, George W. Bush carried it just 51% to 47%.

—538's Nathaniel Rakich

As he reflected on running for Congress in red district as a Democrat, Walz told the crowd: "Never underestimate a public school teacher."

The line got a loud cheer from the audience.

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Walz says 'never underestimate' a teacher during DNC speech

As he reflected on running for Congress in red district as a Democrat, Walz told the crowd: "Never underestimate a public school teacher."

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