Gov. Walz on trail stumping for Harris. Posting a few of his remarks that stuck out to me.

"These guys are just weird," he said before calling Trump/Vance "a threat to democracy" who will put people in danger. He said Trump is going to have his "ass handed to him" in Minnesota. Walz accuses Trump of giving "a Fidel Castro like speech" at the RNC.

🧵🧵🧵I spent the day at the AKA convention in Dallas where VP Harris spoke and I am still hard pressed to find a Black voter who thinks it’s a good idea to push President Biden off the ticket even people who are mega fans of Harris. I am just not hearing this from Black voters. First up is Dennisa Thomas.

She's a 31-year-old systems engineer from Kansas City, Missouri.

She told me she trusts VP Kamala Harris' judgement and is following Harris' lead in continuing to support the Democratic ticket as it currently stands.

🧵🧵🧵 Here is what we heard at Essence Fest from Black Voters:

Jeri Paris, a retiree in New Orleans, emphatically supports President Biden.

She warned against “playing games” and said “the enemy is trying to confuse everybody.”

On Harris, she said, "Her time will come." April Blash, a government employee in Washington D.C., said swapping Harris in may be a good option but she made clear she’ll support the Democratic nominee no matter who it is.

"It may be time to pass the torch," she said.

Some news that you might miss given this busy Friday...

🚨🚨🚨The US House Office of Diversity and Inclusion will be dissolved as part of the government spending bill that passed today, the office’s director said in a statement. Sesha Joi Moon said in a statement to CNN that her department will be replaced by the Office of Talent Management under the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.

Some interesting background from @JacksonLeeTX18 to reporters on the hill on the last minute behind the scenes scramble to make #Juneteenth a holiday. Thank you @ArthurDelaneyHP for the audio.

"This bill has been introduced by me for at least 12 years." "When the Senate asked if they could take my bill over to the Senate, we were happy for them to do so &they conformed it and then they saw a moment and that was this week. They made the point, we will pass #Juneteenth in whatever way we can in spite of a person who is objecting."

It’s unusual for #McConnell to hold two news conferences in one week in Washington.

This suggests he’s sees Manchin’s movement on the #votingrights bill as a real threat. Ahead of his newser, he argues it will “supercharge the cancel culture.”

#elections
#ForThePeopleAct 11 Republican Senators are here now speaking out again S1. There are 16 on the speaker’s list.

“I’ve taken a look at the new state laws. None of them are designed to suppress the vote,” McConnell says.

#votingrights
#ForThePeopleAct

Some key takeaways from @RepThomasMassie's conversation with @TomRoten this morning.

Massie calls out @SpeakerPelosi for what he seems to suggest is hypocrisy on #coronavirus shutdowns.

"I guess the rules are for us and everybody else and not for her."

#KY04 .@RepThomasMassie says family members can influence each others votes when everyone is voting by mail, filling out ballots at home.

"It may take us back to where each household votes same way...this could backfire on the Democrats." Massie says better to vote in person.

#KY04