CNN host Michael Smerconish said that concerns around the 1995 DUI arrest of Vice President Harris’ running mate, Tim Walz, are a major issue that the campaign has to confront.
“The DUI story is indefensible,” he said, later asking if Walz was properly vetted by the Harris campaign.
Walz has sought to downplay his arrest for drunk driving in the mid-90s, but questions about his run-in with law enforcement continue to dog him.
On Sept. 23, 1995, when Walz was working as a teacher in his home state of Nebraska, he was pulled over for going 96 mph in a 55-mph zone.
In comments to reporters in 2006, Walz’s campaign for Congress in Minnesota’s 1st District insisted he was “not drunk” and blamed a “misunderstanding” with police on “Walz’s …