In Context: What Gov. Tim Walz said about the border wall and investing in a 'ladder factory'
After Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota’s Democratic governor would be her presidential ticket running mate, Tim Walz’s name climbed in online search trends. Here’s another term that started to gain traction: "ladder factory." Trump supporters seized on a video clip from a July 30 interview Walz gave to CNN’s Anderson Cooper that they said showed Walz planned to welcome immigrants into the country illegally. "He’s not going to do anything, you know," Walz said in the video. "He talks about this wall — I always say, let me know...