Former Vice-President Walter Fritz Mondale
Walter Fritz Mondale, former ex-vice president under Jimmy Carter and the 1984 Democratic presidential candidate against incumbent Ronald Reagan in 1984, dies at 93 on April 19, 2021. Mondale, who represented the state of Minnesota as a U.S. Senator, was a champion of liberal politics and activist government. Mr. Mondale was the first presidential candidate to choose a woman as his running mate on the presidential ticket, Geraldine Ferraro. Ferraro died in 2011.
President Biden paid tribute to Mondale following Mondale's passing. When then presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 asked Biden to be his running mate, "Fritz was my first call and trusted guide." He said that Mr. Mondale's re-defining the vice-presidency as a "full partnership" helped provide a model for my service," according to Biden. Throughout his role, Mondale advocated an assertive and interventionist role for the federal government, esp. on behalf of the poor, minority groups, and women." He identified himself as "liberal or progressive." He stated he didn't use the word "liberal" too much because he thought it "carried too much baggage." He stated that he worked on the idea that the government can be used as an instrument for social progress. He said we need that progress and that fairness requires it.
He was a U.S. Senator from Minnesota for 12 years. He was a strong supporter of civil rights, school aid, expansion of health care and child care, consumer protection, and an array of other liberal programs. He even explored the option of running for the presidency in 1974. He was bequeathed by his wife Joan in 2014.
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