The 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, Walz abandoned his campaign for a third term earlier this month amid criticism over mismanagement of taxpayer funding for child care programs. “Minnesota, we’ve been through a lot,” Klobuchar said in a video announcement Thursday. The senator has been among the loudest Trump critics, most recently over the immigration enforcement effort that has prompted massive protests. Klobuchar gained attention during Trump’s first term for her questioning of his judicial nominees including now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. 2020 presidential bidKlobuchar sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, running as a moderate in the same political lane as Biden.