After Tim Walz, then 31 years old, was detained for driving under the influence, his wife Gwen told him those same words.
Mr. Walz, the vice presidential candidate of Kamala Harris, views this as a pivotal event in his life and calls it a “life-changing” experience.
While running for governor of Minnesota in 2018, Mr. Walz, now 60, told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis that he was willing to permanently swap booze for Diet Mountain Dew and quit from his teaching position. Walz is a candidate for Democratic vice president.
Tim Walz was a football coach and geography teacher at a high school in Nebraska when he was pulled over by the authorities on it.
Soon after receiving his teaching credential, he married Gwen, a Minnesota-born teacher, whom he had known for a year.
He was stopped for speeding, 96 mph over the posted 55 mph speed limit, when he and his pals were watching college football.
The state police officer detected alcohol on his breath, and Mr. Walz failed the initial breathalyzer test, according to court filings.
After being checked into Dawes County Jail, he was brought to a neighboring hospital for a blood test.
