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Harris and Walz ‘politics of joy’ theme traced back to another prominent Minnesotan

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Former Vice President Hubert Humphrey introduced the “politics of joy” phrase into the lexicon when he jumped into the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968 .

In his autobiography, Humphrey would later write that the concept of the politics of joy was “a phrase I did not invent” The phrase comes from another prominent Minnesotan , who later regretted using it.

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English

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