Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz appeared to misspeak at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, prompting conservative social media commentators to pounce on the obvious gaffe.
Throughout his speech in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, on Saturday afternoon, Walz was discussing gun violence when he grew to become distracted by an viewers member who appeared to want water. Walz, the operating mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, strayed from his speech to name consideration to the rallygoer.
“Things like we did in Minnesota, to have enhanced background checks and red flag laws, to get guns out of there, to make a difference,” Walz described.
“And I still got my guns to go shoot pheasants in a couple weeks….We need some water, can we get [a] check on him?” the candidate added, whereas pointing on the attendee.
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Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks throughout a marketing campaign occasion. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Photos)
Round two minutes later, the Democrat introduced consideration again to the race and started criticizing former President Trump and his operating mate JD Vance.
“I’ll bring her home here quick, folks: Look, Kamala Harris made it clear these guys want to instill fear,” Walz started. “They want to tell you that [you should] just get over it, it’s a fact of life. This is the way it is.”
“[Harris] simply has said it doesn’t have to be this way,” he added. “It doesn’t have to be this way. We can’t afford four more years of this.”
Walz then segued into discussing Mission 2025, which the Trump marketing campaign has repeatedly disavowed.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a rally in Milwauke. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Photos)
Though Walz could have been referring to gun violence or Trump’s rhetoric when he cited “four more years” of a difficulty, the anomaly of his assertion led conservative commentators to roast the Minnesota governor on social media for what gave the impression to be a criticism of the Biden administration.
“Dude is campaigning for Trump now?” commentator Rita Panahi wrote on X.
“I’m with Him/Tim,” Donald Trump Jr. jokingly replied.
Trump Struggle Room, an X account run by Trump’s presidential marketing campaign, wrote, “WALZ FINALLY TELLS THE TRUTH: ‘We can’t afford four more years’ of Kamala Harris.”
Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz waves to supporters following a marketing campaign occasion. (Dominic Gwinn/Center East Photos/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
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Fox Information Digital reached out to the Harris marketing campaign for clarification on Walz’s feedback.
