Following Tuesday night’s Vice Presidential Debate, Democrat nominee Tim Walz and his wife grabbed a few slices of New York City pizza where the Kamala Harris running mate totally ignored multiple reporters questioning an odd statement he made during the event.
“Governor, you said you became friends with school shooters during the debate. Can you clarify what you meant on that?” one reporter asked as Walz acted like he didn’t hear despite just interacting with the journalists.
A female reporter asked the same question much louder, saying, “Can you clarify what you meant when you said you befriended school shooters?”
Again, Walz refused to acknowledge the reporters standing feet away.
"Can you clarify what you meant when you said you became friends with school shooters?"
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) October 2, 2024
Tim Walz: *Stares at pizza* pic.twitter.com/6L7KEXQdy0
Watch the moment during the debate when Walz committed the epic blunder.
Unfortunate slip of the tongue from Tim Walz here
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) October 2, 2024
"I sat in that office with those Sandy Hook parents; I've become friends with school shooters; I've seen it." pic.twitter.com/ThGYv1teFQ
X owner Elon Musk got a laugh out of the gaffe and pointed out the Democrat wasn’t fact-checked for the bizarre claim.
“Mind-blowing that Tim Walz said he was ‘friends with school shooters.’ He didn’t even get fact-checked lmao,” Musk wrote.
He didn’t even get fact-checked lmao
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 2, 2024
A guest on Tucker Carlson’s program following the debate claimed the Walz flub might have been “the greatest vice presidential debate flop in living memory.”
Here is the Tucker Carlson clip where he’s discussing Tim Walz saying he is “friends with school shooters”
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) October 2, 2024
It’s so insane that this is what the Democrat Party has become. pic.twitter.com/HMTGqpQtAq
Donald Trump on Truth Social wondered why media outlets after the debate weren’t covering the comment and alleged Walz had previously made a similar remark about befriending school shooters.
Of course, the internet turned the remark into hilarious memes mocking Walz.
"I've become friends with school shooters"
— MAGADevilDog (@MAGADevilDog) October 2, 2024
– Tim Walz pic.twitter.com/zLn8r3Y8E9
Walz: “I’ve become friends with school shooters.”
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) October 2, 2024
Literally everyone: pic.twitter.com/QD9zzyybWl
Tim Walz: “I’m friends with school shooters and learned how to govern in China!”
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) October 2, 2024
JD Vance: pic.twitter.com/7oZ1FhzTuI
