The Democrats’ latest attempt to appeal to voters has failed spectacularly.
The Harris campaign staged a hunting photo-op with the Vice President’s running-mate Tim Walz, his daughter, and a group of influencers in a bid to charm rural Americans.
But social-media users were quick to point out a numbing of glaring problems with the photo-op, including the fact that not a single member of the “hunting” party had a gun.
MSNBC implies that Tim Walz going pheasant hunting is nothing more than a desperate attempt to make up ground with male voters.
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 12, 2024
Sorry Tim, men aren’t voting for a gun grabber. pic.twitter.com/Asvq38ObkM
When further video of Walz actually using a gun was posted, it only made things worse, as the 25-year military veteran struggled to load his weapon properly.
Tim Walz brought his own gun, a beretta, to hunt for pheasants, he tells me. “
— Shawna Mizelle (@shawnamizelle) October 12, 2024
I bought it when I was we shooting a lot of trap,” the Minnesota governor said. pic.twitter.com/K1zGkWYEPY
The embarrassing gaffes come at a time of obvious confusion within the Harris-Walz campaign, as they struggle with messaging amid flagging poll ratings and other indications of disaster on 5 November.
That confusion was on full display in a new campaign ad esigned to appeal to “real men,” a group the Democrats have not courted in the past.
The 90-second ad was produced by Jacob Reed, one of Jimmy Kimmel’s writers.
It features a variety of “manly” characters, from a gym rat and a biker to a rancher and a hunter, all of whom make braggadocious claims about their masculinity, before revealing that they’re also “man enough” to vote for Kamala Harris.
The campaign ad drew ridicule on social media.
“Testosterone was not present during the filming of this ad.”
“I feel so soy-infused after watching that.”
And it wasn’t just men who were laughing and/or disgusted.
“I felt my ovaries shrivel as I watched this,” wrote one female Twitter user.
“I would not choose a single one of those men as a partner/husband. Not one. It is pretty obvious that most of them ARE afraid of women. And all of them are poor judges of character,” Tweeted another.
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