Vance roasts Walz over video game gaffe, needling former coach on football IQ

Ohio legislator and Republican campaigner for vice president JD Vance took purpose astatine Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s shot IQ aft nan Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee posted a confusing tweet during a livestream of himself playing Madden.

"They parade Tim Walz astir arsenic immoderate benignant of shot brilliant arsenic a erstwhile shot coach, and possibly I cognize much astir shot than Gov. Tim Walz does," Vance said during a rally successful Saginaw, Michigan connected Tuesday.

The comments travel aft Walz teamed up pinch Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to livestream a convention of nan 2 playing nan Madden NFL video crippled against each other, an arena that was reportedly an effort by nan run to widen its entreaty among young antheral voters.

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Democratic vice statesmanlike campaigner Tim Walz addresses nan crowd astatine a "Native Americans for Harris-Walz" arena astatine MGM Grand successful Las Vegas, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

But it was a societal media station made during nan livestream by Walz, who worked arsenic a protect coordinator astatine Mankato West High School, that had galore questioning nan Minnesota governor’s shot knowledge, boasting connected X that Ocasio-Cortez "could tally a mean prime 6."

"And I tin telephone an audible connected nan play," Walz continued successful nan post, which was subsequently deleted. "We some cognize that if you return nan clip to tie up a playbook, you’re gonna usage it."

Critics quickly seized connected nan post, noting that a "pick six" is not a play that you tally but alternatively nan consequence of a protect subordinate intercepting nan shot and moving it successful for a touchdown, resulting successful six points.

Sen. JD Vance gestures arsenic he speaks astatine a run arena astatine JWF Industries, Oct. 12, 2024, successful Johnstown, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

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Vance joined nan chorus during his Tuesday arena successful Michigan, arguing that nan station proved nan Minnesota governor’s deficiency of shot knowledge.

"Those of you that cognize shot cognize that you don’t tally a prime six," Vance said. "A prime six is thing that happens accidentally connected nan shot field. You tally for illustration a dispersed discourtesy aliases a West Coast offense."

Vance past based on that he is apt much knowledgeable astatine shot than Walz, going connected to quip that former President Trump might besides "know much astir moving astatine McDonald’s than Kamala Harris does," referencing Trump’s time serving fries astatine a Pennsylvania McDonald’s compared to accusations that Vice President Kamala Harris lied astir having activity acquisition astatine nan celebrated fast-food chain.

Former President Trump useful down nan antagonistic during a run arena astatine a McDonald's edifice connected Oct. 20, 2024, successful Feasterville-Trevose, Pennsylvania. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

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"Politics is simply a small absurd from clip to clip and sometimes we oughta flick nosy astatine nan absurdity of our governmental process," Vance added.

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