Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ignored multiple reporters who asked what he meant when he said he has “become friends with school shooters” during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate.

The bizarre remark came during a question on the topic of gun violence. J.D. Vance argued in favor of revamping safety measures and increasing security around schools, while Walz suggested that gun confiscation would be necessary to stop school shootings. He failed to mention which weapons would be prohibited under his plan, however.

At one point during the exchange, Walz delivered one of the most bizarre lines ever uttered in the history of presidential debates. “I sat in that office with those Sandy Hook parents. I’ve become friends with school shooters. I’ve seen it,” he said.

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The remark emerged as one of the most viral moments of the debate, leaving pundits and viewers alike baffled “’I’ve become friends with school shooters’ may be the worst line in any 2024 debate,” said veteran political pollster Frank Luntz.

Former President Donald Trump also weighed in on the puzzling answer in a Truth Social post. “Second time he has said, ‘I’ve been friends with school shooters.’ What does he mean by this? Is he insane?” the former president wrote.

In a follow-up post, the Republican nominee posted an image of a Trump-Vance campaign sign complete with the slogan, “NOT FRIENDS WITH SCHOOL SHOOTERS.”

After the Minnesota governor and his wife left the spin-room and headed to a New York pizza parlor, a handful of reporters asked him for his thoughts on the debate.

“Governor, what do you think your strongest moment was tonight?” asked one reporter.

“Oh, I don’t know. I think it was a good debate. The public got to see a contrast. And I think the ending sums it up, the democracy issue is important,” Walz replied.

Another reporter then asked him to explain what he meant by saying he had “become friends with” school shooters. “Governor, you said you’d become friends with school shooters during the debate. Can you clarify what you meant on that?” the reporter asked.

While he clearly heard the question, Walz refused to turn around or answer the question.

“Can you clarify what you meant when you said you’d be friends with school shooters?” shouted another reporter, once again failing to get an answer from the Democratic Party nominee.

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In addition to the school shooters gaffe, Walz was tripped up when confronted over inconsistencies surrounding his frequent trips to China.

CNN reported that Walz had previously claimed to have been in the country during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. The claim was found to be completely untrue, as Walz was in Nebraska at the time.

When confronted over the lie, Walz attempted to deflect by telling a story about his passion for travel and education. The moderators refused to let him off the hook, however, leading to an incoherent follow-up from Walz.

“All I said on this was I got there that summer and misspoke on this. So I will just, that’s what I’ve said,” Walz replied with a stammer.

“So I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protest went in,” he continued after an awkward moment of silence.

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CNN contributors Dana Bash, Jake Tapper and Abby Phillip — all of whom have expressed anti-Trump views in the past — unanimously agreed that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was thoroughly outmatched in Tuesday’s debate with his Republican challenger, J.D. Vance.

“I think we shouldn’t lose track, I think even in the civility of the fact that J.D. Vance came to this debate to land a bunch of punches, and he did. He landed a lot of punches in between all the niceties and all of that,” Phillip said. 

She further speculated that Walz was woefully underprepared for the debate. CNN had previously reported that Walz was very nervous about facing off against a “lawyer type” like J.D. Vance and was extremely worried about letting Vice President Harris down.

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The network spoke with several senior campaign aides and close associates of Walz before releasing the report.

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“I think that there was a clear lack of preparation and execution here on Walz’s part,” Phillip continued.

“I think actually it’s the opposite. I think he had too much preparation,” co-panelist Dana Bash followed up. “He had so many lines that he was clearly trying to say, that he didn’t listen. And when J.D. Vance said one of the many, many things he really hit Kamala Harris on, not Tim Walz, but Kamala Harris, he didn’t respond because he clearly had things in his mind.”

Bash, who conducted one of the only interviews Walz has agreed to this campaign cycle, speculated that the campaign’s historic lack of media availability hindered the Minnesota governor.

“I think the lack of interviews that he has done with national media, with local media, it showed he needed more reps,” she continued.

Tapper was in agreement with the rest of the panel, saying “J.D. Vance is much more experienced at this, at public speaking, at defending himself, at pivoting.”

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The CNN panelists were far from the only left-wing pundits give Vance high marks for his debate performance.

Former CNN contributor and current News Nation host Chris Cuomo praised how Vance handled one-sided “fact checking” and biased questions from debate moderators Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell.

“When they were talking at one point, Vance wanted to correct something about how Haitians got into this country, and he was right,” Cuomo said. “And the moderators wouldn’t let him correct it, very interesting.”

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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz set the internet on fire with an absolutely bizarre response to a question on gun violence during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate.

“I’ve become friends with school shooters, I’ve seen it,” Walz told tens of millions of Americans in the head-scratching moment.

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The puzzling response emerged as one of the most viral moments of the debate and drew several reactions.

“Second time he has said, ‘I’ve been friends with school shooters.’ What does he mean by this? Is he insane?” former President Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.

Tim Walz: “I became friends with school shooters”

everyone watching: pic.twitter.com/Lf5pkIeHEC

— Classic Republicans (@gopclassics) October 2, 2024

Much like last month’s ABC News-hosted vice presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate was plagued by incorrect and one-sided “fact checks” of Republican nominee J.D. Vance.

Much like ABC moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis, CBS moderators Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell frequently interrupted Vance with “fact checks” that were often incorrect. They also asked Vance loaded questions while giving straightforward layups to Walz.

The issue was most pronounced on the topic of illegal immigration. Vance was asked about the separation of families at the southern border, an issue that has exploded under the Biden-Harris Administration. Since President Biden and Vice President Harris took office in January 2021, more than 7 million illegal aliens have flooded across both the southern and northern borders. The United States set illegal immigration records in both 2022 and 2023, while illegal border crossings remain well above Trump Administration levels in 2024.

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These figures do not include “gotaways,” which refers to illegal aliens who avoid Border Patrol detection and find their way into the United States.

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“We have a historic immigration crisis because Kamala Harris started and said that she wanted to undo all of Donald Trump’s border policies. Ninety-four executive orders suspending deportations, decriminalizing illegal aliens, massively increasing the asylum fraud that exists in our system. That has opened the floodgates,” Vance said.

Walz responded by falsely claiming that the U.S. Senate had agreed to a “bipartisan border deal” that was killed by former President Trump. In reality, the “deal” was radically different than what Walz described. The Senate bill would have allowed up to 10,000 illegal aliens a day, provided tens of millions in funding for NGO’s and lawyers to speed up asylum claims and accelerated a green card handout. It also allocated hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and other nations.

The Democratic Party nominee also dismissed police reports and citizen testimonials on the topic of pets and local wildlife being eaten by Haitian migrants in Springfield Ohio. After Vance responded to the question, Brennan and O’Donnell once again attempted to “fact check” the Republican candidate.

“Just to clarify for our viewers, Springfield, Ohio does have a large number of Haitian migrants who have legal status, temporary protective status,” Brennan said before attempting to move on. At that point, Vance immediately jumped in to correct the false “fact check.”

The moderators and Vance went back and forth for a moment as Vance tried to correct the record while the moderators wanted to move on to another topic. “Margaret, the rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact check. And since you’re fact checking me, I think it’s important to say what’s actually going on

“So there’s an application called the CBP One app where you can go on as an illegal migrant, apply for asylum or apply for parole and be granted legal status at the wave of a Kamala Harris open border wand. That is not a person coming in, applying for a green card and waiting for 10 years. That is the facilitation of a legal immigration, Margaret, by our own leadership,” he continued, thoroughly disproving the “fact check.”

“Thank you so much for explaining the legal process,” Brennan smugly shot back. “We have so much to get to, Senator.”

As Vance continued to explain how the “fact check” was incorrect, the moderators eventually cut his microphone.

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During Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was asked about yet another scandal that emerged in the hours leading up to the event.

On August 16, 2024, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) opened a congressional investigation into alleged ties between Walz and Chinese government officials. Comer reported that Walz has visited China at least 30 times and operated Travel Adventures Inc., a for-profit enterprise that organized trips to China for American children from  1991 through 2003.

Walz was asked about his frequent trips to China during Tuesday night’s debate, including his claim that he was in the country during the crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. “I was in Hong Kong on June 4, 1989, when, of course, Tiananmen Square happened,” Walz previously said, according to a report from CNN released hours before the debate.

Tim Walz is asked why he lied about his trip to China, gives the most cringe-inducing answer of debate season. Seriously watch this unmitigated disaster: pic.twitter.com/eRJapvdxF2

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 2, 2024

Walz at first attempted to sidestep the question by giving an answer about an unrelated topic. The moderators refused to let him off the hook, however, at which point Walz delivered an incoherent response.

“All I said on this was I got there that summer and misspoke on this. So I will just, that’s what I’ve said,” Walz replied with a stammer. “So I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protest went in,” he continued after an awkward moment of silence.

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In the days leading up to the pivotal debate — which will almost certainly be the last between the two major campaigns before Election Day — CNN had reported that Walz was struggling to get his nerves in check.

According to several of the governor’s senior aides, Walz had repeatedly stressed that he was worried about letting Vice President Harris down. Across close to a dozen conversations with senior members of the campaign’s staff, CNN reported that Walz was terrified that Harris would feel she made the wrong choice if he performed poorly.

“He feels genuine contempt for and confusion over what he views as Vance’s abandonment of their common roots, and for flipping so many of his positions to fit with Trump. The digs he takes at Vance by saying he didn’t know many Midwesterners who went to Yale are a glimpse into his anxiety that his opponent learned to be a sharp debater there,” the report continued, citing people who know Walz well,

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) had previously conceded that Walz could run into trouble against a “lawyer type” like J.D. Vance. “He’s just not a lawyer-debater type. It’s not like he was dreaming of debates when he was in first grade.”

Vance’s debate skills played a large role in his victory over a crowded Republican primary field when he ran for U.S. Senate in 2022. Vance — who eventually secured Trump’s endorsement — fended off attacks over his past anti-Trump positions and was able to articulate why he changed his mind.

Vance also landed several memorable lines in his debate against U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) in the general election debate.

Sneak peak of what tonight may look like in the debate against JD Vance and Tim Walz.

The following clip was Vance’s debate with Tim Ryan in 2022. pic.twitter.com/0fDp5qNLfx

— Trending Politics (@tpbreaking) October 1, 2024

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Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance delivered a perfect rebuttal to a biased question on the Iranian nuclear deal during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate.

Each candidate was asked whether they would approve of a preemptive Israeli strike on Iran. Walz used his answer to direct the conversation to former President Trump, accusing him of seeking friendly relations with rogue states like North Korea.

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After asking Walz a straightforward question, debate moderator Margaret Brennan asked Vance a loaded question about former President Obama’s Iranian nuclear deal, which was widely criticized by Republican lawmakers due to lack of enforcement. Brennan claimed that the unenforceable deal was a successful deterrent and asked whether Trump made a “mistake” by doing away with it.

“Well, first of all, Margaret, diplomacy is not a dirty word, but I think that’s something that Governor Walz just said is quite extraordinary. You yourself just said Iran is as close to a nuclear weapon today as they have ever been, and Governor Walz, you blame Donald Trump. Who has been the vice president for the last three and a half years?” Vance answered. “And the answer is your running mate, not mine.”

The Republican nominee went on to note that several world conflicts have erupted under the Biden-Harris Administration.

“Donald Trump consistently made the world more secure. Now we talk about the sequence of events that led us to where we are right now and you can’t ignore October the 7th, which I appreciate Governor Walz bringing up, but when did Iran and Hamas and their proxies attack Israel? It was during the administration of Kamala Harris,” Vance continued.

“So Governor Walz can criticize Donald Trump’s tweets, but effective, smart diplomacy and peace through strength is how you bring stability back to a very broken world. Donald Trump has already done it once before. Ask yourself at home, when when was the last time, I’m 40 years old, when was the last time that an American president didn’t have a major conflict breakout? The only answer is during the four years Donald Trump was president.”

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In the weeks leading up to the vice presidential debate — which has the rare distinction of being the last match-up between the two major campaigns before Election Day — Vance had frequently criticized Walz for misrepresenting his military service record.

Soldiers from his unit with the Minnesota National Guard have questioned the circumstances surrounding his retirement just before a deployment to Iraq, and have noted that he has misrepresented his rank while on the campaign trail.

He has also claimed to have “carried weapons of war,” during a war,” and has insinuated that he was a veteran of the War in Afghanistan.

The Minnesota governor ultimately admitted that he misrepresented his rank after days of intense controversy. He also admitted that he “misspoke” when he claimed to have carried “weapons of war” during his lone interview of the campaign cycle, which he conducted alongside Vice President Harris.

Walz, on the other hand, had deployed an entirely different line of attack after he was selected as the Democratic nominee. The Minnesota governor  — who signed a bill that placed tampons in boys school bathrooms and frequently brags about forming a school club where he could discuss sexuality with gay teens — has frequently attacked Trump and J.D. Vance by labeling them as “weird” and “creepy.”

While the line of attack was everywhere after Walz was selected, the line attack has largely fizzled out thanks to Walz’s bizarre mannerisms and speaking style. “But he is a weird guy. He walks on the stage, there’s something wrong with that guy.And he called me weird. And then the fake news media picks it up,” Trump said of Walz during a recent town hall event.

60 year old Tim Walz acts like a 5 year old kid when they see Mickey Mouse at Disney when he sees a gopher mascot.

He’s an odd one. pic.twitter.com/9i9KjZhIlt

— Sara Rose (@saras76) September 30, 2024

Tim Walz is a flamboyant cartoon character pic.twitter.com/BHXE8V0yMj

— Phantom Shadow (@Fuknutz) September 17, 2024

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After a bombshell report released by CNN, vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is facing a new wave of scrutiny for repeatedly and falsely claiming to have been in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4, 1989. CNN’s K-File investigative team, led by Andy Kaczynski, unearthed audio recordings and previous statements in which Walz referenced being in China at the time of the protests — a claim now proven to be inaccurate.

In a 2019 radio interview, Walz stated, “I was in Hong Kong on June 4, 1989, when, of course, Tiananmen Square happened.” However, CNN’s investigation reveals that Walz did not travel to China until August of that year, three months after the infamous crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. The discrepancies were first uncovered by the Washington Free Beacon, Minnesota Public Radio News, and further corroborated by local news reports from 1989 and 1990.

The false claims, which date back several years, have surfaced just ahead of the highly anticipated Vice Presidential debate, where Walz is set to debate J.D. Vance (R-OH) in New York on Tuesday night. Critics are calling the news a serious blow to Walz’s credibility.

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While the Walz campaign has yet to directly address the claims, a source close to the governor told CNN, “The point Gov. Walz is making when he discusses this is that some folks in the World Teach program discussed dropping out after Tiananmen Square, but he continued on with the program because he believed it was important for the Chinese people to learn about American democracy and American history.”

In a 2014 congressional hearing commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Walz, then a U.S. congressman, claimed that he had been in Hong Kong in May of 1989, just before the Chinese government’s military crackdown on student protesters. Walz described witnessing the events unfold from Hong Kong and stated, “I still remember the train station in Hong Kong. There was a large number of, especially European, I think, very angry that we would still go after what had happened, but it was my belief at that time that the diplomacy was going to happen on many levels.”

“The opportunity to be in a Chinese high school at that critical time seemed to me to be really important. And it was a very interesting summer to say the least. Because if you recall, as we moved in that summer and further on and the news blackouts and things that went on, you certainly can’t black out news from people if they want to get it,” Walz said at the time. When CNN sought clarification on the number of times Walz had traveled to China, a spokesperson for the Harris campaign stated that the number is “likely closer to 15.”

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“The campaign was unable to produce documentation to back up Walz’s statement that he was there during the uprising,” MPR wrote when dissecting Walz’s experiences with China. A 1989 news report from the Chadron Record and another from the Alliance Times-Herald indicate that Walz did not leave the United States for China until August 1989, two months after the massacre took place. During May and June of that year, Walz was pictured and mentioned in local Nebraska newspapers while touring a National Guard storeroom in Alliance, Nebraska.

Before their wedding, Gwen Walz said to the Nebraska-based Star-Herald newspaper that they chose to get married on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre because “he wanted to have a date he’ll always remember.”

On Monday, a whistleblower revealed potential ties between Walz and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The GOP-led House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. James Comer (R-KY) issued a subpoena to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for documents related to the allegations. The whistleblower pointed to a Microsoft Teams chat among DHS employees discussing Walz and his alleged CCP connections. If the allegations are proven true, this could have significant political consequences for Walz and the Democrat Party just weeks before the election. With the VP debate fast approaching, it remains to be seen how Walz will respond to the brewing controversy.

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On Tuesday, a group of Pennsylvania lawmakers honored Mercer County doctor Jim Sweetland, who jumped into action and attempted to save retired firefighter Corey Comperatore after he was shot in the head during former President Donald Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Both Sweetland and Comperatore were seated behind the former president when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from a nearby building. Two Trump supporters — Jim Copenhaver and David Dutch — were critically wounded in the initial volley of gunfire.

At that point, Comperatore dove on his daughter and told her to get down before Crooks squeezed off additional shots. Comperatore was then struck in the head in the second volley while shielding his daughter from gunfire. Trump was also struck by a bullet that grazed his ear before the gunman was neutralized by Secret Service counter-snipers.

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Sweetland, an emergency room physician, was undeterred by the gunfire and immediately leapt into action in order to provide care to the mortally wounded Comperatore.

Sweetland recalled that he heard a woman calling for help immediately after Secret Service agents rushed the stage. “He’s been shot. He’s down. I knew she was talking about somebody down there,” Sweetland told ABC 30.

“All I could think of was a voice in my head telling me, ‘Go, go. They need your help. Get over there,’” Sweetland said. The physician attempted CPR on Comperatore before he was transported off the bleachers by medical personnel.

On Tuesday, Sweetland was honored by a contingent of Pennsylvania lawmakers for his selfless and heroic efforts to save Comperatore.

“I think it was a divine sign by God that his hand was over this event. And there’s no doubt of divine providence that had Donald Trump twist his head in that right angle at that right instant, it’s impossible. You can’t be that lucky. God did intervene,” said Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano.

“Thank God he did, because politically, our conversation would be so different had it turned out differently. And we continue to pray for a hedge of protection over Donald Trump and his family.”

Mastriano, a retired Army colonel, then turned to Dr. Sweetland and thanked him for his courage.

“So Dr. Sweetland, courage comes in many forms. And what we saw from you on that day personifies what we hope to see in combat from soldiers. I spent 30 years in the Army, four times in combat zones, and I could not be prouder to be serving with such a citizen as you, to stand up and put your life at risk, running to the danger, trying to save Corey’s life. It’s a rare thing to see,” he said.

“And I was also struck that all the people there participating, despite the bloodshed, I didn’t see anyone running. I mean, it’s amazing the courage from Pennsylvanians in that environment. So on that sunny Saturday on 13 July in Butler, Pennsylvania, it was a scene of horror. But thank you for your courage in being a point of light in the dark, as trying to save Corey’s life.”

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Former President Trump will be returning to Butler, Pennsylvania for a rally later this month. The Republican nominee has stated that the event will be a celebration of Corey Comparatore’s life, as well as those who were wounded or stepped up to help on July 13.

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