Trump team mocks ‘so-called football coach’ Tim Walz over now-deleted social media post – Washington Examiner
Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota recently faced ridicule for a gaffe made while promoting a livestream video of himself playing a football video game with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In a now-deleted social media post, Walz incorrectly referred to a “pick 6” in football when he intended to demonstrate his familiarity with the sport as a former high school football coach. His post, aimed at engaging young male voters, included a phrase about being able to “call an audible” and encouraged drawing up a playbook. The Trump campaign seized on the mistake, mocking Walz for his lack of football knowledge, with a tweet stating, “You’d think a so-called football coach would be aware that you don’t run a pick 6!” This incident highlights the political ramifications of public figures fumbling well-known terms in their fields.
Trump team mocks ‘so-called football coach’ Tim Walz over now-deleted social media post
Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) was widely mocked for fumbling a common football term in a now-deleted social media post that showed the governor on a livestream playing a sports video game with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
“@AOC can run a mean pick 6 — and I can call an audible on a play,” Walz wrote on X on Sunday while promoting a clip of him playing a video game of Madden on Twitch with the congresswoman in an effort to appeal to young male voters.
He added in the now-deleted social media post, “And we both know that if you take the time to draw up a playbook, you’re gonna use it.”
Former President Donald Trump‘s campaign responded on X with mockery of the former high school football coach.
Tampon Tim is such a dork.
You’d think a so-called football coach would be aware that you don’t run a pick 6!
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) October 28, 2024
“You’d think a so-called football coach would be aware that you don’t run a pick 6!” the campaign ripped Walz on Monday.
The term “pick 6” refers to when an interception is made by a defensive player and subsequently returned for a touchdown.
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) also questioned the governor’s knowledge of football at a campaign rally in Wasau, Wisconsin, on Monday.
“You don’t run a pick-six, you run the West Coast offense or the spread offense,” Vance said to the audience at the rally. “It made me realize that even though they say Tim Walz was a football coach, I think I know more about football than Tim Walz. And it’s appropriate ’cause I think my running mate, Donald J. Trump, knows more about working at McDonald’s than Kamala Harris does.”
“I’m not sure Kamala ever worked at McDonald’s and now I’m unsure if Walz ever coached football,” journalist Mark Hemingway quipped on X.
“Yes, the classic coaching decision to “run a mean pick 6″ during a game. That’s a phrase that has literally never been uttered in the history of football,” OutKick journalist David Hookstead reacted. “Everything about this tweet is cringe, embarrassing and stupid. As a young kid can tell you, a coach doesn’t call a pick six. If they could, it’d be the only play called by every defense on the planet every single play of the game.”
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