{"id":2349031,"date":"2024-10-02T20:10:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T00:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-dejected-tim-walz-stares-at-pizza-as-reporters-confront-him-about-his-school-shooter-comment\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T20:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T00:11:06","slug":"watch-tim-walz-looks-dejected-as-reporters-question-him-about-his-school-shooter-remark-while-staring-at-pizza-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tim-walz-looks-dejected-as-reporters-question-him-about-his-school-shooter-remark-while-staring-at-pizza-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Tim Walz looks dejected as reporters question him about his &#8216;school shooter&#8217; remark while staring at pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-tim-walz-looks-dejected-as-reporters-question-him-about-his-school-shooter-remark-while-staring-at-pizza-6%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2349031&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic candidate for Vice President, participated in a debate against Republican Senator J.D. Vance. Following the debate, he\u200c described it as a positive experience, emphasizing the importance of democracy and contrasting policies. However, Walz \u200cstumbled during the debate by making an inappropriate comment about being &#8220;friends with \u2063school shooters,&#8221; which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/osha-head-on-vaccines-we-didnt-demand-that-anyone-be-fired\/\" title=\"OSHA Chief: No Firings Demanded for Vaccines\">drew significant backlash<\/a>, including criticism from Andrew Pollack, whose daughter\u2063 was a victim of the Parkland shooting, and a response\u200c from Elon Musk noting the outrageousness of Walz&#8217;s \u200cstatement. Debate analysts remarked on Vance&#8217;s confident demeanor compared to Walz&#8217;s anxiousness and lack of coherence, suggesting that Vance&#8217;s authenticity made him a more compelling candidate during the event. Walz&#8217;s debate performance, particularly his controversial remark, may have harmed his\u200c standing in the election race.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Talkative Tim Walz had very little to say Tuesday night after the vice presidential debate against Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>After the debate, the Minnesota governor, who is the Democratic running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, visited Justino&rsquo;s Pizza in New York City and was asked about the debate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; he said in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ebonyjdavis\/status\/1841328696981934224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to social media platform X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gov. Tim Walz told reporters he thinks &ldquo;it was a good debate&rdquo; while ordering pizza with his wife at Justino&rsquo;s Pizzeria in New York.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Walz?\">@Tim_Walz<\/a>&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DzMHFgqoAb\">pic.twitter.com\/DzMHFgqoAb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ebony Davis (@ebonyjdavis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ebonyjdavis\/status\/1841328696981934224?\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>After that, Walz studiously ignored the next two questions, which were requests to clarify the gaffe of the evening, when he said he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shameless-media-tries-spin-walzs-deer-headlights-look-good-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">friends<\/a> with school shooters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Can you clarify what you meant when you said you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/viewers-rip-tim-walz-after-his-gaffe-about-being-friends-with-school-shooters-not-ready-for-primetime\/\" title=\"Viewers Rip Tim Walz After His Gaffe About Being &#039;Friends with School Shooters&#039; - &#039;Not Ready for Primetime&#039;\">befriended school shooters<\/a>?&rdquo; one asked, while another asked, &ldquo;You said you&rsquo;ve become friends with school shooters during the debate, can you clarify what you meant by that?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Pollack, the father of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tim-walz-looks-dejected-as-reporters-question-him-about-his-school-shooter-remark-while-staring-at-pizza-2\/\" title=\"Watch: Tim Walz looks dejected as reporters question him about his &#039;school shooter&#039; remark while staring at pizza\">2018 school shooting victim<\/a>, said the comment transcended a live TV gaffe.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My daughter was killed in the Parkland school shooting. It&rsquo;s absolutely abhorrent that Tim Walz has befriended school shooters. Disqualifying,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AndrewPollackFL\/status\/1841300554427068675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My daughter was killed in the Parkland school shooting. It&rsquo;s absolutely abhorrent that Tim Walz has befriended school shooters. Disqualifying. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q0tkhmHFAi\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q0tkhmHFAi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewPollackFL\/status\/1841300554427068675?\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1841401794871566601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted on X<\/a> that it was &ldquo;Mind-blowing that Tim Walz said he was &lsquo;friends with school shooters.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Walz came out a distant second to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-reacts-jd-vances-debate-performance-shreds-low-iq-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-football-coach-fired-for-privately-questioning-black-lives-matter-curricula\/\" title=\"High School Football Coach Fired For Privately Questioning Black Lives Matter Curricula\">body language<\/a> expert Carole Lieberman reviewed the debate for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vance-oozed-confidence-compared-jittery-walz-body-language-expert-says-captain-ship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What JD Vance had that made him most likable and most trusted was that he was authentic &hellip; you could just say it in one word. JD Vance was authentic. He did big hand movements and so on, but they were just to explain what he was saying,&rdquo; Lieberman said.<\/p>\n<p>Walz acted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-commits-one-biggest-debate-blunders-recent-memory-says-become-friends-school-shooters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anxious<\/a> over his responses, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With Tim Walz, he was all over the place. He was very nervous, and he also had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tim-walz-looks-dejected-as-reporters-question-him-about-his-school-shooter-remark-while-staring-at-pizza\/\" title=\"Watch: Tim Walz looks dejected as reporters question him about his &#039;school shooter&#039; remark while staring at pizza\">body language signs<\/a> of lying. His body language was discordant with what he was saying. It was like too much, it made you feel exhausted and scared,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, on the other hand, exuded confidence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LIAR: The debate moderators asked Tim Walz why he lied about being in China during the Tiananmen Square Massacre. After rambling for two minutes about sometimes being a knucklehead and getting caught up in the rhetoric it seemed like Tim Walz admitted lying. When the moderator&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cuYyWojaG6\">pic.twitter.com\/cuYyWojaG6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; @amuse (@amuse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amuse\/status\/1841296914408784249?\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He wanted to &lsquo;Let&rsquo;s go, I can&rsquo;t wait to do this, I&rsquo;m going to do it&rsquo;&hellip; he&rsquo;s Trump lite,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s kind of the authenticity that &lsquo;I want to take care of America, I want to make America great again,&rsquo; all of that just came through naturally and by the end, you just kind of wanted him to push Tim Walz away. &lsquo;You&rsquo;re making me nervous&rsquo; kind of thing, and with JD Vance, you just kind of felt, &lsquo;OK, that&rsquo;s good,&rsquo;&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said Vance was steady, &ldquo;like you can kind of see him as a captain of the ship, and he wasn&rsquo;t too stiff, but you knew what you were going to get. Each time he seemed sure of himself &hellip; And so you felt like you would be safe with him. 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J.D. Vance of Ohio on Tuesday night. After the debate, he stopped by Justino\u2019s Pizza in New York City where he commented, \u201cI 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,\u201d as seen in a video shared on social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>While ordering pizza with his wife at Justino\u2019s Pizzeria, Walz reiterated that he thought the debate went well but chose not to address questions about a controversial remark he made during the event regarding friendships with school shooters. One reporter asked for clarification on this statement, while another echoed similar concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Pollack, whose daughter was killed in the Parkland shooting in 2018, expressed outrage over Walz&#8217;s comment on X: \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely abhorrent that Tim Walz has befriended school shooters. Disqualifying.\u201d Elon Musk also reacted by calling it &#8220;mind-blowing&#8221; that Walz claimed such friendships.<\/p>\n<p>Body language expert Carole Lieberman analyzed the debate for Fox News and noted that Vance appeared more authentic and confident compared to Walz&#8217;s anxious demeanor and signs of nervousness which suggested dishonesty. 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