{"id":2354835,"date":"2024-10-14T18:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-gets-torn-to-shreds-over-embarrassing-moment-with-his-own-shotgun-this-guy-is-beyond-weak\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T18:06:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:06:12","slug":"tim-walz-gets-torn-to-shreds-over-embarrassing-moment-with-his-own-shotgun-this-guy-is-beyond-weak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-gets-torn-to-shreds-over-embarrassing-moment-with-his-own-shotgun-this-guy-is-beyond-weak\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Walz Gets Torn to Shreds Over Embarrassing Moment with His Own Shotgun &#8211; &#8216;This Guy Is Beyond Weak&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/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%2Ftim-walz-gets-torn-to-shreds-over-embarrassing-moment-with-his-own-shotgun-this-guy-is-beyond-weak%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=2354835&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>The article discusses a video released by the Harris-Walz campaign showcasing Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz participating in a pheasant hunt in\u200c Minnesota. Intended to\u200b highlight Walz as a relatable figure for hunters, the video backfires when \u2064it\u200d shows him struggling \u200dto load\u2064 a shotgun\u2062 and failing \u200bto shoot anything during the event, despite attempting to present himself as an experienced hunter. Critics have ridiculed Walz \u200cfor his apparent lack of proficiency with firearms, especially given his claims that he has \u200cexperience with &#8220;weapons of war&#8221; from \u2064his time in the National Guard, during which\u2063 he was never in a combat zone. Social media reactions have \u2062included mockery from conservative commentators and the public, some even suggesting that his apparent incompetence meant he probably saved lives by not going to combat zones. The piece emphasizes the\u200d backlash against Walz&#8217;s portrayal of himself as a seasoned hunter, pointing out that he did not perform well in the hunting scenario depicted in the campaign video.  <\/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>Seeking to portray Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota as the kind of guy hunters can relate to, the Harris-Walz campaign pumped out a video showing Walz off to hunt.<\/p>\n<p>The video was taken on the opening day of pheasant season in Minnesota, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/amp\/news\/tim-walz-pheasant-hunting-beretta-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the hunt, Walz never fired a shot.<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-financial-bubbles-that-made-gamestop-look-like-nothing\/\" title=\"5 Financial \u2018Bubbles\u2019 That Made Gamestop Look Like Nothing\">make matters worse<\/a>, Walz &ndash; a former member of the National Guard who at one time spoke about his familiarity with &ldquo;weapons of war&rdquo; &ndash; became the centerpiece of the video as he struggled to load his shotgun.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tim Walz claimed he carried &ldquo;weapons of war in combat&rdquo; but he can&rsquo;t load a shotgun? This guy is beyond weak. My little sister could beat him up. Ya gotta watch this&#128071; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nd7CneGWBI\">pic.twitter.com\/nd7CneGWBI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Rich&#127482;&#127480; (@johnrich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnrich\/status\/1845225921789427787?\">October 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tim Walz claimed he carried &lsquo;weapons of war in combat&rsquo; but he can&rsquo;t load a shotgun? This guy is beyond weak. My little sister could beat him up. Ya gotta watch this,&rdquo; country singer John Rich <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johnrich\/status\/1845225921789427787?%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1845225921789427787%7Ctwgr%5Edad368a38cbcbb7787127874da15b779e365fe5f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-2750688713936329411.ampproject.net%2F2409271652000%2Fframe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/13\/us-news\/tim-walz-roasted-over-appearing-to-struggle-to-load-shotgun-at-hunting-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, Walz has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-campaign-quietly-changes-website-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-scandal-intensifies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">framed himself<\/a> as an excellent hunter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I guarantee you he can&rsquo;t shoot pheasants like I can,&rdquo; Walz said, comparing himself with Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The report from The Great Pheasant Hunt of 2024 is that, if Walz fired his gun at all, he didn&rsquo;t hit anything.<\/p>\n<p>The claim is that one of his friends killed a pheasant but they didn&rsquo;t recover the bird &ndash; even while using dogs.<\/p>\n<p>So, no proof of any success.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5KXDdMmqKo\">pic.twitter.com\/5KXDdMmqKo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Murtaugh (@TimMurtaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimMurtaugh\/status\/1845194808413081822?\">October 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After Watching Tim Walz trying to handle a shotgun, I officially retract any criticism from him avoiding combat zones,&rdquo; &nbsp;conservative commentator Jason Robertson said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/walz-mocked-after-being-caught-video-struggling-load-his-own-shotgun.amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He is a HERO.&nbsp; He is so bad with a weapon that he saved American Lives skipping the War Zone,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tim Walz claims that he&rsquo;s a lifelong bird hunter, but this clearly proves he has no idea how to load or charge a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1-2-million-guns-sold-why-firearms-sales-keep-busting-records\/\" title=\"1.2 Million Guns Sold: Why Firearms Sales Keep Busting Records\">semi-automatic shotgun<\/a>,&rdquo; conservative commentator John Cardillo said, adding, &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a first-timer right here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is Tim Walz hunting pheasants. Who did it better? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s0U8l8yOaK\">pic.twitter.com\/s0U8l8yOaK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1845185654138745322?\">October 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is Tim Walz hunting pheasants. Who did it better?&rdquo; conservative commentator Ian Miles Cheong <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stillgray\/status\/1845185654138745322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>, likening Walz to Elmer Fudd.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/13\/us-news\/tim-walz-roasted-over-appearing-to-struggle-to-load-shotgun-at-hunting-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, Miranda Devine noted in an Op-Ed that &ldquo;in a few short weeks, the Minnesota governor has amassed an impressive array of media flubs and downright scandals, from his &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-abandoned-his-guard-soldiers-when-they-needed-him-most\/\" title=\"Walz Abandoned His Guard Soldiers When They Needed Him Most\">stolen valor&#038;rsquo<\/a>; exaggeration of his reserve National Guard career and peculiar lies about his Chinese Communist Party entanglements to his feeble boasts about being a red-blooded hunting man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That last little vanity blew up over the weekend during a fake pheasant hunting photo op in his home state, when he didn&rsquo;t know how to load his shotgun. &nbsp;In embarrassing scenes, Walz strode around long grass in a high-viz vest for the cameras, calling for someone to bring him a &lsquo;Diet Mountain Dew&rsquo; because he wanted to &lsquo;pound it down,&#8217;&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Walz spent 24 years in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-walz-stolen-valor-footage-posed-battlefield-warrior-national-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Army National Guard<\/a> units but he was never in a combat zone.<\/p>\n<p>During the campaign, Walz&rsquo;s claim that he handled &ldquo;weapons of war&rdquo; was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-cbs-news-missed-6-lies-tim-walz-told-vp-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ridiculed<\/a> for the suggestion that he carried guns in a combat zone, which Walz never did.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Tim Walz of Minnesota as relatable to hunters, the Harris-Walz campaign released a video featuring him on a hunting trip. This footage was captured on the first day of pheasant season in Minnesota, as reported by CBS News. However, throughout the hunt, Walz did not fire his shotgun at all. To make matters worse, despite being a former National Guard member who once claimed familiarity with &#8220;weapons of war,&#8221; he struggled to load his shotgun during the video. Country singer John Rich criticized Walz&#8217;s performance on X, questioning how someone who claims military experience could fail at loading a shotgun and suggesting that even his little sister could defeat him in a fight. The New York Post highlighted that while Walz has positioned himself as an accomplished hunter\u2014boasting about his skills compared to Republican candidate Sen. J.D. Vance\u2014reports from the event indicated he may not have hit any birds during the outing; one friend reportedly shot a pheasant but it was never retrieved despite using dogs for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative commentator Jason Robertson humorously retracted any previous criticism of Walz avoiding combat zones after witnessing his struggles with the shotgun, calling him a &#8220;HERO&#8221; for potentially saving lives by staying out of war zones due to his ineptitude with weapons. Another commentator remarked that it appeared Walz had no experience handling firearms at all.<\/p>\n<p>The incident drew further ridicule when conservative commentator Ian Miles Cheong compared Walz&#8217;s hunting skills to those of cartoon character Elmer Fudd and noted that in recent weeks, he has faced numerous media blunders and scandals related to exaggerations about his military service and dubious claims regarding connections with China.<\/p>\n<p>Miranda Devine from the New York Post pointed out that during this staged hunting event in Minnesota, where he donned high-visibility gear for cameras while asking for refreshments like Diet Mountain Dew, it became evident that despite serving 24 years in Army National Guard units, he had never been deployed into combat situations\u2014a fact which undermined his assertions about handling &#8220;weapons of war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2354836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/walz-awkward-gun.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16567,4265,34527,36113],"class_list":["post-2354835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-shotgun","tag-backlash","tag-embarrassing-moment","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/walz-awkward-gun.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}