{"id":2360774,"date":"2024-10-28T21:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T01:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-team-mocks-so-called-football-coach-tim-walz-over-now-deleted-social-media-post-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-28T21:25:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T01:25:09","slug":"trump-team-mocks-so-called-football-coach-tim-walz-over-now-deleted-social-media-post-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-team-mocks-so-called-football-coach-tim-walz-over-now-deleted-social-media-post-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump team mocks \u2018so-called football coach\u2019 Tim Walz over now-deleted social media post &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Ftrump-team-mocks-so-called-football-coach-tim-walz-over-now-deleted-social-media-post-washington-examiner%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=2360774&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>Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota recently faced ridicule for a gaffe made while promoting a livestream video of \u2064himself\u2063 playing a football \u2064video game with Congresswoman Alexandria\u200b Ocasio-Cortez. In\u200d a now<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-deleted social media post<\/a>, \u200bWalz incorrectly referred to a \u201cpick 6\u201d in\u200b football\u2064 when he intended to demonstrate his familiarity with the sport as a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fired-football-coach-sues-school-officials-for-retaliation-over-political-differences\/\" title=\"Fired Football Coach Sues School Officials for Retaliation Over Political Differences\">high school <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-celebrates-natl-law-enforcement-appreciation-day\/\" title=\"Country celebrates Nat\u2019l Law Enforcement Appreciation Day\">football coach<\/a><\/a>. His\u2062 post, aimed at engaging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-legend-says-black-voters-are-leaving-biden-because-of-masculinity\/\" title=\"John Legend suggests Black voters are turning away from Biden due to &#039;masculinity&#039; concerns\">young male voters<\/a>, included a phrase about being able to &#8220;call an\u200d audible&#8221; and encouraged drawing up a \u2063playbook. The Trump campaign seized on the mistake, mocking Walz for his lack of football knowledge,\u2063 with a tweet \u200cstating, \u200b\u201cYou\u2019d think a \u2063so-called football coach\u200d would be aware that you don\u2019t \u2062run a \u200cpick\u200c 6!\u201d This \u200dincident highlights the political ramifications of \u200dpublic figures fumbling well-known terms in \u200dtheir fields.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump team mocks &lsquo;so-called football coach&rsquo; Tim Walz over now-deleted social media post<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1848081\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tim Walz\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) was widely mocked for fumbling a common <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"football\">football<\/a> term in a now-deleted social media post that showed the governor on a livestream playing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-john-madden-was-the-mastermind-of-an-8-billion-gaming-franchise\/\" title=\"NYT: John Madden Was the Mastermind of an  Billion Gaming Franchise\">sports video game<\/a> with Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY).<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;@AOC can run a mean pick 6 &mdash; and I can call an audible on a play,&rdquo; Walz wrote on X on Sunday while promoting a clip of him playing a video game of <em>Madden<\/em> on Twitch with the congresswoman in an effort to appeal to young male voters.<\/p>\n<p>He added in the now-deleted social media post, &ldquo;And we both know that if you take the time to draw up a playbook, you&rsquo;re gonna use it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign responded on X with mockery of the former high school football coach.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tampon Tim is such a dork.<\/p>\n<p>You&rsquo;d think a so-called football coach would be aware that you don&rsquo;t run a pick 6! <\/p>\n<p>&#128514;&#128514; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jz1rhXe4vU\">pic.twitter.com\/jz1rhXe4vU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1850927844819341568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;d think a so-called football coach would be aware that you don&rsquo;t run a pick 6!&rdquo; the campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpWarRoom\/status\/1850927844819341568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ripped\">ripped<\/a> Walz on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The term &ldquo;pick 6&rdquo; refers to when an interception is made by a defensive player and subsequently returned for a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) also questioned the governor&rsquo;s knowledge of football at a campaign rally in Wasau, Wisconsin, on Monday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2666916&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=b00d6b196b523139f5c2f5d59c77722b\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t run a pick-six, you run the West Coast offense or the spread offense,&rdquo; Vance said to the audience at the rally. &ldquo;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&rsquo;s appropriate &rsquo;cause I think my running mate, Donald J. Trump, knows more about working at McDonald&rsquo;s than Kamala Harris does.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure Kamala ever worked at McDonald&rsquo;s and now I&rsquo;m unsure if Walz ever coached football,&rdquo; journalist Mark Hemingway <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Heminator\/status\/1850942202622394811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"quipped\">quipped<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, the classic coaching decision to &ldquo;run a mean pick 6&Prime; during a game. That&rsquo;s a phrase that has literally never been uttered in the history of football,&rdquo; <em>OutKick<\/em> journalist David Hookstead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/culture\/tim-walz-pick-six-deleted-football-tweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reacted\">reacted<\/a>. &ldquo;Everything about this tweet is cringe, embarrassing and stupid. As a young kid can tell you, a coach doesn&rsquo;t call a pick six. If they could, it&rsquo;d be the only play called by every defense on the planet every single play of the game.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1848081\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1848081\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump team ridicules &#8216;so-called football coach&#8217; Tim Walz for a now-deleted post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2360776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tim-Walz-5.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43906,32364,36113,3634],"class_list":["post-2360774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-football-coach","tag-social-media","tag-tim-walz","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tim-Walz-5.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360774","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\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2360774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2360774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2360774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2360774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2360774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}