{"id":2379254,"date":"2024-12-12T10:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/extremely-odd-viewers-notice-clear-problem-with-tim-walzs-christmas-tree-video\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T10:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T15:04:43","slug":"extremely-odd-viewers-notice-clear-problem-with-tim-walzs-christmas-tree-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/extremely-odd-viewers-notice-clear-problem-with-tim-walzs-christmas-tree-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Extremely Odd&#8217;: Viewers Notice Clear Problem with Tim Walz&#8217;s Christmas Tree Video"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fextremely-odd-viewers-notice-clear-problem-with-tim-walzs-christmas-tree-video%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=2379254&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 faced backlash\u2062 for a bizarre Christmas video he\u2064 posted on social media, \u200cintended for his\u2062 daughter Hope. In the video, Walz showcased their Christmas\u200b tree decorated with homemade ornaments and unveiled the tree topper\u2014a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-year-of-living-fearfully\/\" title=\"The Year of Living Fearfully\">toilet paper<\/a> roll angel. His overly cheerful tone and the \u200bodd presentation\u2063 led to confusion and ridicule\u2063 among viewers, who questioned the\u200b appropriateness of posting a private message publicly. Many criticized the video\u2063 as staged and\u2062 lacking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elites-embarrass-america-on-world-stage-following-abe-assassination\/\" title=\"Elites Embarrass America On World Stage Following Abe Assassination\">genuine warmth<\/a>, remarking that \u2062the way Walz communicated seemed more suited for a\u200b toddler than an adult. This \u2062incident has contributed to a\u2064 perception of Walz as &#8220;creepy&#8221; and odd, furthering discourse around his public image.As the holiday season approaches, commentators expressed \u200drelief that Kamala Harris lost the election,\u200b suggesting that the public \u2063has avoided a potential crisis in leadership.  <\/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> \t\t\t\t<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><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was roasted for posting a creepy Christmas video on X &mdash; addressed to his daughter Hope &mdash; that featured a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">shabby angel-tree ornament made<\/a> of toilet paper.<\/p>\n<p>The hilarity unfolded Wednesday, when the failed Democratic vice presidential candidate showed off a scruffy Christmas tree decorated with a motley collection of odd-looking ornaments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hey Hope, Mom and Dad here,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-postmaster-general-claps-hands-ears-congressman-hits-hard-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> said on his X video, as his wife robotically waved at the camera.<\/p>\n<p>In a sing-song voice parents use when speaking to infants, the governor said he and his wife had &ldquo;finished decorating the family Christmas tree,&rdquo; which was decked with &ldquo;all of the homemade ornaments&rdquo; the family had made over the years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Remember to  holiday traditions like decorating the tree with your kids even if they&rsquo;re out of town. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SXn9Wh4b8l\">pic.twitter.com\/SXn9Wh4b8l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovTimWalz\/status\/1867000621817270706?\">December 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>Walz showcased the various ornaments, before hyping the pi&egrave;ce de r&eacute;sistance, which was the tree topper.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hey Hope, we got the final one,&rdquo; he said, building up suspense for the grand finale.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re gonna love this: Toilet paper roll angel,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-called-bitter-viewers-see-new-reaction-kamalas-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> gushed.<\/p>\n<p>The governor then proudly placed the toilet-paper ornament on top of the tree.<\/p>\n<p>The bizarre video ignited a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megan-fox-hints-at-infidelity-from-machine-gun-kelly-sparks-break-up-rumors-by-quoting-beyonces-lemonade\/\" title=\"Megan Fox Hints At Infidelity From Machine Gun Kelly, Sparks Break Up Rumors By Quoting Beyonce\u2019s \u2018Lemonade\u2019\">social media frenzy<\/a>, as some users wondered why Walz posted a message intended for his daughter on his public X account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For some odd reason, Tim Walz decided to post a video meant for his daughter on social media while placing a &ldquo;toilet paper roll Angel&rdquo; on the top of their Christmas tree.<\/p>\n<p>Weird. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lHbgouNHd3\">pic.twitter.com\/lHbgouNHd3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breaking911 (@Breaking911) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1867017011664130424?\">December 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;How did he accidentally post that?&rdquo; one user asked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How did he accidentally post that<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Washingtons ghost (@hartgoat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hartgoat\/status\/1867043608492167363?\">December 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Others remarked that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/brutal-rejection-tim-walzs-home-county-shows-really-feel-trumps-win-gets-even-bigger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> and his wife sounded as if they were addressing a three-year-old toddler instead of their 23-year-old adult daughter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A 3 year-old or a dementia patient.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Honey in Houston (@TexasBelle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TexasBelle\/status\/1867026059922903128?\">December 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Numerous commenters were simply mystified by Walz&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-postmaster-general-claps-hands-ears-congressman-hits-hard-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oddball antics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They are both so creepy &#128561;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrea &#128081;&#127482;&#127480; (@AndreaH168) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndreaH168\/status\/1867068085875691607?\">December 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Extremely odd<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ragged old flag (@jabner0525) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jabner0525\/status\/1867017834913796208?\">December 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To be clear, it was not an accident that Tim Walz posted the video. It seems he intentionally posted it to show the public that he&rsquo;s a normal guy and not the &ldquo;creep&rdquo; he often comes across as.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for the doddering Democrat, the baffling video made him seem weirder than ever &mdash; no small feat, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>It was staged and contrived and utterly devoid of the genuine warmth you see in real family videos.<\/p>\n<p>The X post also reaffirmed widespread sentiment that we dodged a huge bullet when Kamala Harris lost the election to President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/get-ready-rock-trump-announces-massive-plan-hyper-charge-us-economy-job-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine being forced to see these two fugazi &ldquo;world leaders&rdquo; LARPing as the president and the VP for the next four years.<\/p>\n<p>As Christmas approaches, let us all be thankful that we dodged that gruesome calamity &mdash; at least for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/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\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<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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The amusing incident occurred on Wednesday when the former Democratic vice presidential candidate displayed a disheveled Christmas tree adorned with an assortment of peculiar ornaments. In the video, he and his wife addressed their daughter in an overly cutesy manner, claiming they had finished decorating the tree with homemade decorations from over the years. As he revealed various ornaments, he built up excitement for the final touch: a toilet paper roll angel that he proudly placed atop the tree. The odd video sparked social media reactions as many questioned why it was shared publicly and noted that Walz&#8217;s tone seemed more suited for addressing a toddler than an adult daughter. Overall, viewers found his antics bizarre and staged rather than heartfelt, reinforcing negative perceptions about him as a public figure while expressing relief that Kamala Harris did not win her election bid alongside him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2379255,"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\/12\/walz-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46644,36113,42889],"class_list":["post-2379254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-christmas-tree","tag-tim-walz","tag-video-controversy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/walz-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379254","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=2379254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379258,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379254\/revisions\/2379258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2379255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2379254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}