Watters: Walz Hugged Michigan Gopher Mascot ‘Like It Was His Husband Returning Home from War’

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>> Jesse: Kamala’s big bet on Tim Walz isn’t working, and tomorrow night’s vp debate might be walz’s last chance to fire up the group he was brought on for: men.
>> The real struggle for the Harris campaign as young men, older men, men of color, white men, and they are doing all they can. I think the debate next week will be really interesting, to see how Tim Walz reaches out to that group.
>> Jesse: so Kamala is struggling with half the country, and now bossing walz around, telling them to six trucks, eat doughnuts, and watch football. Timmy was at the Michigan-Minnesota game Saturday and hugged the go for a mascot like’s has been returning home from war. Men should never act that way around a mascot. You throw a football on the sideline, you don’t grope a man and a gopher seat. Haven’t seen if you like that since we sent our producer to a furry convention. He climbed into the suite after for a photo op, cheering while everybody else was asleep. After the game, Tim got booed out of the stadium. Listen.
>> Get that [bleep] out of here!
>> Boo!
[Crowd booing]
>> Get outta here!
>> Jesse: Tim hasn’t done an interview since he held Kamala’s hand on CNN. The only time we really see him is when he’s flailing like a stranded guy on a deserted island signaling to a passing plane for help. Just remember, men should never move their arms like that, even italians think it’s also all so much. Night live is now mocking him.
>> Come on out here, coach walz!
[Cheers and applause]
>> Hey, hey!
[Sustained applause] Whoo!
>> Jesse: maybe its nervous energy, because Tim Walz is telling people he is just as nervous about facing J.D. Vance as he was the Sunday afternoon in August when he warned Kamala Harris and his running mate interview that he was a bad debater. Maybe more nervous, according to multiple people who have spoken to him. I’m not sure what walz has to be nervous about. He’s not planning on answering any of the questions at the debate.
>> I heard he said to someone who asked, how is debate prep going? He said, look, I was trained as a teacher. As a teacher we are trained to answer the questions. We tell our students to answer the questions. That’s not what this is.
>> Jesse: as gutfeld said, walz is the first white dei hire. Kamala picked him just because he was an old midwestern white guy who checked the box. But he’s more like that dopey dad that Hollywood casts in sitcoms to make men look bad.
>> Walz is a buffoon. I’m sorry. This guy’s the only schoolteacher in America who brags that None of his students can get into an Ivy League school. Hehas had one consequential interaction with our Dana Bash, who asked him about the fabrications of his own resume, and his answer was essentially “me no understand where it’s good he’s a buffoon, he gets very little press. They don’t let them talk to the press for a reason.
>> Jesse: tomatoes debate to be the last debate of this election. CBS is going to keep the mics hot and promises not to fact-check the candidates in real time. We will see. What impact will the debate tomorrow night have on this race?