Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz raised some eyebrows about what he plans to do on Nov. 6 throughout his late-night debut on “Jimmy Kimmel Stay.”
On Monday, Walz and liberal host Jimmy Kimmel took turns knocking his GOP rival Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, over his refusal to say that former President Trump misplaced the 2020 election throughout final week’s vice presidential debate.
Walz known as it “very surreal” to hearken to, however pivoted to his personal optimism that the nation will “turn the page” on Election Day.
“For me, and being an eternal optimist, I always say that. I supervised a high school lunchroom – you’re an optimist or you’re dead,” Walz mentioned. “This idea that look, we get to turn the page on that, and I plan on waking up on November 6 with Madam President.”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel shared fun after the Democratic vice presidential nominee mistakenly instructed he could be “waking up” with Kamala Harris after the election. (Screenshot/ABC )
Whereas the liberal viewers roared with cheers, Kimmel jokingly requested for a clarification.
“I want to be clear, you won’t be waking up together,” Kimmel responded with a smile.
“No,” Walz laughed.
“Unless you guys have gotten closer than we thought,” Kimmel quipped.
“I have a problem about not being specific with my language. So thank you for that, specifically right,” Walz chuckled.
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Tim Walz and Kamala Harris at a marketing campaign rally. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Overview-Journal/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Photographs)
Walz beforehand went viral when he mistakenly claimed that he had “become friends with school shooters” through the vice presidential debate.
“I sat in that office with those Sandy Hook parents. I’ve become friends with school shooters. I’ve seen it,” Walz mentioned.
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The poorly timed mishap occurred when Walz was requested about altering positions on banning assault weapons, which he beforehand opposed however now helps. Walz meant he had change into pleasant with dad and mom who misplaced kids to high school shootings.
He additionally made headlines when he referred to himself as a “knucklehead” after he was pressed about his falsehood about being in Hong Kong through the Tiananmen Sq. bloodbath.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. (Getty Photographs)
Throughout an interview on “60 Minutes,” Walz was requested whether or not he may very well be trusted as different previous statements have confronted intense scrutiny.
“Is that kind of misrepresentation- isn’t that more than just being a knucklehead?” CBS Information’ Invoice Whitaker requested.
“I think folks know who I am and I think they know the difference between someone expressing emotion, telling a story, getting a date wrong … than a pathological liar like Donald Trump,” Walz mentioned.
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“But I think it comes down to the question of whether you can be trusted to tell the truth,” Whitaker adopted.
“Yeah, well, I can. I think I can,” Walz responded.
“I will own up to being a knucklehead at times, but the folks closest to me know that I keep my word,” Walz added.
Fox Information’ Brian Flood contributed to this report.
