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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, was booed outside of a University of Michigan-University of Minnesota football game on Saturday, with a video of the incident now circulating on social media.
A TikTok video of the governor and his motorcade being booed has been reshared thousands of times on X, formerly Twitter. Online, the videos are often accompanied with political commentary against Walz, but it's worth noting that Walz was there to support his home team, the Golden Gophers—not the Wolverines—at the latter's home stadium, "The Big House."
The Trump War Room X account posted the video on Saturday and wrote, "Tampon Tim gets booed outside the Big House," a nickname Republican critics use for Walz in reference to a law he signed requiring public schools to provide menstrual products. As of Sunday afternoon, the X post had over 380,000 views and 1,500 shares. To watch the video, click here.
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OutKick, a Fox-owned sports outlet, also reposted the video and wrote on X, "Michigan fans ruthlessly boo Tim Walz."
Steven Cheung, Trump's campaign spokesperson, told Newsweek in an email on Sunday, "Tampon Tim is a weirdo and it's no surprise he was heckled and scurried out of the stadium like a rat."
Walz, a former high school football coach, posted a video compilation of his game day experience on X, featuring interactions with Michigan and Minnesota players, coaches, and fans. He also shared a photo from a tailgate with University of Michigan students supporting campus voter registration efforts.
In an X post on Sunday morning, he wrote, "I'll always be a Minnesota guy. But after meeting some great people at the Big House, I must admit – Michiganders know how to host a good game day."
Newsweek reached out to Walz's press team for comment via email on Sunday.
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On X, several Trump supporters contrasted Walz's Saturday appearance with the former president's at the University of Alabama-University of Georgia football game where videos show fans smiling and chanting "USA! USA!" as Trump handed out concession stand food to members of the crowd. When Trump was introduced over the loud speaker, many fans chanted his name or shouted "USA," while others gave thumbs-down gestures.
Michigan is a heavily contested battleground state, with recent aggregate polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump within the margins of error. Poll aggregator FiveThirtyEight shows the vice president ahead of Trump by 2.4 percentage points, while The New York Times' aggregate has Harris leading the former president by 2 percentage points, 49 to 47 percent.
Walz and Ohio Senator JD Vance—Trump's running mate—will face off in their first and only scheduled debate of this election on Tuesday. The debate will take place in New York City at 9 p.m. ET, hosted by CBS News. It comes less than a month after Harris and Trump debated in Philadelphia.
While vice presidential debates are typically fairly low profile, Harris and Trump have no second debate scheduled. Last Saturday, Harris agreed to a second debate with Trump hosted by CNN on October 23, however the former president has not agreed to it. The vice-presidential debate may be the last time candidates on the two major tickets will debate before November's election, which is less than 40 days away.
Update 9/29/24, 5:21 p.m. ET: This article has been updated with additional information.
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