Ben Shapiro Tries — And Fails — To Insult Tim Walz With Dated Reference
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After the conservative podcaster called the Minnesota governor a "Marxist Don Rickles," some people asked, "Is this the best you can come up with?"
Conservative podcaster Ben Shapiro tried really, really hard to insult Tim Walz on Wednesday, but the attack failed to land, in part because it only made the Minnesota governor seem more appealing.
Shapiro took to X, formerly Twitter to note, “Weird move for Kamala to select Marxist Don Rickles, but here we are.”
Shapiro’s post came hours after a rally in Philadelphia with Vice President Kamala Harris where Walz brought down the house by joking that he “can’t wait to debate” Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance “if he’s willing to get off the couch and show up.”
The mention of the couch was a reference to a debunked internet joke that Vance supposedly had sex with a couch in college and wrote about it in his book, “Hillbilly Elegy.”
Walz is also credited with coming up with the “Republicans are weird” talking point that has so far been effective with the Democratic base.
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