Tim Walz fumbles common football term, gets scorched on social media: 'You don’t run a pick 6!'
Walz played the latest edition of the Madden video game series on Sunday with Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. on Twitch, which was livestreamed
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Tim Walz committed a fumble on Sunday.
The Minnesota governor, a former high school defensive coach, was widely mocked for misusing a common football term after livestreaming himself playing video games.
Walz was playing the latest edition of the Madden video game series on Twitch with Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in an effort to appeal to young male voters just days before the election. During the game, both Democrats urged voters to support Vice President Kamala Harris' White House bid.
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Gov. Tim Walz and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez played a game of 'Madden' on Twitch in an attempt to appeal to young male voters. (Twitch)
Afterward, Walz, who was wearing a camouflage Minnesota Vikings cap, posted on X that Ocasio-Cortez "could run a mean pick 6," meaning when a defender returns an interception for a touchdown.
"And we both know when you take the time to draw up a playbook, you’re gonna use it," Walz also wrote.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The post was later deleted, but critics quickly jumped on the mistake.
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, of Ohio, noted the difference between a pick 6 and offensive plays.
"You don't run a pick-six, you run the West Coast offense or the spread offense," Vance said at a campaign rally. "It made me realize that even though they say Tim Walz was a football coach, I think I know more about football than Tim Walz. And it's appropriate 'cause I think my running mate, Donald J. Trump, knows more about working at McDonald's than Kamala Harris does."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"AOC can run a mean pick 6 - and I can call an audible on a play. And they wonder why they can’t get men to vote for this ticket," one X user wrote.
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Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) joins Twitch live-stream to play a game of "Madden," against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y). (X/@Tim_Walz)
"Tampon Tim is such a dork. You’d think a so-called football coach would be aware that you don’t run a pick 6!" the Trump campaign "War Room" account wrote.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Are we sure Tim Walz has even watched a game of football, let alone coached a team?" another user wrote.
"I'm not sure Kamala ever worked at McDonald's and now I'm unsure if Walz ever coached football." wrote another.
Tim Walz at a campaign rally. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Before being elected governor, Walz was a teacher and coach at Alliance High School in Nebraska and Mankato West High School in Minnesota.