By most objective reports, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance dealt Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz a decisive defeat during Tuesday night’s debate. And Walz being Walz, Minnesota’s clearly nervous governor delivered several demanding blows yourself.
None of Walz’s gaffes were more damaging than his “I was friends with school shooters” disaster.
Predictably, X users — including former President Donald Trump himself, who we’ll get to in a moment — posted eye-catching posts on social media. First, here’s Walz’s faux pas:
I became friends with school shooters. I saw it.
Oops.
Tim Walz: “I became friends with school shooters” pic.twitter.com/p2FIoOkj8J
– End of Wakefulness (@EndWokeness) October 2, 2024
Listen, I assume he meant to say, “I’ve become friends with school shooting victims,” but Walz is Walz, from his endless list of newly exposed lies to his penchant for saying the craziest things to Kamala Harris ‘ Candidacy buddy dug his own hole from the start.
Let the hilarity begin
One X user imagined Kamala’s first reaction to her vice president’s latest faux pas.
“What do you mean he said he was friends with school shooters?” pic.twitter.com/ooB40RV9jJ
– Mostly Peaceful Memes (@MostlyPeacefull) October 2, 2024
Another user imagined what JD Vance was thinking after Walz’s epic faux pas.
Damn, bro. I don’t think I would have said that.
Interestingly, Walz didn’t seem to notice his own faux pas.
– Rex_Tudor_Coup (@iamgnurr) October 2, 2024
This meme creator didn’t miss the opportunity to delicate up Walz.
TIM WALZ IS YOUR NEW MISS SPOKE!
Ouch.
TIM WALZ IS YOUR NEW MISS SPOKE! #VPDebate #VPDebate2024 pic.twitter.com/6EixYuQFLe
– LEAHmemes (@itsreallyleah) October 2, 2024
I bet that left a mark.
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And the best shot of all came from none other than Trump, with this hilarious Post on Truth Social.
TRUMP VANCE ’24
*Not friends with school shooters*
Beautiful.
#Boom pic.twitter.com/AslMpfO407
– MikesRight (@RealLibSmacker) October 2, 2024
Since even a majority, if not a majority, of left-wing media sockpuppets admitted that Vance won the debate, leave it to the hilarious CNN to turn the tables on a Vance win – even before the debate began.
Veteran Democrat and CNN contributor David Axelrod actually predicted that if JD won the debate, he wouldn’t just come across as “predatory” to the “innocent” Walz; but also that a victory would be bad for Trump-Vance.
You know, they have very different personalities. Vance is, you know, he’s a little bit predatory and waltzing on this debate platform, his strength is his warmth and his everydayness. It’s a bit like a Labrador versus a coyote. And the question is, people are cheering for the Labrador, but can he get enough of a beating to keep the coyote away from him?
As a commenter said elsewhere, JD is hardly a coyote; He is a wolf who stalks his prey.
READ MORE: CNN is CNN: Democrats argue that JD’s loss to Walz was actually bad for Trump-Vance
Tuesday evening, Vance killed his defenseless prey.

