Tim Walz roasted over appearing to struggle to load shotgun at hunting event: So much for being military badass

Well, that may have backfired a little.Democratic VP hopeful Tim Walz tried to showcase his hyped-up firearm skills at a hunting event Saturday, but detractors quickly seized on his apparent struggles to load a Beretta A400 semiautomatic shotgun.Clad in an orange vest and chaps while tramping through straw-like high grass, Walz participated in the three-hour annual Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener near Sleepy Eye, Minn., but didn’t bag any birds.

Footage posted on social media during the hunting expedition showed Walz hunched over adjusting his Beretta while complaining that something “never fits quite right” and noted that it was designed to help mitigate pressure on the shoulders.Since ascending to the vice presidential nomination, Walz has boasted about his hunting prowess, taunting GOP veep candidate JD Vance by saying, “I guarantee you he can’t shoot pheasants like I can.” Walz has also crowed about being one of the best shots during his previous tenure as a representative in Congress.The Harris-Walz campaign has promoted the fact that both the Minnesota governor and Vice President-turned Dem-presidential candidate Kamala Harris are gun owners while seeking to fend off GOP criticisms of their support for gun control.

Harris claims to own a Glock and says that she has fired it at a gun range.The campaign launched the coalition group Hunters and Anglers for Harris-Walz last week and has sold off camouflage hats in a bid to appeal to rural America.

Allies and the camp of former President Donald Trump quickly mocked Walz on X over his Saturday hunting excursion, chiding that he looked like a neophyte with the Beretta, which costs about $2,159.“Glock-enthusiast Kamala Harris needs to teach Tim Walz how to load a gun,” user Kate Hyde quipped.Conservative influencer Ian Miles Cheong chided, “Incredible.

Tim Walz has never used a gun before in his life.So much for being a military badass.

Just another lie in a long string of lies.�...