Tim Walz and AOC play Madden on Twitch in attempt to appeal to young male voters, slam Trump during stream
In an effort to secure more support from male voters before Election Day, vice-presidential candidate Gov.Tim Walz, D-Minn., and Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., played Madden NFL together on the live-streaming platform Twitch on Sunday.“Sundays are for football! Game on, AOC,” Walz wrote in a post on X.The pair jumped on the streaming service Sunday afternoon, during NFL Sunday games, to discuss the upcoming election.Ocasio-Cortez opened the session explaining that her and Walz agreed to do the live-stream a couple of weeks ago when he expressed interest in doing a game stream with her.They agreed to play Madden because he used to be a football coach, and he was familiar with the game, having played it with his children in the past. Walz joined the stream after 30 minutes, wearing a camouflage Minnesota Vikings hat, prior to attending a campaign rally in Nevada. The duo wasted no time in throwing jabs at former President Donald Trump and emphasized the importance of Democrats taking control of the House and keeping majority control of the Senate.“We don’t all share the same politics, we don’t all share the same views, but the need to defeat Trump this year has been my number one priority,” Ocasio-Cortez said.During the live-stream, Walz told Ocasio-Cortez that if he and Kamala Harris win the election, he would make her the Speaker of the House. “We’re gonna win this election.We’re gonna make you put a gavel in your hand in the House,” Walz told Ocasio-Cortez.The two continue to game and chat about a Harris-Walz administration, with Walz eluding that they would eliminate the filibuster.“The Senate has their own things.
They have, kinda their ‘norms and their customs,’ but in order..” Ocasio-Cortez said before Walz cuts in.“Maybe, maybe, some of those norms, I’m just gonna say I don’t know where you stand, but I’m guessing you and I are probably the same on the filibuster?” Walz asks.“Oh yeah, we gotta get rid o...