Democrat VP candidate Tim Walz claimed in an October 21, 2024, appearance on ABC’s The View that he can “shoot better” than the Republicans who mocked him as he fumbled with his shotgun.
On October 13, 2024, Breitbart News commented on a viral video of Walz on a pheasant hunt, noting that Walz, a self-proclaimed hunter, struggled to load the firearm.
In the video, Walz awkwardly hunched over the shotgun and tried to load it while saying, “It never fits quite right.”
Walz has repeatedly used time on the campaign trail to remind voters that he is a hunter, and Republicans responded to the video by laughing at him.
On Monday of this week, The View host Joy Behar asked Walz if a video of him pheasant hunting is “enough to convince people there is some middle ground [on this issue of guns]? Because right now, right-wingers are coming after you for how you handled your shotgun.”
Walz responded, “Well, I can shoot better than all of them, I guarantee you that.”
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, a Pulsar Night Vision pro-staffer, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly: awrhawkins@breitbart.com.