Vance looks to turn tables on Walz: He’s the one being ‘weird’

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance sought to turn the tables on Democratic rival Tim Walz, claiming that the Minnesota governor is the one being “weird.”

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance sought to turn the tables on Democratic rival Tim Walz, asserting that the Minnesota governor is the one being “weird.” In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash set to air Sunday, the Ohio senator pointed to Walz shaking his wife’s hand before hugging her onstage at the rally in Philadelphia at which Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled him as her running mate. Vance accused the Democratic ticket of “a little bit of projection,” contrasting how he’d hugged and kissed his own wife after his first speech as the Republican vice presidential nominee. “Tim Walz gave his wife a nice, firm Midwestern handshake, and then tried to sort of awkwardly correct for it,” Vance said. “I think what it is, is two people, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, who aren’t comfortable in their own skin, because they’re uncomfortable with their policy positions for the American people,” he said. “And so they’re name-calling instead of actually telling the American people how they’re going to make their lives better. I think that’s weird, Dana, but look, they can call me whatever they want to.” Asked whether he was suggesting the governor doesn’t have affection for his wife, Vance said Walz “acted weird, which he did, on a national stage in front of his wife.”