Tim Walz Brags He’d ‘Beat The Sh*t Out Of’ JD Vance In Debate Rematch

Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stated he could “beat the shit out of” Vice President JD Vance in a debate, on a podcast episode which aired Monday.

After Walz agreed to speak to Border Czar Tom Homan following his Monday phone conversation with President Donald Trump, Walz appeared on The Bulwark Podcast. After host Tim Miller criticized Walz’s performance during the 2024 vice presidential debate against Vance, Walz claimed he would be able to “beat the shit out of” JD Vance if the two men agreed to a rematch.

“Yes, I would beat the shit out of him now, if I could, and I would call that out! I mean, that’s just different. In verbally going at it, I could, my argument is much better,” the failed vice presidential nominee told Miller. “And making the case that housing prices are up because of immigration and that we should build on federal lands, it was such a crazy thing!”

“But then when I watched him, I got sucked into that, and if you remember this was right in that moment of eating dogs and cats, I took that bait and thought that that was the argument of how outrageous it was,” Walz added, referring to Trump’s viral accusations at the time about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio.

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The retiring Minnesota governor said he took the Harris campaign’s advice on how to debate Vance and stated he does not “get joy out of like beating someone .”

“It was strange to me to be in the presence of someone who, I couldn’t see a tell on him when he lied. It was so smooth … like with me, oh, I’m a terrible liar. I’m a terrible poker player,” Walz said.