Vice Presidential hopeful Tim Walz may have gotten a huge swath of votes for the Democratic ticket in the election by giving a sweet shoutout to an unexpected demographic during Tuesday night’s Vice-presidential debate — Dancing With the Stars fans. Fans of the ABC show were left fuming when they were preempted for the week due to the televised showdown between Walz and J.D.
Vance , but the political arena of the debate wound up having some unexpected sweet moments, as Walz also paid tribute to Taylor Swift , who endorsed Kamala Harris. While Vance faced criticism over the “dull” debate , Walz managed to get some to find him endearing with his off the cuff mentions of pop culture JD Vance a 'business lemur on beta blockers in dull debate' says Stephen Colbert Tim Walz in sweet tribute to Taylor Swift at VP debate after her endorsement One such moment came in his closing remarks. As he started his last appeal to voters, he made sure to thank hs opponent and the moderators, before turning his attention to the American people–and the DWTS audience.
“Thank you Senator Vance, Thank you to CBS News, and most importantly, thank you to all of you, if you're still up, and the folks who missed Dancing With the Stars , I appreciate it,” he said. The shoutout delighted fans, who quickly took to Reddit to express their joy. “Lmao his shoutout made me giggle,” one wrote.
“I was glad someone cared about our sacrifice haha,” another said. DON'T MISS: Tim Walz calls hims.