The GOP is calling out every dog gone detail about Democratic vice presidential nominee ― starting with his furry friend, . On Monday morning, Minnesota GOP strategist Dustin Grage tried to expose Walz with two different pictures of the Minnesota governor side-by-side, each was apparently previously posted on social media. The photo on the left was posted in June 2022 and showed Walz with Scout, a Labrador retriever mix he got in 2018.
The caption read, “Sending a special birthday shoutout to our favorite pup, Scout.” Meanwhile, the one on the right was taken in October that same year and showed Walz with a different dog, with the caption, “Couldn’t think of a better way to spend a beautiful fall day than at the dog park. I know Scout enjoyed it.
” Grage seemingly smelled scandal and posted the two photos on X, formerly Twitter, with the caption, “ Yes, this is Tim Walz tweeting about his dog Scout. Only problem is that these are two completely different dogs. — Dustin Grage (@GrageDustin) Grage’s post was amplified by conservative activist Charlie Kirk (who later deleted it), as well as However, a community note added to Grage’s tweet pointed out that “the photo on the right is from a dog park that Tim Walz was at with Scout and many other dogs.
” Scout can be seen playing with these dogs, the note reads. The person making the note also added the video in her own post, writing: “It took me exactly 45 seconds to go to @Tim_Walz Instagram page and see this is a video of his dog Scout playing with another dog at the dog park.” It took me exactly 45 seconds to go to Instagram page and see this is a video of his dog Scout playing with another dog at the dog park.
— xtina (@xtina1229) Others also griped about Grage’s “critical thinking” skills. How are some of you still alive with critical thinking skills like this? Walz has a ton of social media posts and press photos with Scout, the black lab. The dog in the tweet on the right is just a random dog they met at the dog park; he’s not identifying the dog as Scout in.
.. — Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) These morons have such low thinking skills that it didn’t occur to him that Walz is taking a photo w ANOtHER dog (pic at right) bc they are at a DOG PARK and referencing that Scout enjoyed it.
He is not saying it is Scout featured in the pic. Morons. — A.
J. Delgado (@AJDelgado13) These pathetic weirdos are so desperate to find a line of attack that sticks to that they're resorting to dog park conspiracy theories. Truly hilarious watching them get increasingly desperate as every attack line just bounces off his authenticity armor — Evan Sutton (@3vanSutton) You realize, I hope, that he posted a video showing him playing with BOTH dogs at the dog park: The black one, "Scout," and the other brown one.
Note that Walz is dressed same way as in second pic, brown dog has same leashes, etc. — James Fallows (@JamesFallows) “it’s okay to make shit up like this” and why he’s “fine with blatantly lying to score cheap political points.” Grage responded, Walz has since deleted the photo of the dog that isn’t Scout from his X account.
HuffPost reached out to his campaign for comment, but no one has immediately responded. In another instance of Walz being scrutinized by the GOP, it appears that in 2006, when Walz was running for Congress, his campaign page mentioned that he had been named the Outstanding Young Nebraskan by the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce in the 1990s. Turns out the award was actually from a different organization.
Many people thought the mix-up was a tad overblown by critics. BREAKING: Tim Walz tells his children “Great job, champ” after their sports games even when they did not in fact win a championship — Leah Greenberg (@Leahgreenb) Tim Walz once said he “walked” the dog - even though the dog was also allowed to run at the park. — Ondine, MD☕️☕️☕️ (@Ondine_MD) A disgruntled Scout leaking the devasting oppo that Tim Walz once called another dog a "good boy" — Christopher Ingraham🦗 (@_cingraham) THE LYING CONTINUES: In 2017, Tim Walz was seen drinking from a “World’s Greatest Dad” mug, even though no such international contest was held that year — Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) BREAKING: It’s been confirmed that Tim Walz regularly tells relatives on phone calls that “Gwen sends her love” despite no indication of her having done so.
When will his deceit end? — Skyler Johnson (@SkylerforNY) Another unconscionable lie from Tim Walz: In 2017 Tim was reportedly at a friend’s house and said, “Welp, I gotta head out.” But then stood in the entry way to chat for another 75 minutes! Which is it Tim? Do you “gotta head out” or not?? — Andrew Nadeau (@TheAndrewNadeau) OMG. Someone typed that he won an award from the Chamber of Commerce when it was really the JUNIOR Chamber of Commerce? That's it! I'm changing my vote and going with the guy who made up the Michigan Man of the Year Award out of whole cloth.
Also the convicted felon. — KevinlyFather 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇼🇸🇿 (@KevinlyFather).
