Tim Walz claims his son Gus, 17, witnessed a college taking pictures… then makes weird gaffe about being ‘buddies’ with gunmen

Vice Presidential candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz agreed that colleges must be safer for youngsters earlier than the Democrat made a surprising admission.

‘I received a 17-year-old and he witnessed a taking pictures at a group heart taking part in volleyball,’ the Minnesota governor mentioned recounting how his son Gus, 17, witnessed a tragedy himself. ‘These issues do not go away you.’

Vance was shocked by the story and instantly provided his condolences.

‘I did not know your 17-year-old witnessed a taking pictures. I am sorry about that. Christ have mercy. That’s terrible,’ the Republican mentioned.

The uncommon second of bipartisan settlement got here simply over an hour into the vice presidential debate the place the 2 had been sparing with one another. 

Then simply moments later whereas Walz was advocating for gun management reforms he made a jaw-dropping disclosure: ‘I’ve turn into buddies with faculty shooters.’

The admission was in response to a query concerning why Walz had modified positions and now helps bans on assault weapons. 

Walz additionally mentioned he met with the mother and father of the Sandy Hook Elementary faculty taking pictures as nicely. 

Nonetheless, It’s unclear what level precisely he was attempting to make. 

The unusual declare earned him scorn of victims instantly. 

‘My daughter was killed within the Parkland faculty taking pictures. It is completely abhorrent that Tim Walz has befriended faculty shooters. Disqualifying,’ tweeted Andrew Pollack, whose daughter was murdered within the Parkland faculty taking pictures. 

And a spotlight of the ex-president. 

‘Did tampon Tim simply say he has ‘turn into buddies with faculty shooters?’ Trump wrote on his Reality Social app. 

‘He is not even certified to be governor, not to mention Vice President. Walz and Kamala shouldn’t have what it takes!’

 Although Vance and Walz did discover widespread floor on securing colleges.

‘I do not need my children to go to highschool in a college that feels unsafe … we now have to extend safety in our colleges,’ Vance mentioned. 

‘I feel that Governor Walz and I truly most likely agree that we have to do higher on this. The query is simply how we truly do it.’

‘Now we have to make the doorways lock higher. Now we have to make the doorways stronger. We have got to make the home windows stronger, and naturally, we have got to extend faculty useful resource officers, as a result of the concept we are able to magically wave a wand and take weapons out of the fingers of unhealthy guys, it simply would not match with current expertise. So we have got to make our colleges safer.’