Vance Outperformed Walz in Debate That’s Unlikely to Shift Race“I’ve become friends with school shooters,” Walz said, seeming to mean parents of school shooting victims. (On Wednesday, he clarified to a reporter: “I was talking about meeting people where there are school shooters,

But Walz said Wednesday during a stop on his bus tour around Pennsylvania that he was "talking about meeting people where there are school shooters," and highlighted the relationships he has made victims of mass shootings, including those who survived the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.

Right-wing lawmakers, pundits, and trolls have jumped on the moment in the vice presidential debate when Tim Walz said he was “friends with school shooters.”

Vice presidential candidate Gov. Tim Walz had several verbal stumbles during Tuesday night's VP debate. In the debate’s opening moments, he confused Iran and Israel when discussing the Middle East. At one point he said he had “become friends with school shooters,

Tim Walz had a major gaffe during Tuesday's debate, saying that he had "become friends with school shooters" while discussing gun violence.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Wednesday sought to clarify a comment from the vice presidential debate in which he said he’s “become friends with school shooters,” telling reporters he was speaking about people impacted by school shootings.