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Join Telegram ChannelSen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., lashed out at Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate Tim Walz on social media Friday, calling out the Minnesota governor for his unusual sports terminology.
Tuberville, who before pursuing his political career was head coach of Ole Mademoiselle, Auburn, Texas Tech and Cincinnati and was coach of the year in 2004, criticized a post Walz made on X.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., left, and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, right, arrive at a news conference in front of Manhattan Criminal Court, Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jérémie)
“Regroup, team. It's the last quarter,” the message read. “We have the ball and we're charging down the field. And boy, do we have the team to win this.”
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He added: “Let's make this happen” with a link to a vote registration website.
Tuberville responded to the post, apparently disagreeing with Walz's use of the phrase “last shift.”
“We call it the 4th quarter, ‘Coach’.”
Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz shakes hands with comedian George Lopez before Walz speaks at a campaign event at Trevor Browne High School on Saturday, October 26 2024, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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Walz's coaching experience, a point of contention for Republicans, dates back to his time as a faculty member at Mankato West High School from 1996 to 2006. During that time, he served as linebackers coach and defensive coordinator for the Scarlets until 2002. Under Under the leadership of head coach Rick Sutton, the school won its first state championship in 1999.
Tuberville previously criticized Walz after the governor reportedly said at a Boston fundraiser in August that “one of my roles in all of this now is to be the anti-Tommy Tuberville, to show that coaches footballers are not the stupidest people.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal 2025 defense budget, in the Hart Building, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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Speaking to Fox News Digital at the time, Tuberville fired back.
“I think he's trying to make himself look good. He's kind of comparing himself to a coach, where he was just an assistant coach in high school. And if he was good, he would have been a head coach, to be honest with you,” Tuberville said.
“I don't know what he's trying to do. He's kind of cheated his way up the totem pole, I guess. He's second in line to be president of the United States if they were to win, which I don't. I don't think it's going to happen, but if you look at everything he's done, it doesn't coincide with being a coach.
Ryan Gaydos of Fox News contributed to this report.
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