Just one day before Kamala Harris dodged reporters by employing the old ‘I’m on the phone’ trick, her running mate appeared to duck the media when he got a question he didn’t want to answer.
Gov. Tim Walz was at the Minnesota State Fair on Sunday when he was asked about the six hostages that were found brutally murdered in a tunnel in Gaza. Rather than offer his condolences or condemn the brutality, Walz abruptly walked away.
On Thursday’s show, Megyn was joined by Britt Mayer and Xaviaer Durousseau to discuss Walz’s behavior and why the Harris campaign is so press shy.
Walz at the Fair
While Walz’s only actual interview remains the one he did alongside Harris on CNN last month, the Minnesota governor was apparently engaging in friendly banter with a small gathering of fairgoers and reporters at the State Fair over the weekend.
Dressed down in khaki pants, a t-shirt, and baseball cap, video shows the 59 year old holding a vanilla milkshake while answering benign questions about pork chops and the like from the group – until he received an inquiry he seemingly didn’t want to take.
An unidentified woman off-camera could be heard asking, “What’s your reaction to the six hostages being found in Gaza?”
It certainly looked as though Walz heard the question, but he never acknowledged it. Instead, he appeared to be approached by an aide before saying “thanks, everybody!” to the crowd and walking away. “He ran like a chicken on the farm,” Megyn said. “He heard it… and got the heck out of there.”
Mayer agreed. “He was talking about a chicken leg or something… because apparently they are a cooking show… That’s what the [Harris-Walz campaign] talks about,” she quipped. “He wanted to go back to his soft serve, so he waved them off just like he did to the brothers who he left behind when they went to [Iraq].”
Later that day, Walz’s team finally put out a statement on the hostage tragedy on X. “The anguish of losing a child is something no family should have to endure. Gwen and I send our deepest condolences to the Goldberg-Polin family, after Hamas’ murder of their son Hersh,” it read. “Hamas is a brutal terrorist organization — and we condemn their continued atrocities against both Americans and Israelis in the strongest possible terms.”
‘There Is No Courage’
It is unclear why Walz couldn’t offer such remarks earlier in the day. “I understand Kamala Harris is the chief messenger on the Harris-Walz ticket,” Megyn said. “However, as a human, you know exactly what to do in that moment. You say, ‘It’s awful and I have nothing but empathy and sympathy in my heart for the families of the victims. And I am keeping them in my prayers today.’ And that’s it. That’s all you say.”
She believes the fact that he couldn’t bring himself to say that in the moment speaks volumes. “There is no courage. That is what is so telling about that clip,” Megyn added. “The fact that he was too afraid to even say that shows how unsteady and fearful he is just like his boss.”
In Durousseau’s view, it is part of a theme for the Harris-Walz campaign. “He runs away like a coward because he had to go and get a talking point approved by the administration,” he said. “It shows how afraid these people are to stand on any sort of principle or any foundation of values.”
You can check out Megyn’s full interview with Mayer and Durousseau by tuning in to episode 880 on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. And don’t forget that you can catch The Megyn Kelly Show live on SiriusXM’s Triumph (channel 111) weekdays from 12pm to 2pm ET.