GOP Strategist Brutally Mocked Over Debunked Tim Walz Dog Claim

The Republican Party is calling out every detail about Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz – starting with his furry friend, Scout.

On Monday morning, Minnesota GOP strategist Dustin Grage attempted to expose Walz with two different photos of the Minnesota governor side by side, all of which had apparently previously been posted on social media.

The photo on the left was posted in June 2022 and shows Walz with Scout, a Labrador retriever mix he got in 2018. The caption read: “Sending a special birthday shout out to our favorite pup, Scout.”

Meanwhile, the photo on the right was taken in October of that same year and showed Walz with another dog, with the caption, “I couldn’t think of a better way to spend a beautiful fall day than at the dog park.” I know Scout enjoyed it.”

Grage apparently smelled a scandal and posted the two photos to X, formerly Twitter, with the caption: ‘Yes, this is Tim Walz tweeting about his dog Scout. The only problem is that these are two completely different dogs.”

Grage’s post was amplified by conservative activist Charlie Kirk (who later deleted it). decorated NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines and Minnesota state representative Mary Franson.

However, a community note added to Grage’s tweet indicated that “the photo on the right is from a dog park where Tim Walz was with Scout and many other dogs.” You can see Scout playing with these dogs, the note says.

The person who made the note also added the video to her own post, writing:

“It took me exactly 45 seconds to go to @Tim_Walz’s Instagram page and see that this is a video of his dog Scout playing with another dog at the dog park.”

Others also complained about Grage’s “critical thinking” skills.

One person then asked Grage why “It’s okay to make stuff like this up” and why he’s “okay with blatantly lying to score cheap political points.”

Grage replied: “the left can’t meme.”

Walz has since deleted the photo of the non-Scout dog from his X account. JS reached out to his campaign for comment, but no one immediately responded.

In another instance of Walz coming under scrutiny from the Republican Party, it appears that in 2006, when Walz was running for Congress, he mentioned on his campaign page that he had been elected by the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce in the 1990s was named Outstanding Young Nebraskan.

Turns out the prize actually came from the Nebraska Junior Chamber of Commerce, another organization.

Many people felt the confusion was a bit exaggerated by critics.