When he was busy adding even more cringe-inducing awkwardness to the doomed Kamala Harris presidential campaign, failed vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz did little to cultivate an image as a tough guy.
There's nothing weird about grown men who walk like this pic.twitter.com/n4VZGX1GOV
— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) March 20, 2025
That’s why his recent taunt to Republicans that he could “kick most of their ass” was met with widespread mockery this week.
And for former professional wrestler Glenn Jacobs, better known by fans as Kane, Walz’s claim was enough for him to consider entering the ring one more time — all for a good cause, that is.
As the Daily Wire reported:
“How do you fight it?” Walz asked Newsom, adding, “I think I could kick most of their a**! I do think that … I know I can outrun them. I don’t know if we’re going to fall into that place where we, okay, we challenge you to, you know, a WWE fight here, type of thing.”
The Daily Wire’s Brent Scher approached Kane and asked for his response was to Walz’s bluster.
Jacobs later proposed an opportunity for Walz to make good on his threat — and even volunteered to get in the ring with him, for charity.
Jacobs received some high-profile support in his bid to call Walz’s bluff:
I would totally referee this. https://t.co/3xodfRhwL9
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) March 20, 2025
The development came on the heels of the Minnesota governor’s almost universally mocked comments on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s podcast:
Tim Walz says he scares Conservatives with his masculinity.
Yeah… the guy who offers tampons to boys in schools is super masculine 😂pic.twitter.com/Ge4qgiMho8
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 19, 2025
The reason people don't find Tim Walz masculine has little to do with hunting or trucks.
It's because he's a 60 year old man complaining about people not finding him masculine, while also claiming he could kick the asses of voters. https://t.co/FEt0nDzaZu
— Kaizen D. Asiedu (@thatsKAIZEN) March 19, 2025
Jacobs also posted a video under his “Kane” X account:
Everyone is always asking me if I have one last match left. I think I have found my final victim, er, I mean opponent. pic.twitter.com/NYOraw0ES6
— Kane (@KaneWWE) March 19, 2025
Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner also chimed in with a taunt aimed at Walz, per the New York Post:
“I am more ‘masculine’ than this [clown emoji] Gov Walz,” Jenner, 75, ribbed on X Wednesday in response to the governor’s bombast.
Jenner, an Olympic gold-winning decathlete who came out as a transwoman in 2015, shared a clip from the Republican National Committee’s opposition research X account showcasing the governor’s braggadocio.
Walz (D), 60, had crowed on the “This is Gavin Newsom” podcast about his masculinity and mused that conservatives are particularly intimidated by his manliness.
And here’s what Fox News funnyman Greg Gutfeld had to say about the whole situation:
WATCH: Greg’s monologue on Tim Walz and the inauthentic masculinity of Democrats. pic.twitter.com/6w7AomTbag
— Gutfeld! (@Gutfeldfox) March 20, 2025
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