LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM/NEXSTAR) – Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz was filmed visiting a farm market in Pennsylvania during a campaign stop for Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday.
He also used the opportunity to take a dig at opponent JD Vance and his experience at a Georgia doughnut shop last month, according to viewers.
Walz, while buying whoopie pies at the Cherry Hill Orchards in Lancaster County, held up the packages and said, “Look at me, I have no problem picking out doughnuts.”
Clips of Walz’s remarks have since been shared to social media by KamalaHQ — an account run by people with the Harris-Walz campaign, according to The Hill — where followers were quick to comment on what they perceived as Walz’s “shade” towards Vance.
“The shade is such dad shade too,” one commenter wrote.
“I see what you did there,” said another.
Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, made headlines in August after visiting a Georgia doughnut shop and asking the employees to give him “just whatever makes sense.” Footage of his interaction with the workers — one of whom asked not to be filmed — went viral soon afterward.
Speaking with NBC News, Vance later said he felt bad for the woman who didn’t want to be on camera.
“We walked in, and there’s 20 Secret Service agents, and there’s 15 cameras, and she clearly had not been properly warned, and she was terrified, right? I just felt awful for her,” Vance said.
After his visit to the farm market, Walz stopped at the Lancaster County Democratic Committee headquarters, where he gave brief remarks in front of officials and volunteers. He also spoke to about a half dozen voters over the phone.
He did not take questions from the media or talk policy in front of cameras.
“It’s not hyperbole to say this election could very well hinge on this county here and this field office here and the hopes that we get out,” Walz said. “That is an awesome responsibility, but it’s also an awesome opportunity.”
Walz’s visit to Lancaster came ahead of stops in Pittsburgh and Erie for campaign events, including a rally in Erie on Thursday night. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was also in Pennsylvania on Wednesday for a town hall event in Harrisburg.
