Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance blasted his opponent Tim Walz on Monday after the Democratic governor botched a common football term in a post about playing “Madden” with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
As millions of people watched actual football on Sunday afternoon, Walz and Ocasio-Cortez live-streamed themselves playing the popular NFL video game and talking about the 2024 race. In a since-deleted X post promoting the live stream, Walz wrote that “AOC can run a mean pick 6 — and I can call an audible on a play. And we both know that if you take the time to draw up a playbook, you’re gonna use it.” The post was meant to draw attention to Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation’s conservative playbook for a second Trump term that Trump has repeatedly said is not a part of his agenda.
As pointed out by Vance on Monday, a “pick 6” is not a play or…