Vance roasts Walz over video game gaffe, needling former coach on football IQ

The comments come after Walz teamed up with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., to livestream a session of the two playing the Madden NFL video game against each other, an event that was reportedly an effort by the campaign to widen its appeal among young male voters.

But it was a social media post made during the livestream by Walz, who worked as a defensive coordinator at Mankato West High School, that had many questioning the Minnesota governor's football knowledge, boasting on X that Ocasio-Cortez "could run a mean pick 6."

"And I can call an audible on the play," Walz continued in the post, which was subsequently deleted. "We both know that if you take the time to draw up a playbook, you're gonna use it."

Critics quickly seized on the post, noting that a "pick six" is not a play that you run but instead the result of a defensive player intercepting the ball and running it in for a touchdown, resulting in six points.

Vance joined the chorus during his Tuesday event in Michigan, arguing that the post proved the Minnesota governor's lack of football knowledge.

"Those of you that know football know that you don't run a pick six," Vance said. "A pick six is something that happens accidentally on the football field. You run like a spread offense or a West Coast offense."

"Politics is a little absurd from time to time and sometimes we oughta poke fun at the absurdity of our political process," Vance added.

The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.