Tim Walz Trolls J.D. Vance by Buying Donuts Like a Normal Human Person
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Tim Walz’s stop to purchase donuts went viral amid comparisons to J.D. Vance’s inability to do the same thing.

After Republican vice presidential pick J.D. Vance went viral last week for being extraordinarily awkward at a donut shop in Georgia, Democrat Tim Walz had to poke fun at him during a snack stop in Pennsylvania.

Pursuing sweets like whoopie pies and donuts at Cherry Hill Orchards in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Walz slid in a joke  while speaking to voters.

“Look at me, I have no problem picking out donuts.”

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    1413·
    2 months ago

    Why are those people in the Trump campaign so disgusting?

    In the article we only have to scroll a little to see the video:

    JD Vance trying to order doughnuts

    She clearly asked not to be filmed, yet they post the video with her in it.
    Note that this is clearly illegal in civilized countries like for instance EU, but I don’t know about USA?

    Zero protection of personal space, yet stand your ground allow white to shoot black people!?!?
    What a fucking shithole country!

    • Ghyste@sh.itjust.works
      67·
      2 months ago

      Not as robust as EU. but we do have privacy laws and if she didn’t sign a release, they’re in trouble for doing that. Unfortunately as we’ve seen, nothing will be done.

      • Fisk400@feddit.nu
        28·
        2 months ago

        I have only seen versions of the clip where her face was blurred. Did they say on tape that they were going to blur her and then didn’t?

        • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          42·
          2 months ago

          I saw versions posted where her face was not blurred after the first one did. Thought that was pretty fucked up. I am willing to bet the blurred one was probably posted by non-conservative media.

      • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
        13·
        2 months ago

        Nope, Georgia is a one party consent state and technically the donut shop is public access so it’s legal, but still a complete dick move

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
      13·
      2 months ago

      She clearly asked not to be filmed, yet they post the video with her in it.

      On brand for Republicans not recognizing a woman’s agency or autonomy.

      • iamtrashman1312@lemmy.world
        5·
        2 months ago

        It’s not like staffers from the same campaign working directly under the head guy at the moment assaulted a female army officer or anything, don’t be ridiculous

      • MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml
        231·
        2 months ago

        Embarrassing. Especially when government entities insist on Twitter being the primary way they communicate with the public.

        • nepenthes@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          To be fair, the BBC trialed a Mastadon account in 2022, but I think the fact that some ex-Tweeters went BlueSky kinda convoluted the exodus.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
        111·
        2 months ago

        It’s an old expression for shitting yourself.
        Later renamed Xitter the X pronounced as Sh, to reflect relations with authoritarianism like the Chinese leader XI. (Pronounced Shi or Pedo Bear.)

      • yannic@lemmy.ca
        3·
        2 months ago

        It’s street drug, otherwise known to chemists as 3,4-Methyl​​enedioxy​​methamphetamine. Some white trust fund billionaire got stoned and decided it would be funny to hear the media say a politician said something “on twitter,” so he decided to buy a website and name it that.

        /s

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    75·
    2 months ago

    Wait, so you don’t order donuts by first stating your name, then asking every employee in the store who makes eye contact “How long have you worked here”?

        • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
          91·
          2 months ago

          I have been dying to use this line in a donut shop for real but i know inside that if they picked up on what i was doing they’d ‘ok’ me too and i’d probably deserve it.

          I don’t want to annoy peeps just tryina work, but… just… I really want to order a bakers dozen of ‘whatever makes sense’

          • Githyanki@lemmings.world
            7·
            2 months ago

            I have picked up doughnuts for the office and other than the one I want, the rest are called “assorted doughnuts”. Guess I could try “whatever makes sense” next time, but it just doesn’t make sense to say that.

          • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            2 months ago

            I imagine a scene where Vance opens up a donut box like the Pulp Fiction briefcase and there’s an eldrich horror inside.

            “This doesn’t make any sense…”

  • 58008@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    2 months ago

    Well he fucked it up immediately. He didn’t ask for sprinkle stuff or whatever makes sense. Pretty standard requests when donut shopping, I thought??

  • Adderbox76@lemmy.caEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    I kind of like how they’ve realised that against Narcissists and Freaks like Trump and Vance, only taking the high road won’t get you anywhere. You’ve got to throw in roughly 30% piss them off with sass.

    • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
      23·
      2 months ago

      It was meant as “look at me, I can make decisions and choices without a problem, unlike some other guy that can’t even pick out a doughnut”.

      • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        2 months ago

        I dunno, he didn’t even make hard eye contact with every employee and interrogate them about where they’ve been.

        • aStonedSanta@lemm.ee
          12·
          2 months ago

          You’d think someone in the room would be like. Hey maybe we film at a more friendly donut shop. Lmao

  • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 months ago

    I’m trying my best to be impartial but I can’t not notice the main difference is how out of touch one is compared to the other. They live in different worlds.