MAGA Is So ‘Desperate’ They’ve Now Gone After Tim Walz’s Dog

Republicans spent Monday ginning up a quickly-disproven conspiracy about vice presidential nominee Tim Walz’s dog—apparently because none of their attacks have landed and they’re getting “desperate”, as MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki said later that day.

A Townhall columnist, Missouri’s attorney general, Donald Trump Jr.’s wife, the founder of Turning Point USA, and others questioned the identity of Walz’s dog, Scout, based on a 2022 photo of Walz petting a different dog, while writing in a social media post, “Couldn’t think of a better way to spend a beautiful fall day than at the dog park. I know Scout enjoyed it.”

Any confusion was quickly eliminated, as Walz—on that same October day—posted an Instagram video with the dog in the picture along with Scout and several others.

Read more at The Daily Beast.