Tim Walz Horse Semen Story Hoax

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mango @Mangolith Follow Missed the whole point of why the Vance bit was funny because they're so obviously mad at being called weird so they're trying to one-up weirdness by steering into absurdist "gallon of horse semen" . • 12:52 AM Aug 7, 2024 60.2K Views

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ralph @TheRocketRalph oh you just know the person that made this was fuming lol National Conservatism @con_national • 17h "JD Vance is weird" SUPPORT INDEPENDENT, FACT-BASED JOURNALISM. DONATE AP Q Live updates: Harris chooses Tim Walz Olympic updates THE CLAIM: Walz once had his stomach pumped because he drank a gallon of human semen THE FACTS: It was horse semen . 11:01 PM - Aug 6, 2024 4,103 Views

mango @Mangolith Actually painful to watch these guys try and be funny National Conservatism @con_national • 17h "JD Vance is weird" SUPPORT INDEPENDENT, FACT-BASED JOURNALISM. AP DONATE Q ... Live updates: Harris chooses Tim Walz Olympic updates THE CLAIM: Walz once had his stomach pumped because he drank a gallon of human semen THE FACTS: It was horse semen 12:49 AM • Aug 7, 2024 895K Views

Nolan @VoidOfRoses Follow In attempts to prove how "not weird" they are, conservatives have resorted to making up fantasies about Tim Walz and horse semen. 99 Eudaimonia @EudaimoniaEsq. 14h Seabiscuit's All Natural MICHIGAN STATE 1:28 AM • Aug 7, 2024 · 9,222 Views GREAT Source of Protein!

Jules Suzdaltsev @jules_su they literally have no idea what to do Imao National Conservatism @con_national • 17h "JD Vance is weird" SUPPORT INDEPENDENT, FACT-BASED JOURNALISM. AP DONATE Q Live updates: Harris chooses Tim Walz Olympic updates THE CLAIM: Walz once had his stomach pumped because he drank a gallon of human semen THE FACTS: It was horse semen 11:56 PM - Aug 6, 2024 607.3K Views

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About

The Tim Walz Horse Semen Story Hoax refers to a fake story and internet hoax purporting that U.S. Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz once had his stomach pumped because he drank a gallon of horse semen. The rumor was spread by Donald Trump and J.D. Vance supporters in August 2024 as a memetic misinformation response to the J.D. Vance Couch Story, which organically came about. As Twitter / X users tried to spread the hoax, many people automatically didn't believe it and labeled the people spreading it cringe because it seemed like they were trying too hard to redirect the "Republicans Are Weird" criticism.

Origin

On August 6th, 2024, X^[1] user @con_national tweeted a fake news article screenshot, showing an imaginary claim from AP News that Tim Walz "once had his stomach pumped because he drank a gallon of human semen," then fact-checked to, "It was horse semen." The tweet's caption read, "'JD Vance is weird,'" in reference to the J.D. Vance Couch Story Hoax and the "Republicans Are Weird" campaign. In a day, the tweet received over 33,000 likes (shown below).

National Conservatism @con_national "JD Vance is weird" SUPPORT INDEPENDENT, FACT-BASED JOURNALISM. AP Live updates: Harris chooses Tim Walz DONATE Q Olympic updates THE CLAIM: Walz once had his stomach pumped because he drank a gallon of human semen THE FACTS: It was horse semen 9:02 PM - Aug 6, 2024 3.7M Views

Spread

In the following hours, other X users started spreading the rumor about Tim Walz getting his stomach pumped because of drinking horse semen. For instance, on August 6th, 2024, X^[2] user @friedman_yitz tweeted, "The story about Tim Walz and a horse is beyond repulsive. No words. Truly, a sick man," receiving over 6,700 likes in a day (shown below, left).

On August 7th, X^[3] user @EudaimoniaEsq tweeted a crudely photoshopped image of Walz holding a bottle of milk reading, "Seabiscuit's All Natural," gaining over 1,600 likes in less than a day (shown below, right).

Yitz Friedman @friedman_yitz Follow The story about Tim Walz and a horse is beyond repulsive. No words. Truly, a sick man. • 10:12 PM - Aug 6, 2024 1.3M Views

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Criticism / "Cringe" Discourse

The tweets trying to spread the hoax were quoted and ratioed in replies by other X users calling them cringe or accusing them of forcing the meme. For instance, on August 6th, 2024, X^[4] user @jules_su quoted the original post, writing, "they literally have no idea what to do lmao," receiving over 22,000 likes in a day (shown below, left).

On August 7th, X^[5] user @ImmaHeadOutJay replied to @friedman_yitz, writing, "This what it looks like when you have a low-effort desperate response to JD Vance's love affair with a couch. You have nothing but pearl clutching," receiving over 5,200 likes in less than a day (shown below, right).