Tim Walz Horse Semen Story Hoax

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).

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).

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).

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