Laura Ingraham Self-Owns With Botched Attack On Tim Walz

Lee Moran

8 August 2024 at 5:57 am·2-min read

Fox News’ Laura Ingraham found herself the subject of ridicule on social media after her attempt to slam Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz backfired.

The pro-Trump Ingraham and members of her panel were on Wednesday trying to rip Walz’s record as Minnesota governor when the prime-time personality, who has peddled white nationalist talking points for years, boldly declared: “If you know Minnesota, and I know it well, especially Milwaukee, it’s changed.”

People on social media spotted a major flaw with that line of attack.

Namely, that Milwaukee is in Wisconsin.

“Rejoice Minnesota Vikings fans living in enemy territory. Apparently, Milwaukee is part of Minnesota,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mockingly reported the gaffe.

Critics on X, formerly Twitter, fact-checked Ingraham over the flub.

Laura Ingraham: If you know Minnesota well, and I know it well -- especially Milwaukee -- it's changed. pic.twitter.com/2L0HvrHMo6
— aliciasadowski (@aliciasadowski6) August 7, 2024

Is someone going to tell her?
— Howell Ellerman (@howellsacto) August 8, 2024

They’re gonna respond by being like “there’s a Milwaukee Street in the outskirts of Minneapolis! That’s what she was talking about!”
— Cale (@Old_Newspaper) August 8, 2024

If you know California well--and I know it well--especially Denver--it's changed.
— Machine Pun Kelly 🇺🇦 (@KellyScaletta) August 8, 2024

“If you know Minnesota well, and I know it well -- especially Milwaukee -- it's changed.” -Laura Ingraham

Laura knows Minnesota so well that Milwaukee is six hours away in a different state called Wisconsin.

Geography is not her friend.

pic.twitter.com/Ai1sOyeuMb
— Maverick (@Isellmpls) August 8, 2024

Laura Ingraham: “If you know Minnesota well, and I know it well -- especially Milwaukee -- it's changed.” 🤦♂️
pic.twitter.com/vytAFE4uuW
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 8, 2024

If Milwaukee is in Minnesota, I guess a lot really has changed…
— Alex Florez 💙💛 (@KamiSawZe) August 8, 2024

Laura Ingraham, bragging up how well she knows Minnesota... "especially Milwaukee" 🙃

©️ Fox News.. obliterating MAGA morons' brain cells a billion at a time since 2015.pic.twitter.com/wTouVFsKRj
— Mike_not_in_Vegas_ (@Mike_in_Vegas_) August 8, 2024

Milwaukee is in Minnesota now? Imagine if Joe Biden said that.
— Island Girl - 100% Pro-Choice, Vote Blue (@bluepolitics_) August 8, 2024

These people ain’t the sharpest racists in the shed.
— Darren Haber, PsyD (@darrenhabermft) August 8, 2024

Uh Millwaukee is in Wisconsin last I checked!
— Emre Yurttas (@emrey35) August 8, 2024

does laura ingraham know where milwaukee is on a map https://t.co/uX29VWBHJl
— kyle, madison beer fan (@kyleinmke) August 7, 2024

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