Tim Walz’s body language befuddled Fox News host Jesse Watters and his guest Wednesday night.
Watters jabbed “twitchy Tim” on his show “Jesse Watters Primetime” as he played a clip of Walz waving to a crowd in Philadelphia with both hands.
“Here’s twitchy Tim on stage waving profusely in a very unsettling manner. Very unsettling. Men should not move this way. It’s not the way we move.”
Watters then homed in on Walz’s handshake with his wife.
“The handshake is probably the most telling,” said Watters. “This is Walz and his wife shaking hands like business associates. Followed by a weird hug.”
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Watters compared the interaction with that of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff.
“Interesting. What’s going on here?” Watters asks as his guest, Fox News contributor Joe Concha, laughs.
Concha chimes in that when he sees his wife at speaking events, he also likes to give her a hug and a kiss.
“I’m not shaking her hand like I’m at a State Farm convention,” he said. “But that’s what we saw here with Tim Walz. Some might call this ‘weird.’ That’s the only adjective that comes to mind right now.”
Watters then asserts that Walz’s hug is “not the way you hug your wife.”
“You hug your wife from the body,” Watters said, using his own body to explain. “Different than he hugged Doug.”
“It was very sumo-wrestling-like, almost, right?” retorts Concha.
“He was going to take him out!” Watters responds as he laughs. “He loves Doug!”
Watch clips of the Fox News host and contributor’s exchange over Walz’s hugs below or at this link.