JUST IN: Tim Walz’s Crusade Against Tesla Backfires Badly

Tim Walz, who is rumored to be eyeing a run for president in 2028, stepped in it once again during a recent speech.

The Minnesota governor, while continuing to stoke speculation that he’ll make his own run for the White House, took time out of a recent speech to bash Tesla and root for the recent decline of its stock price. Unfortunately, he didn’t stop to consider whether his own state’s public portfolio was being affected.

Kevin O’Leary, the businessman and co-host of the show “Shark Tank,” where entrepreneurs pitch their nascent inventions for a chance at seed investments, said Walz is nothing more than a “bozo” who speaks before he thinks.

“That poor guy didn’t check his portfolio in his own pension plan for the state,” O’Leary responded to CNN’s Abby Phillip after she asked about Walz’s recent comments.

“He’s talking down” the stock, but “his own pension plan” relies on it, O’Leary added.

“What’s the matter with that guy? He doesn’t check the well-being of his own constituents and his state? That’s their investment fund! What a bozo.”‘

Fellow commentator Shermichael Singleton echoed O’Leary’s comments, saying, “Look, Tim Walz is a complete moron to me… and I’m not surprised why the American people did not choose him.”

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Walz’s comments came during a recent speech where he held up his iPhone and told the audience that he added Tesla to his Stocks app “to give me a little boost” every time it goes down.

“225 and dropping!” he shouted to hearty laughter from the crowd, according to video of the moment shared by Walz on X.

Singleton later posted that Minnesota’s public pension system relies on $360 million worth of Tesla stock.

Rather than return to the responsibilities of his elected office, Walz has parlayed his time on the Democratic ticket into touring the country, appearing on podcasts, and opining about the future of his party. He went out of his way to ask California Gov. Gavin Newsom to rerecord part of his recent interview to criticize Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for supporting the GOP’s bill to prevent a government shutdown.

Whether Walz can waltz his way back onto the national stage will largely depend on whether former Vice President Kamala Harris chooses to run in 2028. Early polling gives her a massive lead over Walz, Newsom, and other theoretical contenders. Former Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently announced he would not seek Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2026, paving the way for a presidential run of his own.