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Republican senator promotes seemingly-debunked scandal over Tim Walz and his dog Scout

Donald Trump's supporters have created a new scandal around Gov. Time Walz (D-MN) — this time involving his dog.On Monday, several Republicans highlighted a photo of from X with a post in which the governor mentions his pet Scout. The animal in the picture, the Maga crowd claimed, is not Scout.Dustin Gage, who calls himself the Minnesota GOP hype man and a political consultant, posted two tweets from Walz. One in 2022 celebrated Scout's birthday, with a photo of the family's black Labrador mix. The other photo mentioned Scout having fun at the dog park later that year, which was illustrated with brown dog with white spots. "Yes, this is Tim Walz tweeting about his dog Scout. Only problem is that these are two completely different dogs," posted Gage. Republican U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt (MO) was quick to sound the alarm on the new "scandal.""Why would Tim Walz do this? It’s Creepy™️ and Weird™️," asked the senator. ALSO READ: Donald Trump exploits AP photo error for new $99 'Save America' bookOne follower questioned if Scout only sometimes identifies as "a dog of color," a reference to Donald Trump questioning Vice President Kamala Harris' race when speaking to the National Association of Black Journalists. Broan Doherty, the former producer for Rush Limbaugh, said, "I look forward to Tim Walz's explanation, and can you imagine if J.D. [Vance] tweeted about his dog Scout and it was two different dogs?"Former Trump campaign staffer A.J. Delgado pointed out a possible flaw in the GOP's logic. "These morons have such low thinking skills that it didn’t occur to him that Walz is taking a photo w ANOTHER dog bc they are at a DOG PARK and referencing that Scout enjoyed it. He is not saying it is Scout featured in the pic. Morons."As it turns out, there was a different dog in the photo because Scout made a friend at the dog park. A video shows the encounter."Junior senator from Missouri is mad local man played with other dogs at the park," constitutional law professor Anthony Michael Kreis posted on X with a screen capture of the video in which Scout was playing with the other dog.See the video below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tim Walz (@timwalz)