Tim Walz calling himself a 'knucklehead' became an instant debate meme

Another debate during the 2024 presidential election cycle is over, which means we now get a ton of memes out of it as we did earlier this year.

The big one of the night? It’s probably Minnesota governor Tim Walz calling himself a name when asked about the discrepancy about his trip to China that included being there around the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre: “I’m a knucklehead at times.” Turns out he was in China after the massacre and he admitted to misspeaking.

Of course that became meme fodder, and here’s a roundup of some of what we saw: