Tuberville fires back at Walz's sideswipe from fundraiser: 'He’s trying to make himself look good'

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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., fired back at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Thursday after Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate sideswiped him at a Boston fundraiser.

Walz, after saying he doesn’t "name-call people," made a crack about Tuberville, according to The Boston Globe.

"One of my roles in this now is to be the anti-Tommy Tuberville, to show that football coaches are not the dumbest people," Walz was quoted as saying.

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign rally with Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, at the Liacouras Center at Temple University Aug. 6, 2024, in Philadelphia. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Tuberville, who was the head coach at Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech and Cincinnati and was the 2004 Coach of the Year, was critical of Walz in a post on X but told Fox News Digital he didn’t really understand where the swipe at him came from.

Walz became the defensive coordinator for Mankato West High School in Minnesota in the late 1990s, and the team won the Class 4A state title in 1999.

"I think he’s trying to make himself look good. Kind of comparing himself to a coach, which he was only an assistant coach in high school. And if he had been any good, he would’ve been a head coach, to be honest with you," Tuberville said.

"I don’t know what he’s trying to do. He’s kind of conned his way up the totem pole, I guess. He’s second in line to being the president of the United States if they were to happen to win, which I don’t think that’s going to happen, but … if you just look