Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz touted Minnesota throughout the VP debate, mentioning the state's name dozens of times.

But Walz said Wednesday during a stop on his bus tour around Pennsylvania that he was "talking about meeting people where there are school shooters," and highlighted the relationships he has made victims of mass shootings, including those who survived the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012.

Walz’s son Gus, who at the time was 16 and attending St. Paul Central High School, was at the community center across the street from the school when an employee shot a teen in the head.