Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, is not happy with the unconventional tactics employed by his Republican opponents in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania.

During an appearance on "The View," Walz specifically complained about former President Donald Trump staging an event and working at a local McDonald's franchise as well as tech billionaire Elon Musk's $1 million giveaway for petition signatures, Newsweek reported.

Left unstated in the governor's critiques are that those atypical tactics appear to be finding some success, in that Trump is leading most of the polls in the Keystone State.

Trump, Harris, and McDonald's

On Monday, Gov. Walz appeared on "The View" and trashed the Republican nominee, former President Trump, who staged a particularly effective campaign event at a McDonald's franchise on Sunday that garnered massive publicity and went viral on social media.

Trump, who openly acknowledged that he was trolling Vice President Kamala Harris' evidence-free claims that she once worked at a McDonald's while in college, donned an apron over his signature red tie and worked the french fry station and drive-thru window at the fast food restaurant.

Even though there is zero documentary evidence -- despite concerted media efforts to prove it -- Walz insisted that Harris "actually worked at a McDonald's," unlike Trump, and that she "didn't pander and disrespect McDonald's workers by standing there in your red tie and take a picture."

For its part, per the Associated Press, the fast food chain's corporate office released a statement to explain that it hadn't endorsed either candidate because "We are not red or blue -- we are golden," but that they approved of and welcomed Trump's staged event because it fit with "one of our core values: we open our doors to everyone."

The company also revealed that it had similarly invited Harris and Walz to its restaurants but tacitly admitted there was no proof that Harris ever worked at one, as it noted that 1 in 8 Americans have worked for McDonald's at some point but stated, "While we and our franchisees don’t have records for all positions dating back to the early ‘80s, what makes '1 in 8' so powerful is the shared experience so many Americans have had."

Elon Musk's $1 million giveaway petition drive

Gov. Walz also complained about tech billionaire Elon Musk and his political action committee's petition drive in swing states that is offering a daily $1 million giveaway to a lucky signer.

Some Democratic critics have asserted that Musk is violating federal laws by offering to pay people to register to vote, but according to an analysis from Fox News, while the petition drive giveaway may be in a "legal gray zone," it is not blatantly illegal as some have implied.

In essence, Musk's PAC is simply encouraging registered voters in swing states to sign a petition affirming their support for the U.S. Constitution, specifically the First and Second Amendments, and randomly rewarding some who do so. Furthermore, it was noted that some Democrat-aligned PACs were handing out gift cards, money for rent, and grant funding for similar efforts in Pennsylvania to drive up support among voters for the Harris-Walz ticket.

Yet, on "The View," Walz told the liberal co-hosts of Trump's McDonald's stunt and Musk's petition drive, "I think that's what you do when you have no plan for the public, when you have no economic plan that's going to benefit the middle class, when you have no plan to protect reproductive rights, when you have no plan to address climate change and produce American energy, you go to these types of tactics."

Mad that they are losing in Pennsylvania

Gov. Walz may come across as "folksy" and easy-going, but his remarks thinly mask the bitterness of a politician who realizes that their electoral chances are slipping away from them.

In Pennsylvania specifically, according to RealClearPolling's average, Trump holds a slim lead over Harris, and other polls tell a similar story in all of the rest of the important battleground states where elections are typically decided.