Tim Walz‘s brother, Jeff Walz, has tried to calm his wild attacks on Facebook about the Democratic vice presidential pick, saying he doesn’t want to interfere in the election — but he’s not endorsing his brother.
Grandfather Jeff Walz, 67, who lives in Florida, cheered Trump supporters after his private messages appeared to be inappropriate for attacking his brother. New York Post, Some suggest he may support the Republican candidate.
in messagesHe called his brother “not the kind of character you want to make decisions about your future,” and said, “I’m 100% against all his ideologies.”
Now the Minnesota governor’s older sister is backpedaling, saying Newsnation“I don’t agree with their policies, but I’m in no way trying to sway the general public and come out and take a stand on it,” on Tuesday.
“No one has to make any further statements, and we’re not campaigning for or against it or anything like that,” Jeff added.
The elder Walz brother also mentioned “stories”. [he] on Facebook, but told NewsNation that the stories were similar to where none of the three Walz siblings wanted to sit next to Tim during a road trip because “he had car sickness,” continuing, “There’s really nothing else. . is hidden behind there.”
“I was getting a lot of feedback from my friends, old acquaintances, thinking that I was feeling the same way my brother did about the issues,” Jeff said. “And I was just trying to make it clear to friends…I used Facebook, which wasn’t the right platform to do that.”
However, he claimed, “The only thing that I took exception to, and I stand behind this 100%, was that we felt bad that we were chosen. [Democratic] Vice Presidential Candidate from Radio.”‘s older brother Kamala Harris‘ The running mate said “We felt like we should have been given a heads-up and some sort of protection at least for a while, because I think that’s a big deal.”
In 2016, Jeff, who is a registered Republican, donated to Donald Trumpcampaign of But, only the political rift between the Walz brothers emerged After far-right activist Laura Loomer discovered Jeff’s post, the day the former president was indicted for hush money payments to the porn star. Stormy Daniels.
“We just became a third world banana republic,” he wrote on the social platform. He made his entire Facebook profile—which was largely apolitical except for the “Banana Republic” reference—completely private, or may have deleted it entirely.
The brothers, according to Jeff, haven’t spoken in eight years for unknown reasons, except when his wife writes Tim “birthday wishes and things like that.” But, he added “three weeks ago my mother came here for a visit, and she called on her cellphone, and she gave me the cellphone. I spoke to him briefly.”
“It’s too bad, I think it works out that way because he’s my brother and everything. You can disagree and still be civil brothers,” Jeff said.
She and Tim, 60, have a sister, Sandy Dietrich. His late brother, Craig Walz, died after being struck by a falling tree In 2016.
A native of Florida, Jeff lives in a modest subdivision of single-story homes behind a Publix supermarket in Freeport—a city of 6,500 in the state’s ultra-conservative panhandle about 15 miles from the coast. A small community is represented by a Congressman Matt Getz.
A Daily Beast reporter went to his home on Tuesday and tried to talk to him. Two and a half hours later, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office called Beast to warn that Jeff’s return to the property would result in a felony arrest.
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