Tim Walz’s brother Jeff, who said he didn’t agree with the Vice Presidential candidate’s ideology, and considered publicly endorsing Trump, now clarifies that he doesn’t want to be involved in any political campaign.
In earlier Facebook posts, Jeff Walz said that he’s “100% opposed” to his sibling’s political ideology” and even told other social media users that he is “not the type of character you want making decisions about your future.” He added: “The stories I could tell. Not the type of character you want making decisions about your future.”
Walz now is walking some of the rhetoric back, saying his posts were meant to clarify to friends that he didn’t share his brother Tim’s views. He says he plans to depart from the public eye, and not campaign for or against anyone.
He also told NewsNation that the implied nefarious “stories” follow a similar line to one wherein Tim Walz’s siblings didn’t want to sit with him due to car sickness when they were younger.
“Nobody wanted to sit with him, because he had car sickness and would always throw up on us, that sort of thing,” Jeff Walz said. “There’s really nothing else hidden behind there. People are assuming something else. There’s other stories like that, but I think that probably gives you the gist of it.”
Walz is a registered Republican and donated $20 to Trump’s 2016 campaign. Jeff has also not spoken to his brother Tim since their brother Craig’s funeral in 2016, but his wife texted him “happy birthday” and a brief phone call went through their mother last month.
“Harris’ team was vetting him for the vice president. He had asked me for some personal information; tax information and stuff like that, and I declined to give it at that point, but that was like a two-minute conversation.”
“The only thing I took exception to, and I will stand behind this 100%, was that we felt bad
that we found out about his being picked as the vice presidential candidate from radio,” Jeff Walz said. “And we felt like we probably should have been given a heads-up and some type of security, at least for a short time, because I guess that is a big thing.”
