After posting scathing comments about the Democratic vice presidential nominee on social media, the brother of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has made it clear to the media that he does not support his brother's left-wing views but wants to keep a low profile during the election.
“He's received a lot of feedback from friends and old acquaintances that he feels the same way his brother does on this issue and he wanted to make that clear just to friends,” said Jeff Waltz, Tim Waltz's brother. This week on News Nation“I used Facebook, which was not the right platform to do so, but I will say I don't agree with his policy.”
Over Labor Day weekend, reports emerged that Jeff did not agree with the policies of the left-leaning Democratic Minnesota governor and was letting friends and family know his opinions on his Facebook account. As media outlets reported on his social media posts over the holiday weekend, Jeff and the Harris campaign remained silent. New York Post Exclusive The headline read, “Tim Walz's brother '100% disagrees with all of his ideology' and doesn't think his running mate is 'the type of person' who should be making decisions about the future of the United States.”
After Jeff's profile went viral on X, a Facebook user commented on his public post:[h]”Talk to your brother,” who is currently running for vice president with Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks at the Democratic National Convention at the United Center, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“I am 100% against all of his ideologies,” Jeff wrote in a Facebook message about his brother on Friday evening.
“My family was not informed [sic] He was selected and then denied security a few days later,” he added.
A Facebook profile under the name Jeff Walz identified himself as the brother of Gov. Tim Walz and revealed that the two were estranged. (Facebook/Jeff Waltz)
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“SUPPORT MAGA…GET ON STAGE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND SUPPORT HIM…HELPS SAVING THIS COUNTRY…” a Trump supporter wrote on Jeff's post.
“I've seriously considered doing that!” Jeff replied. “I'm torn between doing it and not involving my family.”
Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks alongside Democratic presidential nominee and VP Kamala Harris during a campaign rally at Temple University's Liacoras Center on August 6, 2024 in Philadelphia. (Andrew Harnick/Getty Images)
“The story I can tell is not about someone making decisions about their future,” he continued.
Jeff told News Nation that his Facebook post was not intended to sway voters, but to make it clear to friends and family that he did not agree with his brother's politics.
“It was never my intention, nor my family's intention, to put something out there that would affect the general public,” Jeff told the outlet on Tuesday.
He added that the “stories” he could tell about his brother were simply family anecdotes, such as Tim vomiting in the car during a family trip, and not politically charged.
Waltz was again accused of misrepresentation in a scathing unearthed letter: “Delete any references.”
“Nobody wanted to sit with him because he got carsick and he would always throw up on us, that's what it was,” Jeff said. “There's nothing hidden other than that. People assume something else. There are other stories like that, but I think that's probably the gist of it.”
Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, his wife Gwen Walz, their son Gus and daughter Hope, perform onstage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on August 21, 2024. (Reuters/Mike Seeger)
Jeff and Tim Waltz were estranged, Waltz said, and they last met at his brother's funeral in 2016. Jeff's wife texted the Minnesota governor to wish him a happy birthday, and the two had a brief phone conversation earlier this year when Tim called his mother.
“He called her cell phone and she gave it to me and I talked to him for a bit,” Jeff explained.
“Harris' team was vetting him as a potential vice presidential candidate. He asked me for personal information, tax information, etc., which I declined to provide at the time, but it was a two-minute conversation.”
Flashback: Obama was one of the first major Democrats to endorse Waltz early in his political career.
Jeff said he will keep his head down during the election and will not campaign for or against Harris-Waltz.
“We will not be making any further statements to anyone and we are not campaigning for or against him or anything like that,” he said.
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris meets with members of the marching band as she listens to a speech by vice presidential candidate Governor Tim Walz at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Georgia, on August 28, 2024. They were on a two-day campaign bus tour through the state of Georgia. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
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Governor Waltz has three siblings: Jeff Waltz, Craig Waltz and Sandy Dietrich.
Jeff grew up in rural Nebraska, then moved to the East Coast and now lives in Florida.
Craig died in 2016 when he was hit by a tree falling during a storm while camping on a lake in Minnesota. He worked as a chemistry, calculus and geometry teacher in Minnesota before entering politics in the early 2000s, mirroring Governor Walz's education background.
Dietrich reportedly lives in Nebraska and maintained a low profile both before and during his brother's vice presidential run.
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Vice President Kamala Harris currently serves in President Biden's administration. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin)
Jeff added that he “disputes” how he found out about Vice President Kamala Harris' selection of the Minnesota governor as his running mate.
“My only objection, and I support this 100 percent, is that I found out on the radio that he'd been selected as the vice presidential nominee, which was unfortunate,” Jeff said, “and I felt like they should have at least given us some advance notice and had some sort of security in place, because I think that's a big deal.”
Governor Walz began his political career by running for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Minnesota during the 2006 election cycle. He was elected that year and served in that position until being elected Governor of the Gopher State in 2019.
Walz was little known to voters outside Minnesota before speculation emerged that he might be Harris' running mate, but he has come under fire from veterans and political opponents for reports that he misrepresented his decades of service in the Army National Guard before retiring in 2005, his response to the 2020 Minnesota riots and his ever-changing stance on the Second Amendment.
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris-Waltz campaign about the Facebook post and Jeffs' interview but did not immediately receive a response. Jeffs did not respond to repeated calls from Fox Digital.
