(Daily Mail) Tim Walz’s older brother has warned that the Democratic vice presidential hopeful is ‘not the type of character’ you want in the White House.
Jeff Walz, 67, took to Facebook last week to share his concerns about his younger brother running alongside Kamala Harris.
‘The stories I could tell,’ he stated in one of the posts, a five-word warning that may send shudders down the spines of staff at Harris HQ.
The married father-of-two was urged to throw his weight behind the Trump campaign by other Facebook users when he declared Friday evening: ‘I’m 100% opposed to all his ideology.’
Jeff, who lives in Freeport, Florida, with his wife Laurie, followed up that post by replying to others who told him to ‘speak up … at this pivotal moment in history.’
Tim Walz has an estranged brother named Jeff (pictured left with wife Laurie) who says the Minnesota governor is ‘not the type of character you want making decisions about your future’
‘I’ve thought long and hard about doing something like that! I’m torn between that and just keeping my family out of it,’ Jeff said.
‘The stories I could tell. Not the type of character you want making decisions about your future.’
He stated that he and Tim haven’t spoken in eight years.
Jeff and his wife Laurie live on the Florida panhandle in Freeport.
In a post to his social media, Jeff was seen fishing in Costa Rica earlier this year.
‘It’s been a dream for many years. Most exciting fishing I’ve ever done!’ he wrote.
The couple formerly owned a musical instrument store from 2001 to 2010, public records show.
In addition to Jeff, Tim has a sister Sandy Dietrich, 63, who lives in Nebraska, where the Walz family grew up. Another brother, Craig, 44, died when a tree fall on him at a campsite in Minnesota eight years ago.
Jeff previously attracted attention for a post he wrote in May of 2023 when Trump was indicted over payments to porn start Stormy Daniels by a Manhattan grand jury.
He wrote: ‘We’ve just become a third world banana republic’.
His latest comments blew up after his liberal 60-year-old younger brother became Harris’ running mate.
A commenter wrote on the post on Friday that he should ‘have a talk’ with his brother over the situation.
Jeff Walz responded: ‘Haven’t spoke to him in eight years. I’m 100% opposed to all his ideology. My family wasn’t given any notice that he was selected and denied security the days after’.
Another commenter seized upon the opportunity and asked him to ‘get on stage with President Trump and endorse him’, arguing it would ‘Help MAGA’ and ‘save this country’.
‘I’ve thought hard about doing something like that’, Walz explained. ‘I’m torn between that and just keeping my family out of it.’
Federal Elections Commission records show that the elder Walz brother has donated to Trump in the past.
He then teased the possibility of more gossip about a man who has already stretched the truth about his military service and fertility treatments, as well as having a DUI in his younger days.
‘The stories I could tell’, he said. ‘Not the type of character you want making decisions about your future.’
He also admitted that he and his brother have not spoken to one another in eight years, though he did not elaborate on why.
Walz’s brother said that he hasn’t spoken to the Democrat in eight years and is ‘100% opposed to all his ideology’
