They are saying blood is thicker than water, however possibly not throughout a presidential 12 months.
A picture began circulating on social media Sept. 4 that confirmed eight folks standing in entrance of a banner supporting former President Donald Trump. All of them wore shirts that stated “Nebraska Walz’s for Trump.”
And so started claims that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential nominee, was a black sheep with no family to again him.
“The complete household of Kamala Harris’ operating mate Tim Walz — they’re all supporting Donald Trump,” actor Steve Hanks stated in a Sept. 4 Instagram submit that shared the picture.
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The Harris marketing campaign didn’t reply to PolitiFact’s questions concerning the photograph. Neither did Charles Herbster, a former Nebraska governor candidate who first posted the photograph on X.
Herbster, nevertheless, didn’t declare Walz’s total household supported Trump.
“Tim Walz’s household again in Nebraska desires you to know one thing … ” he stated, sharing the picture.
In fact, anybody who watched the Democratic Nationwide Conference would know that Walz’s total household doesn’t help Trump.
Walz’s spouse, daughter and son appeared emotional on digital camera throughout the occasion and later joined him on stage after he accepted the nomination.
Walz has two surviving siblings. His brother, Jeff Walz, lately drew media consideration after posting about his brother on Fb, saying they hadn’t spoken in eight years and that he was “100% against all his ideology.”
His sister, Sandy Dietrich, in the meantime, instructed The Related Press that she and her household had been “Democrats for Tim.”
A spokesperson for Herbster additionally instructed the AP that the folks within the photograph carrying Trump shirts “are descendants of Francis Walz, who was brother to Tim Walz’s grandfather.”
That aspect of the household confirmed to the AP that their “grandfathers had been brothers.”
“We weren’t shut with them,” Dietrich stated. “We didn’t know them.”
We price claims that Walz’s “total household” is supporting Trump False.
