Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has branded Democrat vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz a “low IQ disaster” as Donald Trump Jr tried to humiliate him by sharing an awkward family photo.
Walz, 60, sparred with his Republican counterpart J.D. Vance last night during the one and only vice presidential debate on CBS, where they sympathetically discussed abortion, climate change and immigration.
Despite the good-natured debate, the former president, 78, denounced Walz and praised Vance.
He said on his social media site Truth Social: “JD crushed it! Walz was a disaster with a low IQ, just like Kamala. Our country could never recover from a government of these two. Can you imagine them representing us with sharp, fierce foreign leaders? I can’t!’
Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., also dropped in on Walz, sharing a photo of a distant relative of Kamala Harris’ running mate wearing a “Walz for Trump” T-shirt as he stood next to a cardboard cutout of the Republican was a candidate.
Walz, 60, (pictured, right) sparred with his Republican colleague JD Vance (pictured, left) last night during the one and only vice presidential debate on CBS
Donald Trump Jr. shared a photo of a distant relative of Kamala Harris’ running mate wearing a ‘Walz for Trump’ T-shirt as he stood next to a cardboard cutout of the Republican candidate
Despite the good-natured debate, the former president, 78, denounced Walz and praised Vance.
Don Jr. said in a message to
The man appears to be a distant cousin of Walz, one of eight who publicly announced their intention to vote for Trump over their relative last month.
The eight members of Walz’s family, through his great-uncle on his grandfather’s side, showed their support and intention to vote for Trump in November, just a few days after it was revealed that Walz’s older, estranged brother Jeff, 67, shared posts on Facebook claiming that Americans wouldn’t want someone with the “character” of Minnesota’s governor in the White House.
“I was so honored,” Trump told Hannity. “His brother supported me.”
“And his whole family – I saw the picture,” he continued. “To be honest, they were a very nice family. But his family supported me and the whole family supported me.”
The photo of Walz’s family was shared by former Nebraska Republican Party gubernatorial candidate Charles W. Herbster.
A representative for Herbster told DailyMail.com that the individuals posing are related to Walz through his grandfather’s brother.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz speaks with Republican vice presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance during a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News
The couple exchanged pleasantries with their wives ahead of the debate
Norah O’Donnell (pictured, left) and Margaret Brennan (pictured, right) moderated last night’s debate
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“Tim Walz’s family in Nebraska wants you to know something…” Herbster captioned the image.
Trump responded to the image by previewing his plans to “meet” another member of Walz’s family who is not in the image — the governor’s older brother Jeff, who the former president says that he endorses his bid for the White House.
The photo quickly went viral among MAGA users who say his own family’s opposition to his candidacy is proof that people should be wary of voting for a Harris-Walz ticket.
Jeff Walz posted about his brother’s character in a Facebook post last week, saying, “I am 100% against all of his ideology.”
But Jeff later admitted that he did not intend to influence voters with his social media activities.
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 to let decide your future’
Eight members of Walz’s family in Nebraska pose for an image showing their support for Republican rival Donald Trump
“It was not my intention, it was not our intention as a family, to put anything out there to impact the general public,” Jeff Walz told NewsNation.
“I got a lot of feedback from my friends, old acquaintances, and I thought I felt the same as my brother about the issues, and I was just trying to express that to friends,” he continued.
“I used Facebook, which wasn’t the right platform to do that. But I will say that I don’t agree with his policies.”
The married father of two was urged by other users to get behind the Trump campaign.
Jeff, who lives in Freeport, Florida with his wife Laurie, responded, “I’ve been thinking about doing something like this for a long time! I’m torn between that and just keeping my family out of it.”
‘The stories I could tell. Not the type of character you want when you’re making decisions about your future.’
He noted that it has been eight years since he spoke to his younger brother Tim.