By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-10-02 10:35:54 | Updated at 2024-10-03 15:23:04
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has slated Democrat vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz for being a 'low IQ disaster', while Donald Trump Jr. tried humiliating him by sharing an awkward family photo.
Walz, 60, sparred with his Republican opposite number JD Vance during the one and only vice-presidential debate on CBS last night, where they congenially discussed abortion, climate change and immigration.
Despite the good-natured debate, the former president, 78, slammed Walz and praised Vance.
He said on his social media site, Truth Social: 'JD crushed it! Walz was a Low IQ Disaster - Very much like Kamala. Our Country would never be able to recover from an Administration of these two. Can you imagine them representing us with sharp, fierce Foreign Leaders? I can’t!'
Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., also piled in on Walz, sharing a photo of a distant relative of Kamala Harris' running mate wearing a 'Walz for Trump' T-Shirt while standing next to a cardboard cutout of the Republican nominee.
Walz, 60, (pictured, right) sparred with his Republican opposite number JD Vance (pictured, left) during the one and only vice-presidential debate on CBS last night
Donald Trump Jr. shared a photo of a distant relative of Kamala Harris' running mate wearing a 'Walz for Trump' T-Shirt while standing next to a cardboard cutout of the Republican nominee
Despite the good-natured debate, the former president, 78, slammed Walz and praised Vance.
Don Jr. said in a post to X and Truth Social: ' LMAO one of Tim Walz’s family members is at a JD Vance watch party tonight cheering for JD and Trump.'
The man appears to be a distant cousin of Walz's, one of eight who last month publicly revealed their intention to vote for Trump instead of their relative.
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 messages on Facebook claiming Americans shouldn't want someone with the Minnesota Governor's 'character' in the White House.
'I was so honored,' Trump told Hannity. 'His brother endorsed me.'
'And his whole family – I saw the picture,' he went on. 'Honestly, it was a very nice looking family. But his family endorsed me and the whole family endorsed me.'
The photo of Walz's family was shared by former Nebraska GOP gubernatorial candidate Charles W. Herbster.
A representative for Herbster told DailyMail.com those posing are related to Walz through his grandfather's brother.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz speaks during a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News, with Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance
The pair exchanged pleasantries with each other, alongside their wives, before the debate
Norah O'Donnell (pictured, left) and Margaret Brennan (pictured, right) moderated last night's debate
'Tim Walz's family back in Nebraska wants you to know something…' Herbster captioned the image.
Trump replied to the image by previewing his plans to 'meet' with another member of Walz's family who is not in the image – the governor's older brother Jeff, who the former president says endorses his White House bid.
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'm 100% opposed to all his ideology.'
But Jeff later admitted he didn't mean to influence voters with his social media activity.
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'
Eight members of Walz's family in Nebraska posing for an image showing their support for Republican rival Donald Trump
'It wasn't my intent, it wasn't our intent as a family, to put something out there to influence the general public,' Jeff Walz told NewsNation.
'I was getting a lot of feedback from my friends, old acquaintances, thinking that I was feeling the same way that my brother did on the issues, and I was trying to clarify that just to friends,' he continued.
'I used Facebook, which wasn't the right platform to do that. But I will say, I don't agree with his policies.'
The married father-of-two was urged to throw his weight behind the Trump campaign by other users.
Jeff, who lives in Freeport, Florida with his wife Laurie, followed up by responding with: 'I've thought long and hard about doing something like that! 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 making decisions about your future.'
He noted that it has been eight years since speaking to his younger brother Tim.
