Tim Walz's Mom Weighs In On The Rift Between Her Liberal And Conservative Sons

Darlene Walz, the mother of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, has addressed the rift between her sons.

Jeff Walz made headlines over the weekend with a series of Facebook posts criticizing his younger sibling. “I’m 100% opposed to all his ideology,” he wrote, adding that he was considering publicly endorsing Republican nominee Donald Trump. He said he hadn’t spoken to his brother, the governor of Minnesota, in eight years.

Darlene Walz, 89, told the Daily Beast this week she wants her son and Vice President Kamala Harris to defeat Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), in November, but she doesn’t want to get involved in the drama between her two sons.

“I think the best thing maybe, for me, is to just stay out of it,” she said.

She’s a lifelong Democrat who campaigned for Tim Walz during his successful congressional and gubernatorial campaigns, according to the Daily Beast.

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