Sandy Dietrich, sister of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, said the people seen in a social media photo wearing T-shirts that say “Nebraska Walz for Trump” are not Walz’s immediate family members, Newsweek reports.
On August 6, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz, a former congressman, as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election against the Republicans. Donald Trump and Senator from Ohio JD Vance. The day before, former Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Carlos Herbster posted a photo on the social network X, which shows a group of eight people descended from Francisco Waltzbrother of Tim Waltz’s grandfather.
According to Dietrich, the people in the photo belong to another branch of the Walz family.
“We weren’t close to them. We didn’t know them.” – he emphasized.
Dietrich said she and her family supported her brother and Kamala Harris.
“I know who I’m voting for. That’s all I can control,” she said.
Earlier, a photograph circulated widely on social media showing eight family members of Walz, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ running mate, wearing T-shirts reading “Nebraska Walz for Trump” standing in front of a banner reading “Trump 2024 Take Back America.” The image was originally posted by a family friend and was later reposted by Charles Herbster, a Trump ally.
Herbster’s caption, “Tim Walz’s family is back in Nebraska, wants you to know something,” further increased the image’s influence in pro-Trump circles. The former president later posted this on his social media account Truth. When asked about the photo’s authenticity, Herbster’s spokesperson told Newsweek that the people in the photo are related to Walz through his grandfather’s brother and that it was shared by a family friend. The family has given Herbster permission to post this online.” – writes the post.
It should be noted that this is not the first time that the Walz family has made headlines due to their political differences. In particular, Jeff Walzwrote Florida resident Tim Walz’s older brother on Facebook.*who is “100% against” his brother’s political views.
“He’s not the kind of character you want making decisions about your future,” Jeff Waltz wrote, referring to his brother.
*Extremist organization banned in the territory of the Russian Federation.
