Donald Trump thinks there is something off about Kamala Harris’ running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
It comes the same day as even more family members of the Democratic vice presidential nominee have come forward to reveal they are voting for Trump in November.
Trump went on the defense for running mate J.D. Vance after Democrats tried to label him as ‘weird’ this summer.
But the former president says it’s Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz who is ‘a weird guy.’
‘There’s something weird with that guy,’ Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity during a live town hall in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Wednesday.
Donald Trump said there is ‘something weird’ about Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz during a town hall in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on Wednesday
‘J.D. is not weird, he’s a solid rock. I happen to be a solid rock,’ the 2024 Republican presidential nominee went on. ‘We’re not weird – we are other things perhaps, but we are not weird.’
‘[Walz] is a weird guy. He walks onto stages – something’s wrong with that guy, and he called me weird. And then the fake news media picks it up. That was the word of the day – weird, weird, weird.’
‘But we’re not weird guys, we’re very solid people,’ Trump concluded.
Earlier on Wednesday, a photo emerged of eight members of Walz’s family through his great uncle on his grandfather’s side showing their support and intention to vote for Trump in November.
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It came 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 today,’ 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.’
Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday that he looks forward to meeting Jeff Walz, who resides in Florida’s panhandle with his wife.
Fox News proposed hosting a debate between Trump and Harris on Wednesday in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – but the VP’s team declined and accepted as the first debate the ABC News showdown in Philadelphia on September 10.
Instead of having the first debate on Wednesday, Trump still went to Harrisburg for a town hall moderated by Hannity.
‘This is the best we could do, Sean,’ Trump said of their altered plan.
The photo of Walz’s family was shared by former Nebraska GOP gubernatorial candidate Charles W. Herbster with eight people wearing ‘ Nebraska Walz’s for Trump’ t-shirts.
A representative for Herbster told DailyMail.com those posing are related to Walz through his grandfather’s brother.
‘Tim Walz’s family back in Nebraska wants you to know something…’ Herbster captioned the image.
Democratic VP contender Gov. Tim Walz has repeatedly called his Republican rival Sen. J.D. Vance ‘weird’
Eight members of Walz’s family in Nebraska posing for an image showing their support for Republican rival Donald Trump
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’
Trump replied to the image on Wednesday by previewing he 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 now admits he didn’t mean to influence voters with his social media activity.
‘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.