Tim Walz’s Mom Weighs In On The Rift Between Her Liberal And Conservative Sons | EUROtoday

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

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

Darlene Walz, 89, informed the Daily Beast this week she needs her son and Vice President Kamala Harris to defeat Trump and his operating mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), in November, however she doesn’t wish to become involved within the drama between her two sons.

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

She’s a lifelong Democrat who campaigned for Tim Walz throughout his profitable congressional and gubernatorial campaigns, in response to the Daily Beast.

She mentioned she “got along just fine” along with her conservative son throughout a current go to to his dwelling in Florida — they only prevented discuss of politics.

She acknowledged that almost all households within the U.S. embody each Republicans and Democrats, and “that’s OK.” Her recommendation to these divided households? “Keep your mouth shut and go vote.”

Their household divisions have been additionally on show in one other incident this week. A photograph circulated on social media displaying a bunch of individuals sporting shirts that learn “Nebraska Walz’s for Trump.”

Tim and Jeff Walz’s sister, Sandy Dietrich, mentioned the Trump supporters are distant cousins whom they don’t know.