Walz is one of four siblings. His brother Craig died during a storm in 2016.
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Walz’s brother Craig died in 2016 when, during a storm, a tree fell where he was camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area at Duncan Lake in Minnesota, as reported by WCCO and KARE11. Craig’s son, Jacob, who was then 8 years old, was severely injured but recovered.
Craig, like Walz’s two other siblings, Jeff and Sandy, was a teacher.
“My mom raised four teachers, and three out of four of us married teachers. Working in the family business for 20+ years, I learned just how much hard work goes into the job,” Tim Walz wrote on Facebook in May.
After Walz was announced as the VP nominee, his older brother Jeff came out against him on Facebook, writing that he was “100% opposed” to his brother’s political views and that he hasn’t spoken to him in eight years, per CNN.
While later speaking with NewsNation, Jeff clarified that he thought Facebook wasn’t the appropriate place to air his grievances, but doubled down on his disagreements with his brother: “I used Facebook, which wasn’t the right platform to do that. But I will say, I don’t agree with his policies.”
