Tim Walz, the Democratic Vice Presidential candidate in North Carolina on the first day of early voting, made a personal disclosure about his mother in Durham, North Carolina on Thursday night.
Walz, during his campaign rally in Minnesota, said that his mother must wait until her monthly social security check to feed herself.
Forbes estimates Walz’s net worth at over $1 million.
Walz spent most of his professional career in public service. He was a public school teacher, Army National Guardsman and served six terms in Congress before becoming governor of Minnesota in 2019
“We are products of our history,” Walz explained that if you were a kid growing up in Oakland, Nebraska, or Butte in the middle class, you would care about Social Security.
Walz went on to claim that Donald Trump and his “rich buddies” do not care about Social Security or are even concerned.
When my mother looks for the Social Security deposit in her account, she will feed herself. She’s going to do it that way. Walz said that Trump doesn’t care if he gets his Social Security checks or not.
Walz said that under Kamalah Harris’ presidency, 100 million Americans would receive a tax break. He added that he had passed the largest Minnesota tax cut ever, and not just for the wealthy, but also for the middle class.
Walz stated that the economy is most effective when it’s fair and focused on the middle class.
Walz held a second campaign event, in Winston-Salem North Carolina, with former President Bill Clinton. It is his third visit to North Carolina as Kamala Harris’ running mate.
In recent weeks, Harris and Walz increased their media appearances to match their Republican counterparts.
Walz appeared on “Fox News Sunday”, for the second week in a row, Sunday, October 13, and also gave interviews with Jimmy Kimmel last week and the “Smartless Podcast”. In the last week, he has also appeared on Pennsylvania and Arizona television news channels. He also gave an extensive interview to ABC News.
Walz has been speaking with Georgia, Wisconsin, and North Carolina television stations recently. He spoke to MSNBC and ABC following the presidential debate last month.
Walz also spoke to radio stations from Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Walz had been mocked before for a statement he made at a rally in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) during which he said “We can’t continue this way for four more years.”
Walz’s statement that “four more years” was a concern, whether he meant to refer to gun violence or Trump rhetoric, led conservative commentators on social media to mock the Minnesota Governor for what they perceived to be a criticism against the Biden Administration.
