Jeff Walz, the estranged brother of Minnesota Democratic Governor and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, made headlines recently by speaking out against his brother and saying he’s voting for former President Trump. Well, the liberal ladies of ABC’s The View had some thoughts about him during Friday’s episode; particularly that he’s “dumb as Hell” and needs to shut his mouth and “mind [his] own damn business!”
Speaking about attacking family members who support Trump, fake Republican Ana Navarro proclaimed: “Well, I do think we should call them names.” “I think Tim Walz's brother is dumb as hell,” she added.
The biggest reason Navarro thought Jeff was “dumb as hell” was because “he's going to miss a lot of good parties [in the vice presidential mansion] if he's estranged from his brother.”
It’s worth pointing out that Navarro ingratiates herself with the wielders of power in America. She’s bragged on the show about introducing her “wealthy clients” to allegedly corrupt Democratic Senator Bob Menendez and about attending swanky D.C. parties.
Speaking about bragging about who she rubs shoulders with, Navarro proceeded to gloat about weaseling her way into the Walz family VIP box at the Democratic National Convention:
But, you know, I was actually -- I spent a lot of time with the Walz’s at the DNC. I like, crashed their friend and family suite that -- because I couldn't find a seat somewhere else. And I saw him, you know, there were extended family was there, his wife, his daughter, his son, Gus.
Navarro raged about how “the right-wing and Trump supporters” were circulating a viral image of a branch of the Walz family sporting Trump 2024 shirts. “Donald Trump can't even get his own wife to show up to campaign for him!” she shrieked at them, “Sit this one out, Trumpers! You got a glass ceiling!”
The View has played host to Trump family haters like his sister Mary and his nephew Fred, but she swung them around as if the media hadn’t already used them as a cudgel for years already. “So, I would say, if you want to talk about families, we can talk about Mary Trump, we can talk about, you know, a lot of different Trumps,” she huffed.
Speaking as an only child, staunchly racist and anti-Semitic co-host Sunny Hostin (the descendant of slave owners) said she was “disturbed” by Jeff speaking out and lashed out by demanding he “mind your own damn business, then!”
“If you don't agree with Tim Walz, you don't agree with your brother, keep it to yourself!” she shouted.
But Jeff is an American citizen and was using his First Amendment right to comment on a candidate for an American political office. It is his business.
Faux conservative Alyssa Farah Griffin implored her fellow cast members not to insult Trump supporters. “I have family who are die-hard Trump supporters. I have family who are die-hard Harris supporters. And I have friends on both of those,” she said. “And this is why I say we shouldn't demean Trump supporters. We shouldn't call them names. We shouldn’t call them cultists or ignorant.”
“No. Of course, not,” Friday moderator Joy Behar agreed before almost immediately adding: “They have issues.
The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
September 6, 2024
11:17:30 a.m. Eastern(…)
JOY BEHAR: You have siblings, you said.
SARA HAINES: I have siblings, I have parents [who support former President Trump].
BEHAR: Would any of them go public and trash you like this guy?
HAINES: No, but they’re [Tim Walz and Jeff Walz] estranged for years. My family is very close. If you have the right family – and I respect the mom for also saying, ‘I not going to get in between.’
BEHAR: Of course.
HAINES: Cause it's not just political. It’s deeper than that.
ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: This is honestly very relatable, I think, especially in the Trump era because the country is very polarized. I have family who are die-hard Trump supporters. I have family who are die-hard Harris supporters. And I have friends on both of those.
And this is why I say we shouldn't demean Trump supporters. We shouldn't call them names.
BEHAR: No. Of course, not.
FARAH GRIFFIN: We shouldn’t call them cultists or ignorant.
BEHAR: They have issues.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Because we all have them in our lives.
[Laughter]
BEHAR: They do!
FARAH GRIFFIN: But we all have them in our lives and we love them. And you know how you reach them? Because I do – I engage. And I don't do it trying to tell them they're wrong. I tell them my experience, why I am going a certain way, and meet them where they are. And if they don’t change, it’s not going to change my relationship with them.
ANA NAVARRO: Well, I do think we should call them names and I think Donald Trump’s -- I think
[Applause]
I think Tim Walz's brother is dumb as hell. Cause if he gets into that vice presidential mansion he's going to miss a lot of good parties if he's estranged from his brother.
But, you know, I was actually -- I spent a lot of time with the Walz’s at the DNC. I like, crashed their friend and family suite that -- because I couldn't find a seat somewhere else. And I saw him, you know, there were extended family was there, his wife, his daughter, his son, Gus.
This was in the midst of when he had gotten attacked when his son was attacked for showing the love and pride for his dad.
And what I do think, though, is, you know, this week the right-wing and Trump supporters have been putting out this picture of Tim Walz's like second, third distances cousins that are Trump supporters. Trump needs to sit this one out, because, like I met Doug Emhoff's ex-wife at the DNC who was campaigning for Kamala Harris. Donald Trump can't even get his own wife to show up to campaign for him!
[Applause]
You know, I met Tim Walz's daughter, Hope, at the DNC. Ivanka Trump showed up for like an hour at the RNC and looked rather uncomfortable. So, I would say, if you want to talk about families, we can talk about Mary Trump, we can talk about, you know, a lot of different Trumps.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Fred Trump.
NAVARRO: Sit this one out, Trumpers! You got a glass ceiling!
HOSTIN: I think I’m – Well, I'm an only child, so I don't have any siblings. So, I may not understand this, but I do have two children; and always told them: if their last name is Hostin, you care. Because when I'm gone and your dad’s gone, you only have each other.
And I'm really disturbed by the fact that these siblings, brothers, have not spoken to each other for eight years. And not only are they estranged, one is coming out against his brother who is running for the second highest office in the land and is saying, ‘I 100 percent fundamentally ideologically don't agree with him.’ That's fine, but as Tim Walz says, mind your own damn business, then! If you don't agree with Tim Walz, you don't agree with your brother, keep it to yourself! And keep those family dynamics to yourselves.
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