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Hope Walz Confronts Donald Trump Jr. Over His Defense of President’s Ableist Slur

She says harassment escalated after the president’s post, which Trump Jr. publicly endorsed.

Overview

  • In a TikTok posted Monday, the Minnesota governor’s daughter told Trump Jr. his “daddy issues are so, so clear” and urged him to seek help.
  • Her video answered Trump Jr.’s X post that said “They’re not wrong” as he reposted Gov. Tim Walz describing people driving by his home and yelling the slur.
  • President Trump used the slur about Tim Walz on Truth Social late last month and has said he “absolutely” stands by the remark.
  • Hope Walz previously posted, then deleted, a TikTok defending her family and her brother Gus, who has a nonverbal learning disorder, saying the president’s remark unleashed a surge of offensive attacks.
  • She contrasted her family’s values with the Trumps, saying they “find joy in each other” and in “doing quality good things for this world,” rather than degrading others.