Overview
- Hope Walz, 24, posted and later deleted a TikTok saying the president’s remark about her father unleashed a torrent of abuse toward her family.
- She said people have sent hateful direct messages and described an incident in which a driver shouted the R-word outside the family home.
- Walz emphasized that attacks on her younger brother, Gus, who has a nonverbal learning disorder, have been especially painful.
- Trump has doubled down on his criticism of Gov. Walz, questioning his competence and tying his claims to immigration and U.S. aid to Somalia.
- The dispute follows reporting on a Minnesota fraud case exceeding $1 billion involving some Somali residents, which Gov. Walz and his family have condemned being used to justify ableist slurs.