{"id":2356880,"date":"2024-10-18T20:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T00:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-claims-his-mom-lives-off-social-security-checks-so-she-can-feed-herself-but-something-doesnt-add-up\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T20:09:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T00:09:59","slug":"tim-walz-claims-his-mom-lives-off-social-security-checks-so-she-can-feed-herself-but-something-doesnt-add-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-claims-his-mom-lives-off-social-security-checks-so-she-can-feed-herself-but-something-doesnt-add-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Walz Claims His Mom Lives Off Social Security Checks So She Can Feed Herself, But Something Doesn&#8217;t Add Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftim-walz-claims-his-mom-lives-off-social-security-checks-so-she-can-feed-herself-but-something-doesnt-add-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2356880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz recently\u200b made headlines by sharing that his 90-year-old mother\u2062 relies on\u2064 her Social Security\u200c check for sustenance. \u200dDuring a rally, \u2064he \u200cemphasized the significance of Social Security, stating, \u201cThat&#8217;s how she\u2019s \u200cgoing to feed herself.\u201d His comments have sparked\u2063 backlash, \u200bparticularly given his \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/almost-unsurvivable-meghan-markle-wearing-4700-dress-complains-about-life-as-a-royal\/\" title=\"\u2018Almost Unsurvivable\u2019: Meghan Markle, Wearing ,700 Dress, Complains About Life As A Royal\">reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">net worth<\/a><\/a> of \u200dover $1 million, which has drawn criticism from both liberal and conservative circles.\u200b <\/p>\n<p>Walz, who has served\u2063 in Congress for six \u200dterms\u2062 and has been the governor since 2019, also addressed former President Donald \u200bTrump,\u200b suggesting he is indifferent to the welfare\u2062 of those \u2062depending on Social Security. Despite his\u2062 wealth, which includes multiple pensions,\u200b Walz has mentioned\u2064 the financial struggles his family \u2062faced due to his father&#8217;s medical debt, underscoring the importance of Social Security benefits. <\/p>\n<p>His mother, Darlene Walz, \u200dresides in Butte, Nebraska, and\u200d has been \u200chighlighted in previous discussions about family hardships and resilience.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz claimed recently that his mother is only able to eat every month due to her Social Security check.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are all products of our past. When you grow up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miranda-devine-bidens-silent-as-sons-former-friend-and-business-partner-faces-jail-financial-ruin\/\" title=\"Miranda Devine: Biden\u2019s Silent as Son\u2019s Former Friend and Business Partner Faces Jail, Financial Ruin\">middle-class kid<\/a> in Oakland or in Butte, Nebraska, you care about Social Security,&rdquo; Walz said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/walz-says-90-year-old-mom-lives-off-social-security-check-during-north-carolina-rally.amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, which reported his mother&rsquo;s age as 90.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When my mom looks for that Social Security deposit to be made in her bank account, that&rsquo;s how she&rsquo;s going to feed herself. That&rsquo;s how she&rsquo;s going to get things done,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-makes-mistake-may-come-back-bite-firing-shot-jd-vances-life-growing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz<\/a> said former President Donald Trump &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t give a damn if his Social Security check comes or not.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Walz served six terms in Congress and has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-mocked-bizarre-interaction-kamala-harriss-allies-something-seriously-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota&rsquo;s governor<\/a> since 2019.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Walz has a net worth of over $1 million, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kylemullins\/2024\/08\/08\/heres-how-much-kamala-harris-vp-pick-tim-walz-is-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Forbes said that Walz and his wife have four defined-benefit pensions worth about $1 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128293;&#128680;DEVELOPING: Governor Tim Walz is facing a massive amount of backlash for claiming his 90-year-old mother waits for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-investigating-spacexs-hiring-practices-after-non-u-s-citizen-alleges-discrimination\/\" title=\"DOJ Investigating SpaceX\u2019s Hiring Practices After Non-U.S. Citizen Alleges Discrimination\">social security<\/a> check every month in order to eat and survive. Tim Walz has a reported net worth of $1M which has led to liberal and conservative criticism <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLOoL7WLKH\">pic.twitter.com\/mLOoL7WLKH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dom_lucre\/status\/1847397393395794132?\">October 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Walz earns about $127,000 per year as governor, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7014583\/tim-walz-net-worth-estimation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/08\/24\/tim-walz-nebraska-father-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>, Walz has brought up his mother before in the context of his father&rsquo;s death at age 54 of cancer and the resulting medical debt.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thank God for Social Security survivor benefits,&rdquo; he said in his Democratic National Convention speech.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Walz has said that the debt from his father&rsquo;s final week of hospitalization was so great that it &nbsp;&ldquo;cost my mom a decade of having to go back to work&rdquo; at a nursing home.<\/p>\n<p>The Post said that there was no reply from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tim-walz-gets-torn-shreds-embarrassing-moment-shotgun-guy-beyond-weak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walz campaign<\/a> when it sought information about whether James Walz, a school administrator, had insurance.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.townandcountrymag.com\/society\/politics\/a61889099\/tim-walz-family-tree-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Town and Country<\/a> magazine, Darlene Walz was born in Butte, Nebraska, and still lives there.<\/p>\n<p>In August, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/dog-parks-diet-dew-and-car-sickness-a-collection-of-tidbits-about-gov-tim-walz\/600766873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minneapolis Star-Tribune<\/a> said that Walz&rsquo;s mother &ldquo;occasionally comes to visit him at the Capitol.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tim-walz-family-tree-8706831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a>, Darlene Walz went to Chicago in August to witness the Democratic National Convention.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Oh man, that was a blast,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It was wonderful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He remarked, \u201cWe are all shaped by our experiences. Growing up as a middle-class child in Oakland or Butte, Nebraska, makes you value Social Security.\u201d According to Fox News, Walz&#8217;s mother is 90 years old. He added that she depends on the timely deposit of her Social Security benefits for her sustenance. Walz criticized former President Donald Trump for being indifferent about receiving his own Social Security payments. Having served six terms in Congress and as governor since 2019, Walz has a reported net worth exceeding $1 million, which includes four defined-benefit pensions valued at around $1 million according to Forbes. Recently, he faced significant backlash for his comments regarding his mother&#8217;s financial situation despite his wealth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2356881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tim-Walz-8.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5894,33104,36113],"class_list":["post-2356880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-politics","tag-social-security","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Tim-Walz-8.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}