Tim Walz says people are driving by his house calling him ‘re*****d' following Trump's slur

SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said on Thursday, December 4, that people have been driving by his house calling him "re******" ever since President Donald Trump used the term to describe him in a social media post last week.

Just before Thanksgiving, the POTUS made multiple posts on social media. In one such post, he decried Somali immigrants, and Trump called Walz "the seriously re****** Governor of Minnesota, Walz," claiming the governor was ineffective because of "fear, incompetence, or both."

Tim Walz condemns Trump’s rhetoric and rising harassment near his home

Tim Walz said on Thursday, "This creates danger," while discussing Republican rhetoric.

"I've never seen this before: people driving by my house and using the R-word in front of people. This is shameful, and I have yet to see an elected official, a Republican elected official, say you're right, that's shameful," the Minnesota Governor said.

Walz added that he believes it's a slippery slope from name-calling to something more serious. "We know how these things go. It starts with taunts; they turn to violence," he said.

On November 30, Walz appeared on NBC's 'Meet the Press' and spoke about Trump's use of the slur against him, describing it as a signal of "cruelness" by the POTUS.

"I think we all know, both as an educator for a couple of decades and as a parent, using that term is just so damaging," the Minnesota Governor said. He suggested that Trump's use of slurs stemmed from a character deficit and was part of an intentional strategy.

"And mainly, look, at first, I think it's just because he's not a good human being, but secondly, to distract from using competency,” he said. Walz also pushed back against the idea that Democrats are "policing language" by calling out the use of slurs.

Trump doubles down on slur, says ‘something wrong’ with Tim Walz

President Trump defended his remarks calling Minnesota Governor Tim Walz "seriously r*******" and said there was "something wrong" with him.

During a Q&A session with the POTUS on Air Force One on Sunday, a reporter asked, "You mentioned Tim Walz and you called him what many Americans do find an offensive word, ‘r*******.’ Do you stand by that claim of calling Tim Walz r*******?"

"Yeah, I think there’s something wrong with him. Absolutely. Sure. You have a problem with it? You know what? I think there’s something wrong with him," the president replied.

Trump added, "Anybody that would do what he did, anybody that would allow those people into his state and pay billions of dollars out to Somalia– We give billions of dollars to Somalia. It’s not even a country because it doesn’t function like a country. It’s got a name but it doesn’t function like a country."

He concluded his statement by saying, "Yeah, there’s something wrong with Walz."