Vice Presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz stands with his daughter Hope Walz and DemocraticCongressman Ruben Gallego of Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona, on Aug. 9, 2024. (Melina Mara – The Washington Post / Getty Images)
By Brooklynn Robinson October 7, 2026 at 1:49pm
Hope Walz posted a post-race photo of herself and her father after Sunday’s Twin Cities 10 Mile, and the replies settled on one reading of what exactly was going on with the apparent stain on the former vice presidential nominee’s shorts.
The picture went up on her Instagram under the caption “tc 10 mile! best race ever!” Gov. Tim Walz is in a black long-sleeve shirt, a cap, and gray shorts standing on a paved path with his arm around her. A dark patch sits at the front of the shorts, concentrated at the crotch.
Tim Walz’s daughter posted this picture on her IG
100% Not AI https://t.co/OBvR4dyXA5
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 6, 2026
“At what mile did Timmy piss himself?” one asked. Others wrote “Mr Laney you pissed yourself,” “Dry your crotch off that’s disgusting,” “Looks like Timmy needed to plug that leak,” and “That’s definitely piss.”
The same photo moved to X. User Clerpatriot asked, “Did Tim Walz piss his pants? Why would his daughter post this?!” and offered two guesses: that she had not noticed, or that she “secretly hates her father.”
Did Tim Walz piss his pants?
Why would his daughter post this?!!
She is either really dumb and didn’t have the common sense to know better, or she secretly hates her father. https://t.co/yY0ez0hJST
— Clerpatriot (@clerpatriot) October 7, 2026
What do you think about Tim Walz’s photo shared by his daughter?
Another user wrote, “No bathroom available, @Tim_Walz? I guess it’s cool to just go in your pants these days.”
No bathroom available, @Tim_Walz?
I guess it’s cool to just go in your pants these days… 🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/HYvHCCyhZy
— Rhein Amacher (@RheinAmacher) October 6, 2026
PJ Media’s Matt Margolis wrote that he had assumed the image was altered, then checked the Instagram page and found the stain there. Nick Sortor asked on X why she had posted “a photo of him p*ssing his pants” and whether it was “some sort of humiliation ritual.” No one in those threads produced a second explanation that caught on.
Can ANYONE explain to me why Tim Walz’s daughter posted a photo of him pissing his pants?
Is this some sort of humiliation ritual?
And YES, this IS real 🤣 https://t.co/bXGdsh19iC
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 6, 2026
When it came to the race itself, Runner’s World reported that Walz, 62, and Hope, 25, were among 9,559 finishers, with consecutive bibs. He crossed in 1:26:15, an 8:45 pace, 2,134th. She finished in 1:26:26, 11 seconds later. Last October he had run the same 10 miles with her in 1:38:12.
Twin Cities in Motion filmed them after the finish. Walz called it the best urban marathon in America and said running it with his daughter “doesn’t get better.” Hope’s caption matched that tone. The post did not mention the mark on the shorts.
Neither Walz nor his daughter had addressed the comments as of Wednesday. The photo is still on her Instagram page.
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