Tim Walberg

Walberg was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Alice Ann and John A. Walberg. His paternal grandparents were Swedish.{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/walberg.htm|title=tim walberg|access-date=13 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203043921/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/walberg.htm|archive-date=2013-12-03|url-status=dead}} In 1964, Walberg served the Barry Goldwater 1964 presidential campaign as a volunteer. Walberg graduated from Thornton Fractional North High School in 1969 and briefly served the U.S. Forest Service. From 1973 to 1977, Walberg served as pastor at Grace Fellowship Church in New Haven, Indiana.{{Cite web |title=Primary Election Guide: Everything you need to know about Monroe County's candidates |url=https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/07/01/primary-election-guide-everything-you-need-know-candidates/7753348001/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=Monroe News |language=en-US}}

Walberg was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1983 to 1998. He also spent time as a pastor and as a division manager for the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago while continuing to live in Michigan.{{cite web|title=Rep. Tim Walberg |url=http://www.politico.com/arena/bio/rep_tim_walberg.html|website=The Arena|publisher=Politico|access-date=3 May 2016}}

{{main|2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 7}}

After six years out of politics, Walberg ran in a field of six candidates in the 2004 Republican primary for the 7th District after six-term incumbent Nick Smith retired. Walberg finished third in the primary. State Senator Joe Schwarz won the primary and the general election.{{cite web|title=2004 Michigan Election Results |url=http://miboecfr.nictusa.com/election/results/04PRI/|publisher=Michigan Department of State|access-date=3 May 2016}}

{{main|2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 7}}

Walberg defeated Schwarz in the Republican primary.{{cite news|title=Rep. Schwarz defeated in Michigan primary |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14263102|access-date=3 May 2016|agency=Associated Press|publisher=NBC News|date=August 9, 2006}} In the general election, he defeated Democratic nominee Sharon Renier, 50%–46%.{{cite web|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2006election.pdf|publisher=United States House of Representatives|access-date=3 May 2016}}

In 2007, there was a failed recall effort against Walberg.[http://blog.mlive.com/annarbornews/2007/08/recall_campaign_launched_again.html Recall campaign launched against Walberg]. Retrieved August 8, 2007.

{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Judge rules against Walberg recall effort|url=http://www.mlive.com/annarbor/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-24/1188398414272300.xml&coll=2 |publisher=The Ann Arbor News|date=2007-08-29|access-date=2007-08-30|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070930181027/http://www.mlive.com/annarbor/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-24/1188398414272300.xml&coll=2|archive-date=2007-09-30|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|first=Dennis |last=Pelham |title=Walberg recall over |url=http://www.lenconnect.com/articles/2007/08/29/news/news01.txt |publisher=The Daily Telegraph (Lenawee) |date=2007-08-29 |access-date=2007-08-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303072803/http://www.lenconnect.com/articles/2007/08/29/news/news01.txt |archive-date=March 3, 2016 }}

{{see also|2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 7}}

Entering the 2008 race, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman Chris Van Hollen identified Walberg as one of the most vulnerable Republican incumbents in Congress.{{cite magazine|title=Van Hollen's Top '08 Targets |url=http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/01/van_hollens_top.html |access-date=3 May 2016 |magazine=National Journal |date=January 30, 2007 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212164000/http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2007/01/van_hollens_top.html |archive-date=February 12, 2007 }} On August 23, 2007, State Senate Minority Leader Mark Schauer announced he would challenge Walberg.{{cite news|last1=Eggert|first1=David |title=Michigan Senate minority leader to challenge Walberg in 2008 race|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1988&dat=20070824&id=-z0iAAAAIBAJ&pg=1429,3952262&hl=en|access-date=3 May 2016|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Argus-Press|date=August 24, 2007}} The previous occupant of the seat, Joe Schwarz, who lost to Walberg in the 2006 Republican primary, declined to run but on September 30 endorsed Schauer.{{cite news|title=Schwarz endorses Democrat in race|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2008/09/schwarz_endorses_democrat_in_r.html|access-date=3 May 2016|agency=Associated Press|publisher=MLive |date=September 30, 2008}}

Schauer narrowly defeated Walberg in the November election, 49% to 47%. Between the two candidates, around $3.5 million was spent on the campaign,{{cite news |title=Schauer declares victory in 7th District U.S. House race|url=http://www.michigandaily.com/content/2008-11-05/schauer-wins-7th-district |newspaper=Michigan Daily|date=2008-11-05|access-date=2008-11-13}} making it one of the most expensive House races in the 2008 election. Schauer outspent Walberg by nearly $300,000.{{cite news|last1=Savage|first1=Chris |title=Eyeing A Comeback, Former Rep. Walberg Holds Health Care Town Halls|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-savage/rep-walberg-holds-health_b_270084.html|access-date=3 May 2016 |work=Huffington Post|date=September 26, 2009}}

{{See also|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 7}}

On July 14, 2009, Walberg announced that he would challenge incumbent Mark Schauer.{{cite news|last1=Gautz|first1=Chris|title=Former Congressman Tim Walberg to challenge U.S. Rep. Mark Schauer for old seat|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2009/07/walberg_to_challenge_us_rep_sc.html|access-date=3 May 2016 |agency=Jackson Citizen Patriot|publisher=MLive|date=July 14, 2009}} He defeated Marvin Carlson and Brian Rooney in the Republican primary.

Polling showed the race as a dead heat.{{cite news |url=http://blog.mlive.com/jackson-politics/2010/10/the_hill_latest_poll_shows_race_between_mark_schauer_tim_walberg_a_dead_heat.html |title=The Hill: Latest poll shows race between Mark Schauer, Tim Walberg a dead heat |newspaper=Jackson Citizen Patriot |date=2010-10-07 }} Walberg defeated Schauer, 50%–45%.{{cite news |url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/michigan |title=Michigan – Election Results 2010 | newspaper=New York Times|date=2010-11-03 }}

{{See also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 7}}

Wahlberg defeated Democratic nominee Kurt Haskell, 53%–43%.{{cite web|title=Michigan Congressional District 7 election results |date=2 December 2011|url=http://elections.nbcnews.com/ns/politics/2012/michigan/house/7/#.VyjQIz_vOac|publisher=NBC News|access-date=3 May 2016}}

{{See also|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 7}}

Walberg defeated former Democratic State Representative Pam Byrnes with 54% of the vote.{{cite news|last1=Forgrave|first1=Will|title=11 Tim Walberg keeps U.S. Congressional seat, Democrat Pam Byrnes concedes the 7th District|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2014/11/pam_byrnes_concedes_us_congres.html|access-date=3 May 2016 |publisher=MLive|date=November 5, 2014}}

{{See also|2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 7}}

Walberg defeated Doug North in the August 2 Republican primary and Democratic nominee State Representative Gretchen Driskell{{cite news|last1=Forgrave|first1=Will|title=65 Democratic state Rep. Gretchen Driskell announces bid for 7th Congressional seat in 2016 |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2015/02/democratic_state_rep_gretchen.html|access-date=3 May 2016|publisher=MLive|date=February 9, 2015}} in the general election, with 55% of the vote.{{cite news|last1=Oosting|first1=Jonathan|last2=Laing|first2=Keith|title=District 7: Rep. Walberg wins re-election over Driskell |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/08/michigan-congress-district-driskell-walberg-results/93497766/|access-date=15 November 2016|newspaper=The Detroit News |date=November 9, 2016}}

{{See also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 7}}

Walberg defeated Driskell again, with 53.8% of the vote.{{cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Michigan%27s_7th_Congressional_District_election,_2018|title=Michigan's 7th Congressional District election, 2018 |publisher = Ballotpedia|access-date=2019-09-13}}

{{See also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 7}}

Walberg defeated Driskell a third time, with 58.7% of the vote.

{{See also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 5}}

Due to redistricting, Walberg, the incumbent of the 7th congressional district, faced Democratic opponent Bart Goldberg, an attorney, in the 5th congressional district. Walberg was re-elected with 62.4% of the vote.{{cite web|title=2022 Michigan Official General Election Results|date=2022-11-08|url=https://mielections.us/election/results/2022GEN_CENR.html}}

{{See also|2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan#District 5}}

Walberg faced no opposition in the Republican primary.{{cite web|title=2024 Michigan Election Results - State Primary|url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=8-6-2024|publisher=Michigan Secretary of State|access-date=January 3, 2025|date=August 26, 2024|url-status=live|archive-date=January 3, 2025|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250103191326/https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=8-6-2024}} He defeated Democratic candidate Libbi Urban with 65.7% of the vote.{{cite web|title=2024 Michigan Election Results - General|url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024|publisher=Michigan Secretary of State|access-date=November 24, 2024|date=November 22, 2024|url-status=live|archive-date=November 24, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241124174348/https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024}}

• Committee on Education and the Workforce
• Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
• Committee on Energy and Commerce
• Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
• Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security
• Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce

• Republican Study Committee{{cite web|title=Member List|url=https://rsc-walker.house.gov/|publisher=Republican Study Committee|access-date=6 November 2017}}
• House Baltic Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://housebalticcaucus.webs.com/members|publisher=House Baltic Caucus|access-date=21 February 2018}}
• Congressional Constitution Caucus{{cite web|title=Members|url=https://congressionalconstitutioncaucus-garrett.house.gov/about-us/membership|publisher=Congressional Constitution Caucus|access-date=8 May 2018|archive-date=14 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614044928/https://congressionalconstitutioncaucus-garrett.house.gov/about-us/membership|url-status=dead}}
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption{{Cite web|title=Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute|url=https://www.ccainstitute.org|language=en}}
• Congressional Western Caucus{{cite web|title= Caucus Memberships|author=|url=https://westerncaucus.house.gov/about/membership.htm|format=|publisher=Congressional Western Caucus|date=|accessdate=10 April 2025}}

Walberg rejects the scientific consensus on climate change.{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tim-walberg-climate-change_us_592edc73e4b0540ffc837acf|title=GOP Congressman: God Will 'Take Care Of' Climate Change If It Exists|last=Bobic|first=Igor|date=2017-05-31|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2017-05-31|language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4800000/tim-walberg-god-climate-change/|title=Republican Congressman Says God Will 'Take Care Of' Climate Change |last=Gajanan|first=Mahita|magazine=Time|access-date=2017-06-01}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/06/01/tim-walberg-climate-change-trump-paris-agreement/102389286/|title=GOP congressman on climate change: God will 'take care of it' if it's real|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en}} On the subject, he said in May 2017, "I believe that there is a creator in God who is much bigger than us. And I’m confident that, if there’s a real problem, He can take care of it."

Walberg has repeatedly voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.{{cite news | first=Bob | last=Wheaton |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2012/10/rep_tim_walberg_would_keep_try.html | title=Rep. Tim Walberg would keep trying to repeal Obamacare | date=31 October 2012 |publisher=MLive}}{{cite news|last1=Forgrave|first1=Will|title=Obamacare complaints aired at health-care forum hosted by U.S. Rep Tim Walberg |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2014/02/obamacare_complaints_aired_at.html|access-date=3 May 2016|publisher=MLive|date=February 19, 2014}} Walberg shares an office with Jackson Right to Life, which was vandalized by abortion rights activists in June 2022, just before the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision. Fox News attributed the attack to the group Jane's Revenge.{{Cite web |last=Keene |first=Houston |date=2022-06-22 |title=Pro-life org, congressman's campaign office vandalized in Jane's Revenge-linked attack |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pro-life-org-congressmans-campaign-office-vandalized-janes-revenge |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}

In 2015, Walberg cosponsored a resolution to amend the US constitution to ban same-sex marriage.{{Cite web |last=Huelskamp |first=Tim |date=February 12, 2015 |title=Cosponsors - H.J.Res.32 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Marriage Protection Amendment |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-joint-resolution/32/cosponsors |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=www.congress.gov}} Walberg also cosponsored a resolution disagreeing with the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which held that same-sex marriage bans violated the constitution.{{Cite web |last=King |first=Steve |date=July 29, 2015 |title=Cosponsors - H.Res.359 - 114th Congress (2015-2016): Providing that the House of Representatives disagrees with the majority opinion in Obergefell et al. v. Hodges, and for other purposes. |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/359/cosponsors |access-date=April 12, 2022 |website=www.congress.gov}}

Walberg voted against the Respect for Marriage Act codifying Loving v. Virginia and Obergefell v. Hodges, recognizing marriages across state lines regardless of "sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin of those individuals."

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On October 8, 2023, Walberg gave a keynote speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Uganda, at the invitation of Ugandan legislator David Bahati. Walberg's trip to Uganda was paid for by The Fellowship, which sponsored the breakfast. During his speech, Walberg urged Uganda to "stand firm" against international pressure to "change you", apparently referencing sanctions by the United States government against Uganda over the recently enacted Anti-Homosexuality Act of 2023, which prescribes lengthy prison sentences and in certain instances the death penalty for homosexual activities. “Worthless is the thought of the world, worthless, for instance, is the thought of the World Bank, or the World Health Organization, or the United Nations, or, sadly, some in our administration in America who say, ‘You are wrong for standing for values that God created,’ for saying there are male and female and God created them," said Walberg. Bahati, the original sponsor of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, stated that Walberg had told him “Uganda is on the right side of God,” when he asked Walberg if he were comfortable associating with Bahati. Walberg additionally praised Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who also spoke at the breakfast, and who signed the Anti-Homosexuality Act into law.{{Cite web|last=Larsen |first=Jonathan|date=December 20, 2023 |title=U.S. Prayer Breakfast Co-Chair Defends Uganda's "Kill the Gays" Law |url=https://tyt.com/reports/inside-the-family/2023/12/20/prayer-breakfast-chair-defends-kill-gays-law |access-date=December 27, 2023|website=The Young Turks}}{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2023|last=Sekanjako |first=Henry |title=Museveni urges unity at National Prayer Breakfast |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/category/news/museveni-urges-unity-at-national-prayer-break-NV_172185|access-date=December 27, 2023 |website=New Vision}}{{cite web |title= LIVE: NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST OCTOBER 8, 2023|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59bai0JS6v8&ab_channel=UBCTelevisionUganda&t=3h10m37s|website=youtube.com |publisher=UBC Television Uganda |language=en |format=video |date=October 8, 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wlns.com/news/walbergs-uganda-speech-continues-to-receive-pushback-why-it-matters/ | title=Walberg's Uganda speech continues to receive pushback — Why it matters | work=WLNS 6 News | date=January 2024 }}

Walberg has repeatedly invoked birther conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama, arguing that Obama should have been impeached over his birth certificate.{{Cite web|first=Susan J.|last=Demas|url=https://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/08/us_rep_tim_walberg_just_cant_l.html|title = U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg just can't let Barack Obama's birth certificate go|website=mlive.com|date = 16 August 2011}}

In December 2020, Walberg was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated{{cite web|last1=Blood|first1=Michael R.|last2=Riccardi|first2=Nicholas|date=December 5, 2020|title=Biden officially secures enough electors to become president|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-3e0b852c3cfadf853b08aecbfc3569fa|url-status=live|access-date=December 12, 2020|work=Associated Press|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208201209/https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-3e0b852c3cfadf853b08aecbfc3569fa}} incumbent Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.{{Cite news|last=Liptak|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Liptak|date=December 11, 2020|title=Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/supreme-court-election-texas.html|access-date=December 12, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234955/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/supreme-court-election-texas.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Order in Pending Case|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p860.pdf|date=2020-12-11|publisher=Supreme Court of the United States|access-date=December 11, 2020|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234004/https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p860.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/read-house-republicans-texas-supreme-court/index.html|title=Brief from 126 Republicans supporting Texas lawsuit in Supreme Court|first=Daniella |last=Diaz|work=CNN|date=December 11, 2020|access-date=December 11, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212000435/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/read-house-republicans-texas-supreme-court/index.html|url-status=live}}

{{see also|Gaza genocide#Rhetoric from U.S. politicians}}

In March 2024, responding to a question about "why are we spending our money to build a port for them,"{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/3/31/republican-congressman-suggests-nuking-gaza |title=Republican congressman suggests nuking Gaza |work=Al Jazeera English |date=31 Mar 2024 |access-date=2024-03-31}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/30/michigan-lawmaker-gaza-hiroshima/ |title=Michigan lawmaker says Gaza should be approached 'like Nagasaki and Hiroshima' |first=Maegan |last=Vazquez |newspaper=Washington Post |date=March 31, 2024 |access-date=2024-03-31 }} referring to the Biden Administration's plan to build a temporary port off the coast of Gaza to facilitate delivery of humanitarian aid in the Gaza war,{{cite news|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/30/video-suggests-walberg-called-for-nuclear-bombs-to-be-dropped-on-gaza/73155099007/|title=Video shows Tim Walberg calling for nuclear bombs to be dropped on Gaza|first=Todd|last=Spangler|work=Detroit Free Press|date=March 30, 2024|access-date=March 30, 2024|archive-date=March 30, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330211354/https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/30/video-suggests-walberg-called-for-nuclear-bombs-to-be-dropped-on-gaza/73155099007/|url-status=live}} Walberg told the crowd the U.S. "shouldn’t be spending a dime on humanitarian aid" and instead “should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Get it over quick." The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a U.S.-based Muslim civil rights group, condemned Walberg's comments as a "clear call to genocide."{{Cite news |last=Vargas |first=Ramon Antonio |date=2024-03-31 |title=Congressman rebuked for call to bomb Gaza 'like Nagasaki and Hiroshima' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/31/tim-walberg-republican-congressman-gaza |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331092235/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/31/tim-walberg-republican-congressman-gaza |archive-date=2024-03-31 |access-date=2024-03-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Dawud Walid, Chief director of CAIR's Michigan chapter, said: "This ... should be condemned by all Americans who value human life and international law." "To call indifferently for the killing of every human being in Gaza sends a chilling message," Walid added.[https://www.alquds.co.uk/%D8%AF%D8%B9%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%86%D9%88%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A/ He called for nuking Gaza Republican lawmaker sparks uproar in the United States - alquds][https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/31/tim-walberg-republican-congressman-gaza Congressman rebuked for call to bomb Gaza ‘like Nagasaki and Hiroshima’- Guardian]

Tadatoshi Akiba, a member of the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo) and former mayor of Hiroshima City, and others held a press conference at City Hall on April 10. The letter of request, which was read out loud, criticized the Hibakusha for their suffering from radiation damage and psychological damage, and said "We regret your ignorance and insensitivity to the unjust suffering and human misery that occurred as a result of the atomic bombings."[https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASS4B45Q4S4BPITB004M.html U.S. Congressman's comment that "Gaza is like Nagasaki and Hiroshima": prefectural atomic and hydrogen ban calls for withdrawal - Asahi News]

Japanese Diet member Jin Matsubara criticized the event as a "defeat for diplomacy". In response, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa stated that she was not considering protesting.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j2d_yIV1Wo Prime Minister Kishida and Foreign Minister Kamikawa flee after the U.S. made fun of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Bunkajin ch][https://www.sankei.com/article/20240403-QGFPA7P3URKW7O74D2R4FLHVT4/ Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa: No need to protest at this time, U.S. lawmaker's "Gaza atomic bomb" comment - Sankei Shimbun]

In response, Walberg denied advocating the use of nuclear weapons, claiming that he merely "used a metaphor to convey the need for both Israel and Ukraine to win their wars as swiftly as possible" despite his reference to the US dropping atomic bombs on two Japanese cities to bring an end to WWII.{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/31/politics/tim-walberg-gaza-nagasaki-hiroshima/index.html |title=GOP congressman appears to suggest dropping bombs on Gaza to end conflict quickly, referring to 'Nagasaki and Hiroshima' |first=Sam |last=Fossum |work=CNN |date=March 31, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-01}}

Walberg also opposes humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War. “Instead [of] 80 percent in Ukraine being used for humanitarian purposes, it should be 80 [to] 100 percent to wipe out Russia — if that’s what we want to do.” Walberg also voted against aid to Ukraine in 2022.{{cite news |url=https://www.newsweek.com/these-69-house-reps-voted-against-providing-ukraine-aid-1686658 |title=These 69 House Reps Voted Against Ukraine Military Aid |first=Jack |last=Dutton |work=Newsweek |date=March 11, 2022 |access-date=2024-03-31}}

;2004 election for the U.S. House of Representatives – 7th District Republican primary

• Joe Schwarz (R), 28%
• Brad Smith (R), 22%
• Tim Walberg (R), 18%
• Clark Bisbee (R), 14%
• Gene DeRossett (R), 11%
• Paul DeWeese (R), 7%

;2006 election for the U.S. House of Representatives – 7th District Republican primary

• Tim Walberg (R), 33,144, 53%
• Joe Schwarz (R) (inc.), 29,349, 47%

;2006 election for the U.S. House of Representatives – 7th District

• Tim Walberg (R), 49.93%
• Sharon Renier (D), 45.98%
• Robert Hutchinson (L), 1.55%
• David Horn (UST), 1.47%
• Joe Schwarz (write-in), 1.07%

;2008 election for the U.S. House of Representatives – 7th District

• Mark Schauer (D), 48.79%{{cite web|url=http://youvote.msu.edu/GenElectResults2008.htm |title=The Capitol Record Since 1906 |work=Michigan State University |access-date=January 20, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• Tim Walberg (R), 46.49%
• Lynn Meadows (G), 2.96%
• Ken Proctor (L), 1.76%

;2010 election for the U.S. House of Representatives – 7th District

• Tim Walberg (R), 50.1%
• Mark Schauer (D), 45.4%
• Other, 4.5%

;2012 election for the U.S. House of Representatives – 7th District

• Tim Walberg (R), 55.4%
• Kurt Haskell (D), 44.6%

2014 election for the U.S. House of Representatives – 7th District{{Cite web |date=November 4, 2014 |title=2014 Michigan Election Results |url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-4-2014 |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=Michigan Voter Information Center |publisher=Michigan Secretary of State}}

• Tim Walberg (R), 53.45%
• Pam Byrnes (D), 41.17%
• David Swartout, 1.95%
• Rick Strawcutter (UST), 1.40%

2016 election for the U.S. House of Representatives – 7th District{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2016 |title=2016 Michigan Election Results |url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-8-2016 |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=Michigan Voter Information Center |publisher=Michigan Secretary of State}}

• Tim Walberg (R), 55.05%
• Gretchen Driskell (D), 40.03%
• Ken Proctor (L), 4.92%

2018 election for the U.S. House of Representatives – 7th District{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2018 |title=2018 Michigan Election Results |url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-6-2018 |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=Michigan Voter Information Center |publisher=Michigan Secretary of State}}

• Tim Walberg (R), 53.80%
• Gretchen Driskell (D), 46.20%

2020 election for the U.S. House of Representatives – 7th District{{Cite web |date=November 3, 2020 |title=2020 Michigan Election Results |url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-3-2020 |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=Michigan Voter Information Center |publisher=Michigan Secretary of State}}

• Tim Walberg (R), 58.75%
• Gretchen Driskell (D), 41.25%

2022 election for the U.S. House of Representatives – 5th District{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2022 |title=2022 Michigan Election Results |url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-8-2022 |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=Michigan Voter Information Center |publisher=Michigan Secretary of State}}

• Tim Walberg (R), 62.42%
• Bart Goldberg (D), 34.97%
• Norman Peterson (L), 1.62%
• Ezra Scott (UST), 1.00%
• Write-in, 0.00%

2024 election for the U.S. House of Representatives – 5th District{{Cite web |date=November 5, 2024 |title=2024 Michigan Election Results |url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024 |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=Michigan Voter Information Center |publisher=Michigan Secretary of State}}

• Tim Walberg (R), 65.68%
• Libbi Urban (D), 32.76%
• James Bronke (G), 1.56%

Walberg and his wife, Sue, have been married since 1974. They have three adult children: Matthew, Heidi, and Caleb.{{cite web|url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/51207/Timothy_Lee_Walberg.html|title=Rep. Tim Walburg|website=www.legistorm.com|accessdate=July 11, 2023}}

Walberg is an ordained pastor. Ordained as a Baptist, he currently identifies as nondenominational{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2015/01/05/faith-on-the-hill/2/|title=Faith on the Hill: The Religious Composition of the 114th Congress|website=pewforum.org|date=January 5, 2015 |publisher=Pew Research Center|location=Washington, D.C.|accessdate=July 11, 2023}} and attends a church affiliated with the Church of the United Brethren in Christ.{{cite web|url=http://ubcentral.org/2007/03/05/tim-walberg-becomes-second-ub-congressman/|title=Tim Walberg Becomes Second UB Congressman|website=United Brethren Central|date=March 5, 2007}}

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