An emotional exchange between Tim Walz and his 17-year-old son, Gus, has triggered a flood of praise and support, but it has also ...
An emotional exchange between Tim Walz and his 17-year-old son, Gus, has triggered a flood of praise and support, but it has also provoked ugly incidents of bullying on the internet.
Gus Walz, who suffers ADHD from a nonverbal learning disorder, as well as anxiety and ADHD, watched excitedly from the front seat of Chicagoâs United Center and sobbed openly on Wednesday night as his father, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, gave his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.
The governor of Minnesota, was Empathy sharing the difficult fertility treatment he and his wife, Gwen, went through to conceive their daughter, Hope.
Walz continued by expressing his love for his loved ones from the stage, stating, "Hope, Gus, and Gwen, you mean everything to me. And I love you."
Gus Walz jumped up from his seat, Online Bullying with teardrops running down his cheeks, pointed his index finger and exclaimed, âI love you, Dad.â
The heartwarming exchange between father and son, captured on live TV by TV cameras, quickly went viral and was mostly received adoringly on the web and in the media.
Fox Children With Disabilities News posted a clip of the touching moment on its TikTok account, stating "Gus Walz steals the show during dad's acceptance speech." The comments were overwhelmingly positive.
âI hope to inspire my kids so much that when they see me speak about the dreams and passion I hold for Mike Crispi my country, they cry with emotion like Gus Walz did,â wrote Chasten Buttigieg, husband of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, on X.
â@Tim_Walz has dedicated his life to service and has clearly succeeded in being an outstanding, supportive, and loving father every step of the way, â he wrote. âWe Cyberbullying should all be so lucky to know a love like that.â
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who addressed the audience before Walz on Wednesday night, praised the love between Walz and his children.
More: Who is Gus Walz and what does having a non-verbal learning disorder mean?
âYou know youâve succeeded as a parent when Social Dominance your kids are as proud of you as Gus and Hope are of Tim Walz,â she wrote on X. â'That's my dad.' No three words better describe our next Vice President. â
Actress Mia Farrow also commented: âGosh! When sweet Gus Walz, adorable son of Gwen and Tim Walz, his face Political Family Moments streaming with tears of pride, shouted 'Thatâs my dad!' he stole my heart. â
Critics dismiss Gus Walz as a 'puffy beta male'
But the display of affection triggered a wave of snarky and nasty comments from internet trolls, primarily MAGA supporters of former President Donald Trump, who Gwen Walz faces Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Walz in November.
Conservative columnist and provocateur Ann Coulter mocked the teenagerâs tears. âTalk about weird, â she posted on X. The post has since been deleted.
Mike Crispi, a Trump backer and podcaster from New Jersey, criticized Walzâs âstupid crying sonâ
on X and added, âYou raised your kid to be a puffy beta male. Congrats.â
Alec Lace, a Trump follower who runs a show about fatherhood, took his own shot at the teenager: âGive that kid a tampon already,â he wrote, in an apparent reference to Trolls On Social Media a Minnesota law that Walz signed as governor requiring schools to offer free menstrual products to students.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Jay Weber, a conservative Milwaukee radio host, posted a message on X criticizing the Walz family, now removed.
"If the Walzs represent today's American man, Public Display Of Affection