Gus Walz won over the internet wearing his heart on his sleeve at the DNC. But the bullying that followed is what kids experience every day, some say.

A tearful, unscripted moment between Tim Walz and his 17-year-old son, Gus, has unleashed a flood of praise and admiration – but also prompted ugly online bullying.

Gus Walz, who has a nonverbal learning disorder as well as anxiety and ADHD, watched excitedly from the front row of Chicago’s United Center and sobbed openly Wednesday night as his father, the Democratic nominee for vice president, delivered his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.

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Conservative columnist and right-wing provocateur Ann Coulter mocked the teenager’s tears. “Talk about weird,” she wrote on X. The message has since been deleted.

Mike Crispi, a Trump supporter and podcaster from New Jersey, mocked Walz’s “stupid crying son” on X and added, “You raised your kid to be a puffy beta male. Congrats.”

Alec Lace, a Trump supporter who hosts a podcast about fatherhood, took his own swipe at the teenager: “Get that kid a tampon already,” he wrote, an apparent reference to a Minnesota state law that Walz signed as governor in that required schools to provide free menstrual supplies to students.

  • andrew_bidlawEnglish
    92•2 months ago

    How the fuck it’s related to his disability or anything?

    Imagine your father, like a not deadbeat one, a caring one, having his once-in-the-life moment at the state-wide convention. It’s not weird to cry. It’s weird not to.

    Men do cry, men do have emotions, men aren’t a fuel for a vehicle you hop on. And men are well capable of anger. The anger against a fucko who laughs at other man’s kid.

    • TimeSquirrel
      32•2 months ago

      Men cry, and cowards hide their emotions out of shame. Let it out wherever you are and fuck everyone else. I don’t trust anybody who doesn’t occasionally cry. That’s sociopath behavior.

      • Semi-Hemi-LemmygodEnglish
        7•2 months ago

        The last time I cried was last night watching a video about the LOFTID inflatable heat shield. Tears of joy for the team and for seeing something that’s only been in KSP actually become realized. It felt so cool I cried.

        • TimeSquirrel
          4•2 months ago

          Whoa. It actually worked.

          seeing something that’s only been in KSP actually become realized

          They may be need to make sure to put the CoG of the vehicle near the heat shield to avoid flipping end over end…I may have a lot of experience with this 😉

          • Semi-Hemi-LemmygodEnglish
            2•2 months ago

            They should put another one on the top if they’re going to Eve Venus