On Wednesday night, Minnesota’s Gov. Tim Walz was the big speaker at the Democratic National Convention. Democrats had already been introduced to the Walz family in the weeks beforehand, and Tim and Gwen Walz even spoke to People Magazine about their 17-year-old son Gus, who has special needs. At the DNC, the entire Walz family was emotional about how radically their lives had changed in the previous month. When Gov. Walz spoke, on stage, about how Gwen, Gus and Hope are his whole world, all of them were in tears. Gus stood up and shouted, visibly emotional, “that’s my dad!”
Normal, everyday Americans were moved by this close-knit Minnesota family and the love they have for each other. People with special needs and families with loved ones with special needs saw a positive role model and advocate in Gov. Walz and his family. The problem? The worst people in America thought it would be a great idea to make fun of the Walz family and Gus Walz in particular. While there were several Republicans and MAGA dumbf–ks mocking Gus, one of the most prominent was that Skeletor ghoul Ann Coulter, who tweeted “talk about weird.”
Ann, you’re a fucking monster. pic.twitter.com/8xJZZwj3PD
— Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) August 22, 2024
The reason I can’t/won’t embed Ann’s tweet is because the backlash was swift and Ann ended up deleting the tweet soon after. I don’t think these pieces of sh-t understand that people are ready to go to war for the Walz family. I don’t think these sadistic creeps understand that people love the healthy masculinity and love being exhibited by Tim Walz, Gus Walz, Doug Emhoff and Joe Biden. Remember how Republicans tried to say Joe Biden was horrible because all of Joe’s emails to Hunter were like “I love you so much, kid.” Anyway, I enjoyed some of the clapback, the first video is NSFW.
A few words for Ann Coulter. pic.twitter.com/GqO1Jmou1g
— Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 (@MadisonKittay) August 22, 2024
This race just became personal… pic.twitter.com/7H6elcDZgy
— Jeremy London 🇺🇸 🦅 (@SirJeremyLondon) August 22, 2024
I was touched to see Gus Walz’s joy when his dad @Tim_Walz took the stage last night. Thankful for you showing us all what real love looks like, Gus.
Let’s be a nation that embraces this kind of warmth and vulnerability, instead of making fun or mocking it. We could all use some…
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) August 23, 2024
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- Gwen Walz, wife of Governor Tim Walz, Gus Walz, son of Governor Tim Walz become emotional as Governor Tim Walz (Democrat of Minnesota), the 2024 Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, gives his acceptance speech for the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at the United Center Featuring: Gwen Walz, wife of Governor Tim Walz, Gus Walz, son of Governor Tim Walz Where: Chicago, Illinois, United States When: 21 Aug 2024 Credit: Annabelle Gordon/CNP/INSTARimages
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- Gwen Walz, wife of Governor Tim Walz, Gus Walz, son of Governor Tim Walz become emotional as Governor Tim Walz (Democrat of Minnesota), the 2024 Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, gives his acceptance speech for the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at the United Center Featuring: Gwen Walz, wife of Governor Tim Walz, Gus Walz, son of Governor Tim Walz Where: Chicago, Illinois, United States When: 21 Aug 2024 Credit: Annabelle Gordon/CNP/INSTARimages
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- Governor Tim Walz (Democrat of Minnesota), the 2024 Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, gives his acceptance speech for the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at the United Center Featuring: Governor Tim Walz (Democrat of Minnesota), the 2024 Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States Where: Chicago, Illinois, United States When: 21 Aug 2024 Credit: Annabelle Gordon/CNP/INSTARimages
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- Governor Tim Walz (Democrat of Minnesota), the 2024 Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, gives his acceptance speech for the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at the United Center Featuring: Governor Tim Walz (Democrat of Minnesota), the 2024 Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States Where: Chicago, Illinois, United States When: 21 Aug 2024 Credit: Annabelle Gordon/CNP/INSTARimages
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- Gwen Walz, wife of Governor Tim Walz, Gus Walz, son of Governor Tim Walz become emotional as Governor Tim Walz (Democrat of Minnesota), the 2024 Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, gives his acceptance speech for the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at the United Center Featuring: Gwen Walz, wife of Governor Tim Walz, Gus Walz, son of Governor Tim Walz Where: Chicago, Illinois, United States When: 21 Aug 2024 Credit: Annabelle Gordon/CNP/INSTARimages
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- Gus Walz, son of Governor Tim Walz becomes emotional as Governor Tim Walz (Democrat of Minnesota), the 2024 Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, gives his acceptance speech for the Democratic Vice Presidential nomination at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at the United Center Featuring: Gus Walz, son of Governor Tim Walz Where: Chicago, Illinois, United States When: 21 Aug 2024 Credit: Annabelle Gordon/CNP/INSTARimages
Jeremy London’s video was heart wrenching, seeing that tear fall onto his shirt almost killed me. I have a son who’s neurodivergent and remember coming home after taking him to school and just sobbing out of fear that the world would be cruel to him. I felt his fear and pain so acutely.
The hatred that the right so mindlessly and gleefully tosses around has been demoralizing and infuriating and exhausting. I would like to think, thanks to the energy Harris and Walz have injected into this election, that we are finally able to turn the page on the cruelty that the Trump era has unleashed and amplified.
Same here it’s killing me. And the hypocrisy – they would freak right out for merely mentioning Barron’s name because “He’s a minor” but they attack democratic minors all the time – remember the vitriol Chelsea Clinton faced when she was a young teen?
And Barron has been credibly accused of some pretty horrible misdeads, scary stuff.
I was disgusted to see the cruelty and nonsensical treatment of Gus and am even more disgusted to remember that this isn’t a new move from the right. What kind of adult calls a 12 year old Chelsea Clinton ugly in national discourse, or at all for that matter? They have always been this cruel.
What has Barron done? I never hear anything about him. I can’t imagine he’s a decent person based on his parents!
Look at Barron’s eyes sometime. They look like the eyes of a cobra ready to strike.
Barron has been accused of harming multiple small animals and attacking other children. Not sure if it’s true, but I wouldn’t be surprised.
So a classic sociopath. Makes sense!
and. lets never forget that Rush Limbaugh, who referred to teenage Chelsea Clinton as “the family dog” to his (guessing) millions of listeners was given a Presidential Medal of Freedom by Donald Trump.
I am old enough to remember the cruelty to little Amy Carter.
I know someone whose mom works in the private school community in MoCo (its not as big as you would think) and she said that Barron was on the spectrum (its why it took a while to find a school for him) and that apparently he was a really nice kid and the teachers all felt sorry for him bc he was so nice and his dad was…..well, Trump. But that was back in 2016-2019, before the pandemic and before Trump lost.
Barron apparently has serious anger problems and temper tantrums and tortures animals–that from a former nanny
They also attacked Amy Carter. I thought it was awful
I personally study and have a lot of experience with being around Narcissistic personality disorder. Ann Coulter strikes me as a classic grand standing loud mouthed look at me and listen to shocking garbage type! Just like Trump and Rush Limbaugh. They don’t care what their words do to others. They only seek to be adored, right, and worshipped. Narcissists are like adult toddlers. They want attention, they want simple flattery and praise. As if there was not enough unconditional love, attention, time or support from their Parents leaving them stunted like a bonsai tree. Her saying this about beautiful, loving, moving and honest Gus Walz is stupid, tone deaf, shallow and hateful. I loved seeing Gus cry. I was crying throughout the moving speeches. I was relieved to see someone else feeling what I was feeling. Gus is absolutely adorable and wonderful! I love Both the Harris and Walz families!
Gus is a darling. What hideous comments by COulter .
Ann Coulter is a moron. Gus, I love love you all the way back here in 🇨🇦 and I hope your father and Kamala win! Take care.
The thing is, she isn’t a moron. She is highly intelligent and she is a soul-sucking demon. She is the most toxic person I have ever seen in my life.
But what is her allegiance to toxic masculinity? Is her entire MO the not like other girls shtick? Other girls (read : decent humans) saw a healthy honest emotional outpouring. AC saw a less than manly display of feelings because she’s on the side of toxic masculinity?
I speculate that Ann may be on the spectrum herself. I see a tiny bit of my grandson in her. Fortunately, he’s being raised with loving and patient awareness. Her intolerance and lack of empathy are clues, for me. Regardless, she is an awful human being. I just wonder.
@Cynner – Is it possible she has a personality disorder rather than being on the spectrum? There can be similar traits, such as missing social cues and displaying a lack of empathy. The major difference from my experience is that people on the spectrum don’t actually lack empathy. They are often very sensitive, but they can display as lacking in empathy because of misreading social cues. Meanwhile, a clinical narcissist may truly lack empathy.
Me toooooo, from Canada!!!
How ANYONE can see the emotion on that boy’s face and the love for his father and find anything negative to say is beyond me. I was bawling with him.
Who? Like in every country – catholic/generally self-righteous religious, pro-life, right wing supporters. First to scream about “protecting life from the start”, first to mock disability, special needs of any kind and lacking basic human empathy while underlining their “Christian values” to everyone.
@Carmen, do highly-intelligent people make dipshit comments like that?
I was straight up a puddle of tears when I watched that moment on TV- with my own dad no less! I hate the fact the GOP promotes toxic forms of masculinity for men. I loved reading how so many people came for that horrible woman.
One thing I kind of don’t like is how people constantly bring up Gus’ neurodivergency. Stop it! He’s just Gus.
Really.
And then how do you suppose we actually have a true, honest conversation about autism & ND if we don’t label it?
Also, don’t take my autism away, please. It’s not yours to discard.
The world is a cruel place, especially if you are “different”.
Everyone is like “I love Wednesday Adams!” & then hâte on stimming, lack of eye contact, needing time to choose words, etc etc etc
I’m not saying don’t talk about these things, and I’m not trying to discard YOUR autism. But we don’t know how or what Gus does to handle his own neurodivergency or if we have his consent to frame our discussions around him or if that’s even a word he wants to be used. He’s a 17 year old boy who’s already overstimmed af because his dad is running for vice-president. So once again, let Gus be Gus.
Please stop. I’m begging you to please stop.
I get you want to be some sort of ally here.
This isn’t it. Gus’s parents have used ND language.
You think you’re standing up for Gus, for ND, for autistic people who should be seen as people before disability. You’re not. You’re shoving us all back into the corner where everyone but us can be comfortable.
Don’t reply. I’m done here, because if I know anything, it’s that my comments will fly right over your head.
I think I read that he has ADHD, he’s not autistic. Neurodivergent covers more than autism.
And please don’t snap at me like you did K8terade, as if I don’t understand – I am also neurodivergent.
@Kokuri I’m not shoving anyone back into a corner or silencing anyone. You need to stop putting words into my mouth and jumping to conclusions about what you think I’m saying. I’m currently an intern getting my clinical hours for my LICSW and putting together treatment plans for neurodivergent young adults is part of my job on top of being neurodivergent myself. I have ADHD, mild autism, and social anxiety that I’ve worked hard to tame.
Gus’ parents may have informed the public regarding his NVLD, ADHD, and Anxiety, but Gus is also 17 year old young adult who is allowed to have as much of a normal life as possible outside of the spotlight his dad is in. If he chooses to be an example for the neurodivergent community, then that’s great. But what I’m concerned about is him being used as an example or poster boy for the neurodivergent community without his own consent.
He is allowed to be his own person in or out of the spotlight. If he chooses to bring light to certain causes that’s fine too but it needs to be his choice. He deserves to live his normal life on his terms. That is not to say we should not have these conversations or that we should shove anyone with neurodivergences back into a corner or making them invisible.
These issues do need to be talked about. BUT we need to be very careful when we use people as examples of these issues and make sure we have their full consent to do so. Gus is a 17 year old boy. He loves his dad and he seemed to want to be at the DNC convention. That’s great. He has his parents and they seem to be doing great but he is also capable of making his own decisions about whether or not he wants the spotlight on him. So again, I say: Let Gus be Gus and make his own decisions about the spotlight and whether or not he wants to be used as an example.
@Kokiri
this whole “please stop, I’m begging you to stop” schtick is just strange. It’s an online anonymous forum, people are allowed to trade opinions and disagree. You don’t know anyone’s story, so acting like you’re the final authority and anyone who has a different take is just cruel and needs to shut up is… a choice.
@ K8erade- That was very thoughtfully written and I share your discomfort. It would be one thing if Gus was an adult making a conscious choice to be an advocate for the ND community. But he was thrust into the public spotlight because his father was chosen as VP. I’m sure it’s exciting but scary and a little bit uncomfortable, like it would be for ALL of us. Giving him permission to just be a regular kid supporting his dad is creating a safe space for him IMO.
My apologies, looks like I totally & completely misjudged this one.
Thanks for the feedback.
Truly. Like would this be “weird” if he wasn’t neurodivergent? Can we just say he is comfortable being vulnerable and being proud of his dad without trying to explain it away?
Having visual-spatial issues and difficulties with concentration doesn’t mean any behavior can or should be explained away with that.
I wonder what he think about people saying this about him. Would he be embarrassed? Would he think people are infantilizing him?
I am just not comfortable with this when he himself has not said anything. I saw it live and He was showing emotion and that is fine and I love it.
Like “my gay friend” can be just “friend”.
It’s part of who he is and it can’t be hidden any more than the color of his skin. This feels a bit like asking people to be colorblind and stop talking about race. Turning a blind eye to part of him may feel polite but it’s like averting your gaze from someone in a wheelchair.
Based on what I know about the Walz family, I assume that Gus chose to be present in the public eye. He’s 17 and he’s able to express his preferences. His parents wouldn’t make him be there if he didn’t want to be. I highly doubt they would have done the article in People without his express ok. There’s no reason to assume that he doesn’t have agency in this situation.
I think there’s a huge difference between ignoring the fact that he is ND and making it the central part of who he is as a person. I don’t think anyone is advocating for the former, but rather cautioning against the latter.
I would say it would be more like putting an expectation on Malia and Sasha Obama to be spokespeople for anything related to racial injustice. It’s not fair to task them with dispelling people’s racial biases and all the weight and work that comes with that simply because they are young black women. Michelle and Barack did their best to allow them to have as normal a life as possible and a lot of that was just letting them be regular kids who had regular, normal and relatable experiences.
And again, if Gus wants the fact that he’s ND to be a central discussion, if he wants to be an advocate or spokesperson for the ND community, we all support that. I just don’t think we should decide that for him.
@RNOT I respectfully disagree. I don’t think it’s erasure unless it’s somehow relevant to the conversation and then completely ignored. Yes, being ND is part of who Gus is, but does is constantly need to be brought up unless it’s directly relevant to his specific NDs? No. You use the color blind example but in the same vein, are you going to constantly bring up the color of someone’s skin into the conversation? No. It becomes a different kind of discomfort. Is it okay to ask questions or gain clarification if you don’t understand? Sure. Provided it’s done in a thoughtful, respectful way. There are relevant times and places it’ll come into play organically. The important part is letting the ND person lead the conversation regarding them and their abilities but I also think it’s important for that to be a part of them and not their whole self. It’s a superpower ability, not a whole identity.
Ann Coulter is a soulless disgusting POS. Every time I see that clip of Gus crying over his love for his Dad makes me tear up 😭
It should serve as well, to anyone (not you, Amy) who thinks autistic people don’t feel emotions, lack empathy, etc.
How we express it may look different or more intense, but the emotions are there.
Same! I watched it all and I’m. Not American. Gus and the whole family had me in puddles
They don’t call her Coultergeist for nothing.
I heard a lot about her in the early to mid 2010s, but I honestly forgot she existed until I saw this 😀
I am convinced these people are so broken. Like I’m sorry your parents didn’t love you and never hugged you or showed you how to have normal human feelings so now they just hate everything. They are psychopaths.
Seriously. I’m sure the whole convention was overwhelming; no doubt the whole past month or so has been overwhelming for this family–even though dad was governor, this is a whole ‘nother level. That was real, raw emotion & I, like so many here & elsewhere, just teared up watching Coach Walz’s speech & his family’s response. It’s just so great to see real, normal people back in the political spotlight.
Those other people? The former Republicans (I don’t know what they should call themselves now, but they’re not Republicans)? That’s a scary bunch. They’re the ones pulling wings off flies, the ones who’d punch you in the shoulder on the schoolyard after getting your vaccinations (happened in my grade school), the ones who laugh when you fall down rather than helping you up.
They really, really are. Anyone who behaves that way, especially towards a CHILD, all I think is what sad, miserable people they must be, who have never known love or compassion.
I just wish they’d all stop taking it out on the rest of us.
First of all, as a mom of a neurodivergent daughter I have been really heartened by most of what I’ve seen people say about Gus’ reaction at the DNC and also thrilled when anyone saying anything negative gets eviscerated super quick. Let’s keep this up!
Second, is that the actor (or former actor) Jeremy London???? Like the twin of Jason London? God, I loved them both so much back in the day but haven’t heard anything about either of them in decades. That post made me teary, just like watching Gus made me teary.
Anyone with a family member who isn’t “typical” when they are out in the world knows that fear…the fear that people will mock, will judge, will be horrible because they don’t understand. I hope that everyone watching Gus can have a little more understanding when they meet a kid or adult who has less filter, can’t always regulate when they are in sensory overload, or may have some repetitive movements to help them calm down. Everyone is different in their own way and let’s embrace that just as we are embracing the pure love shown by Gus and the entire Walz family.
Jeremy is still an actor and he’s a gem of a person. He’s a good one to follow on Twitter and interacts regularly with the regular people
Thanks for your post.
People will be kinder. They’ll try to understand more & it will last a little while.
Yet on this thread, my voice, my autism, is being erased by a poster who, when I voiced my concerns, doubled down how I was wrong & they were right. Right here, in real time, my voice being talked over.
But hey, don’t worry, I’m used to that too. Nothing NT like more than riding a high horse to prove people who actually live it are wrong.
The commenter DID NOT do that.
It is not cool to tell someone ‘Don’t reply. I’m done here, because if I know anything, it’s that my comments will fly right over your head’ and then run roughshod through the comments ranting about them. That’s not how ‘kindness’ as you put it, works.
Also, again – Gus Walz is neurodivergent, but NOT autistic. He has ADHD and NVLD. So please stop erasing other people’s ND.
@Kokiri the person you disagreed with said that she is ADHD, has mild autism, and social anxiety. So she’s not a NT person on their high horse. She wrote a really thoughtful response to you above.
YES!! Right after AC’s toxic, foul tweet appeared, my TikTok FYP was filled with vids of people saying that the stan Gus, that they’re ready to fight for him, and best of all, that he and Hope now have an entire nation of honorary moms and dads, aunties and uncles, cousins, brothers and sisters, ready to protect and support. Love it!
Scum, Ann is the scummiest scum that ever scummed.
Gus must be protected at all costs. Life has kicked me down at every turn it feels like, and made me into a bit of a cynic, but something about Gus and seeing his open affection, it thawed and healed something in me that night and I thank him for it.
Isn’t it just typical of the maga party to do as the coward comrade leader does and mocks those with a disability. It truly shows just what wastes of skin these lowlifes are.
Either you’re pro life or you’re not. I don’t mind if there’s nuance, but if your stance is “BIRTH NO MATTER WHAT BECAUSE ONLY GOD CHOOSES” then it better be that from beginning to end, and you better respect the amazing lives that are on this earth like Gus. My kiddo is neurodivergent, and I’ve watched the video with Gus over and over and over and bawled harder each time. Neurodivergent people often have no filter, and it’s one of the most beautiful parts of loving them. They just love you (and call you out without batting an eye when you’re unkind because…you’re being unkind and there’s no nuance to that). I love, love, love my kid, and I’m grateful for Gus and his family.
*by the way, I know this is not true of all persons who are neurodivergent. My son specifically is autistic and it’s something I’ve come to appreciate about him and his friends who also identify on the spectrum and are self-identifying as autistic. Their loyalty, passion, love, honesty, and transparent displays of emotion are so genuine and unreserved and it’s a strength, not a weakness – I definitely think any “difference” IS a super power.
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Coulter wasn’t the only one who went after Gus. Mike Crispi tweeted that Gus was a “beta puff” and when he got the same backlash as Coulter claimed he didn’t know “the context” and blamed Walz. He’s now claiming Walz is a child abuser for bringing Gus to the convention
Dinesh D’Souza said the same thing but almost worse because he basically said “He looks just like his father and I get that his kid has mental problems but what’s his father’s excuse?” or some such horrible shit.
These people are hopelessly broken, I swear. Trump gave them all the permission to freely express their hateful, vile & bigoted rhetoric.
That whack job laura loomer also attacked Gus.
I didn’t want to give him clicks but my thought is always “my brother in Christ, Google is right there”.
When they go low we drag them to Hell! YESSSSS!!!! I could not be more proud to witness the immediate and intense backlash. Sadly, trolls gonna troll so I hope Gus is not spending a lot of time on social media right now. It’s not great for any teenager but this is just subhuman to try to grift off disparaging and bullying this amazing CHILD.
You know, the thing is, I’m so used to comments like hers that it’s just another typical day.
That’s just how it is.
I guess that’s why the “super power” comments some make drive me bats.
Gus handled the stresses of that environment well. I hope he’s recovering from it & resting peacefully in his chosen safe places.
Gus did well. This week was a lot. I hope they are able to find him a good school in DC that’ll meet his needs.
“The backlash was swift and brutal” ~ As it should be.
I love that Reddit reposted the video of Ann Coulter getting eviscerated, by literally everyone, at someone else’s roast. It’s glorious. I could watch it again and again. Also, The Boondocks did an episode on Ann and it was *chef’s kiss*
Can you provide a link? As of right now, news sources are saying she deleted it.
What kind of POS goes after a child?
seraphina, Google Pete Davidson Ann Coulter roast and a lot of clips will come up.
Thank you.
Just last weekend, I overheard the stepbrother to one of my ‘godchildren’ beginning to bully him for his differentness. The speed I achieved in getting in to that room, the EPIC levels of control I had to exert to not pound that bully into the floor like a tent pole, the depths I reached into to stop that awful conversation and bring that rotten 15 year old to heel; I am still exhausted. But I invested AS MUCH time as was needed that day and every one that followed into making sure I broke through to that bully to attempt to reprogram him before it was too late. My GOD how I hate the internet and social media so much some days, because WHERE that kid got those awful views wasn’t at home. It’s one of the million different ways in which Trump and his followers have made the world SO MUCH WORSE for so many people. Ann Coulter should KNOW better and she needs to HOPE she never crosses paths with me, because she won’t get the chance I gave the 15 year old…
@RMS: Thank you for this service. Seriously.
Yes.
🎯 Ditto.
People like Ann Coulter are still living in 90s. At least she had the self-awareness and I guess shame to delete her nasty comment.
Most of us did not talk like this even in the nineties. I don’t know why you think that this was ever okay. Decent people never talked like this.
I did not take this comment the way you have. I lived through the 90s and the way Chelsea Clinton, aged then about 12, was mocked on national TV (SNL as one example) was horrendous. Sure people pushed back but there was an acceptance of this kind of behavior then that we don’t see now. Well except within Trump world of course.
@Sue I think the big difference is that pushback on SM is easier now than in the 90’s.
I was thinking it was a grade school cruelty sort of thing, less tied to any particular decade or generation.
Using the “weird” language and mocking this CHILD for political reasons is beyond gross. What a disgusting sorry excuse for a human being. These people need to be go back under the rock where they belong.
Coulter’s comment is so on brand for MAGA. It’s not even shocking anymore. Despicable but not shocking. Never forget these kinds of things happened in Germany in the nineteen thirties. Ann Coulter and her ilk are here to remind us every day.
I’m so happy that this convention produced one genuine superstar—Gus Walz. His family loves him deeply. Now we all do too.
She’s an awesome follow and regularly demonstrates dragging like that. She was (is still?) a lawyer so it might just be reflex at this point 😆
Doesn’t Ann Coulter know that as an unmarried, childless woman past her childbearing years who may or may not have a cat…that she has no worth to MAGA ReTHUGlicans?
As a parent of an awesome son on the spectrum, if she said that around me in person, I may have taken my earrings off.
Yeah. That’s what I thought. According to the R’s she shouldn’t even be speaking.
No should she have a vote, or only have half a vote.
It’s weird that Ann Coutler hasn’t criticized JD Vance’s stance on her existence and is instead bullying a child. JD Vance wants to monitor Ann Coulter’s menstrual cycle, and she has no problem with that, but a child crying out of pride for his dad is too much for her.
Coulter has never made any meaningful contribution to life on planet earth. Her sole activities and her delights are to spew vitriol and cause pain to other human beings. When she is gone, her name will quickly be forgotten.
@chaine Agreed. Someone once posted that for all the attention Rush Limbaugh had when he was alive, no one talks about him now that he’s gone. He left nothing of worth behind. No one says, “Geez, I miss Limbaugh”. He was just replaced by another hateful talking head. Nothing of value in his legacy. That will be her fate too.
Her name will be forgotten — but the brilliant soubriquet : “unseasoned succubus” probably won’t be. 👏🏽
What really blows my mind is that there are still people out there with neurodivergent children who are so MAGA that they will still vote for the orange clown. I actually know someone like this. Their child has a rare genetic disorder – one proven to be linked with autism – they STILL vote for the clown. When their state, with an equally cruel MAGA governor, took away the social services they needed to help take care of their kid, they were SO upset and all I could think was “you literally voted for this, your governor is doing exactly what they said they’d do when they were campaigning.”
This! I will never understand the compartmentalization that goes in Magga”s minds. Trump was at his ugliest when he ridiculed the NYT reporter at a rally. I thought surely there were attendees who had special needs family members, what did they think?! Sometimes there is no low low enough, no iota of decency in these people.
I have an autistic son and my dad and stepmom, while loving (out of state) grandparents, are totally MAGA. I have no idea how they internally justify their politics. Fundamentally, it makes me think they are incapable of empathy.
I’d forgotten about her. Unfortunately, she hasn’t changed and is still around. Thank goodness that unlike AC, most Americans have a different view of love and compassion! Snd super kids with non verbal communication. I’m glad the Walz family has gotten so much support, and AC was forced to delete her venomous post.
Ann Coulter would find it weird for a child to love their own parents. She doesn’t have any understanding of what love is.
Ann Coulter, Megyn Kelly they are all POS MAGA babes who have no empathy to give but will want buckets full of sympathy when someonecalls them on their bullsh*t. Cue the MAGA tears from Ann in 5,4,3,2,1…… She’ll probably make a TikTok about it.
I think some of the worst people on Twitter are the ones who point out how wrong this is (ya know, because even THEY realize that this shit is crossing a line) and then turn around and vote for Trump.
I even saw one tweet from this woman who was completely deriding what D’Souza said but started the tweet with “I don’t like Tim Walz but…”
What is it that you don’t like about him, exactly? Was it his 24 years in service? His 20 years of teaching kids social studies? His volunteer coaching? The fact that he got poor kids free school lunches? The fact that he provided ironclad protection for trans kids and reproductive freedom? The fact that he signed a red flag law in MN and expanded background checks?
They don’t even fucking know. They just hate him because they’re told to and it’s so frustrating to watch these people denounce horrible words by people in their own party so they can get likes and RTs on Twitter only to turn around and vote for these shitbags. The cognitive dissonance is both appalling and stomach-turning.
Kitten, I saw that, too, and this is what is so worrisome about this election. If given a minute to judge something on their own, many people seem to recognize the cruelty and insanity of Trump and his base. But then Fox News or some other right wing outlet snaps them back into partisan allegiance. This should not be a close election, yet way, way, way too many people will vote for Trump because they’ve been conditioned to believe that Harris/Walz somehow are the evil ones. It is beyond depressing.
THIS!
You have to wonder how rotted a person’s heart and soul can be to attack a young man that has neurodivergent disabilities. Ann Coulter has been using her mean girl schtick since the beginning of time, It gets old. She is the absolute icon of everything the ultra conservatives hate – unmarried, childless educated WOMAN. Yet she embraces and spouts the toxic masculine rhetoric that has made her famous. Does she look in the mirror? Has she swallowed the misogyny so deeply that she can not recognize that she is exactly what they fear most? In the words of JD Vance “a childless cat lady”? It’s amazing to me that she cannot see the irony.
I could only hope that one day my kids would look at me like that.
Same, Iss.
Same. My son is 14, and I would probably never stop crying if I got a Gus moment from him. As it stands, I can’t even look at photos of this moment without tearing up.
Jeremy London killed me. It’s the rawness of his grief and fear, for me.
I thought this trash got taken out back in the ’90s, but I guess some got left over. As the young woman said in that tik tok vid, Ann Coulter is the quintessential cat lady. Color me naive, but all I saw of Guz was a kid who really loves and admires his dad. And in the final analysis, isn’t that the greatest blessing any parent can pray for? I’m waiting to see one of Trump’s sons show him an ounce of that kind of love. Snark!
Exactly. Why would it be weird for anyone to yell “that’s my dad” if their father was campaigning? Most of DT’s kids look like they are being paid to be there, same as Mel.
I thought the same thing. The family surrounding him were also crying, emotional and clapping. That behavior doesn’t stand out to me at all? I an NT and I think I’d respond much like Gus if someone I love was having a moment like Walz.
It’s “weird” that Ann Coulter thinks the behavior is weird.
Maybe because being nice is weird to the cult? It’s outside their code of behavior.
The thing that’s so bizarre to me is that Gus’s reaction was completely normal. People keep talking about his neurodivergence and framing his behavior in that context, but it’s not neurodivergent to be proud of someone you love for doing something extraordinary and to show that love and pride to the world.
Of course, the soulless ghouls on the right are gonna show their soullessness. But I have been deeply moved by all the demonstrations of love and pride shown by the Walz and Harris-Emhoff families this week.
Yes! Normal, loving families are affectionate. Normal, loving families express emotions! I’m also happy that their normal, loving relationships are being shown to the world, they are such a contrast to the soulless ghouls on the Trump/Vance ticket.
I think even they are waking up to how terrible they look as Trump made a post yesterday praising his son Eric, which I don’t think I’ve ever heard him do. It would be pathetic if they weren’t so dangerous.
Right? His father is running for the second highest position in the country. Pro ball players show more emotion when they make a successful play. May even slap each other on the ass, which you think would send the MAGAts into a homosexual panic.
What kind of twisted adult calls a disabled teenager “weird” … on social media … for loving his dad.
What is WRONG with these people.
I think people have had enough of all the hate, all the insults, all the shit-smearing coming from MAGA world. We are sick of it. Time to take out the trash.
You know what’s weird? A grown woman attempting to bully/mock a child for being different.
Somebody’s still so mad that she’s no longer relevant lol
💯
Years ago, when I was beginning to realize that a few of my acquaintances/friends and especially **their husbands** were more right wing than I’d thought, my friend said she and her husband were going to hear Ann Coulter give a talk. I burst out, “WHY?!” without thinking, then laughed and covered my mouth apologetically.
Now, with all the harm the right wing has done to our country for decades, they know to not even bring that stuff up in front of me, cuz I’m a feisty b*tch. 😉
I honestly didn’t know Ann Coulter was still around? Her heyday was awhile ago, I feel like she was prominent when I was in elementary/middle school? (90s/early 2000s). She should stay in whatever hole she she usually stays in.
I have never liked Ann Coulter. She has said many disparaging things about people in the past and now. Karma will kick her a**. I remember when Lawerence O’Donnell supposedly dating Tamron Hall, and she said he liked riding the freedom train. She is a trash person.
Yeah, I never bought her line that she hated Trump. Because she immediately defaulted to his playbook, making fun of “disability.” And BTW it’s NOT a disability to cry with pride about someone you love. That should be the norm not the exception.
I have a neurodivergent kid and Gus’ intense pride in his dad wrecked me … it was so beautiful.
Monsters like Coulter need to go back into their lairs and shut the f*ck up.
After seeing Trump insult and demean NY Times reporter, Serge Kovaleski who suffers from arthrogryposis, I am not surprised to see the useless Ann Coulter pick on a 17 year old boy who loves his dad. The MAGA ilk are all of a bully mindset, just like their dear leader. Trump, himself, is alleged to have said that he didn’t want seriously injured veterans at any of his events because “no one wants to look at that”. This is the Republican nominee for president.
Ann wasn’t the only vile person. Plenty of republicans piled on.
Conservative Wisconsin radio host Jay Weber, whose offensive response posted on X was widely condemned. “Sorry, but this is embarrassing for both father and son,” Weber wrote. “If the Walzs represent today’s American man, this country is screwed; ‘Meet my son, Gus. He’s a blubbering bitch boy. His mother and I are very proud.'”
The cruelty is unbridled.
I hope they all get doxxed and then cry about how ‘unfair’ it is.
😳🤬. Appalling, just appalling.
Weber “apologized” and was off the air today. We will see how long that lasts. He’s on an iHeartRadio station if anyone wants to weigh in…
https://deadline.com/2024/08/gus-walz-radio-host-jay-weber-1236049136/
I saw her tweet and I wanted to post the video of her being roasted on Comedy Central. She was getting wrecked one after the other, but I just didn’t think she was worth it. She and Megyn Kelly are two of the most hateful, evil, vicious women with political/social voices. I just want them to fade away and not see or hear from them.
Absolutely disgusting.
You can throw Candace Owens on that pile too, she was bullying a model who uses a wheelchair. Did MAGA rot their brains or is this hatefulness part of their charming personalities naturally?
I remember that too. Candace is a vile monstrous creature. She was dropped by that loser Ben Shapiro and tried to “get back together” with the Black community. We rejected this and her. She can rot with the rest on the Dump train.
Just sending my love and respect to the ND community and thw Walz family. Ann Coulter is pathetic. Vote blue.
Appalling. Let them vomit their idiocies. Their downfall is beautiful every step. Every level. Each and every one.
Saw a tweet (of course I can’t find it now) with a photo on the left of Gus Walz next to a photo on the right of Kyle Rittenhouse on the stand trying to cry & HOLY SHIT the facial expressions were identical. Caption was something like, “You’re insulting the one on the left but idolizing the one on the right FOR SHOWING THE SAME EMOTION???” It was very powerful to me at least.
From Laura Loomer, Trump’s favourite cheerleader who has, amongst other attention-seeking bits of word vomit, accused Kamala Harris of getting on her knees and blowing her way to the top:
“At the RNC, people were mocked for crying during President Trump’s speech. But now the Democrats want you to think it’s so wonderful how Tim Walz’s son was crying last night. No thanks. I refuse to have empathy or give kindness to the party of division, lies, and despair.”
That woman with the “fuck you Ann” video made my day.
Oh, me, too! As I noted above, I played it several times! I’ll likely play it again several times! I wish I could come up with such brilliance!
I saw Ann Coulter on the subway in NYC once, about 10 years ago. She was in tiny jean shorts and a crop top, with that feral animal look in her eyes. Like she was daring anyone to say something to her. These people have always been creepy.
My problem is not people with special needs, my problem is the people who make fun of, mock and devalue them. I think it is so important to tell and show these people always and everywhere that they have no, not even the slightest approval and should never be allowed to work for a community. It is so important to stand up publicly, wherever we are, for the good and against these disrespectful people.
One of the ways to stop commenters like Ann Coulter is to contact their source of revenue. Let these businesses know how disgusting these tweets/comments are and continuing to pay someone who’s does this says a lot about that business.
I taught special needs children and reading such comments by so called adults was awful.
They’ve been reeling for weeks, now, under the #Weird label; and they are desperate to shake it off and/or pin it back on Democrats.
It’s just not working.
https://x.com/joellawsondc/status/1826700327170830576?s=61&t=9TaAsfwrl1H_hiFD2SEi3A
I know, right? It bugs the hell out of them, but they’ve got that stank on them and can’t shake it off.
Remember when they were mean to Amy Carter and Chelsea Clinton? Imagine having to go through that awkward stage while your dad is president of the United States. Puberty is bad enough. You don’t go after kids because they are kids.
Ann Coulter is a washed up combo sea hag/ghoul.
There is no bottom with these idiots. Just when you think they can’t go lower they do.
Their cult leader openly made fun of a handicapped person and they thought it was ok.
One of my proudest moments was calling her a name on twitter that rhymes with PUNT and got in Twitter trouble for it.
Saddle up fellow celebitches! We ride at dawn!
They need to keep Gus Walz name outta their trash filled pie holes!
@MERLINSMOM1018- D*MN RIGHT we do! That cow must be crazy, trying to rag on our Gus.
Let’s ride bitchies!
In a time and age when some teenagers are embarrassed to be seen with an adult or parent, Gus is refreshing and I love him and his families closeness.
My neuro divergent teenager is a strong example of a not hugger and refusal to appear anything uncool. Eff Anne Coulter
Ann has always been a POS.
I used to work with a woman who was so over the top racist she was like an absurd cartoon character. Even she thinks Ann Coulter is crazy! She thinks Ann is on some kind of medication. Something about Ann’s eyes.
Of course there’s rumors she used to date Jimmie Walker. So maybe this is all a grift with Ann. But who knows? Why would anyone want to profit off of being this bat💩 crazy and evil?
Weird that the family values party treats children so poorly. F this Republikkan dumpster fire.
Fucking hell, I did not have Ann Coulter on ANY bingo card being the top post on Celebitchy.
Good. It’s beyond time for a reckoning with these awful people. Pretend like this is a new level of hatred, if you want, but Monica Lewinsky, Anita Hill, and, yes, Chelsea Clinton would like a word. Hell, Hillary Clinton would also like a word.
Gus should have been off-limits from the get-go, Barron Trump is now an adult, and they are using him as an example of what a “real alpha male” looks like.
Family annihilation, Barron, look it up.
IS he neurodivergent, or – in that moment – is he just a kid proud of his dad?