Gus Walz broke the internet with his tearful love for his dad. Then the bullying began
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/22/tim-walt-son-gus-walz-tears-melted-hearts-at-democratic-convention-dnc-critics-called-it-unmanly/74906490007/
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It’s says more about the bullies than it does about Gus.
Bullying by the “child loving” MAGAs right?
Gus has more honor at the tip of his fingernail than this group of self righteous jerk offs has a collective. Disgusting group of ghouls.
Children having emotional pride in their parents is probably a foreign concept to them
How many days (or hours) before Trump mocks this kid?
Oooh no, the Republican mask slipped some huh Ann?
It’s no wonder that the GQP is dropping voters in droves.
Chasten Buttigieg:
> “I hope to inspire my kids so much that when they see me speak of the dreams and passion I have for my country they are moved to tears like Gus Walz was.”
Attacked. By adults. Millionaire adults. Not faceless Twitter people or possible Russians or bots but TV personalities, radio hosts, politicians. It’s not like they’re making a careless heartless empathy free statement like usual. No, this is a direct attack using the kids name and trying to shame and humiliate him because he cried out of pride for his dad. Not policy disagreement. Just a disgusting attack on a kid because he likes this dad. God, if you only knew how the rest of humanity see you. God damn these people.
Even if the kid wouldn’t have learning disabilities, the bullying by the trumpanzees is absolutely disgusting and weird.
Pick on a Minnesota kid.
See what happens. You just see what the fuck happens.
Bullying neurodivergent people is scummy behavior so I can’t say I’m surprised.
These are people who have never had a relationship with their father that was even remotely healthy. You want evidence you are a good parent, do your kids want to be around you? Do your kids get hyped being able to celebrate your accomplishments with pure joy.
As the father of a neurodivergent kid I can’t even begin to explain the emotions I have had today. My son had to deal with the children these type of adults have raised last school year. The bullying was relentless on a kid who is just a bit quirky but would love anyone who actually spent time to talk to him. The fury I have is palpable and I blame the culture of Trump and his “party”. I’m sure our family is just one of many that has felt the brunt of toxic masculinity and exclusion for people that don’t fit in their perfect little MAGA box. I will do everything I possibly can to rid this country of that man and his ilk at the ballot box, in conversations and with kindness. My son said to me on the 1st day of school today that he’s glad his family lifts people up and doesn’t push people down. With tears in my eyes I thanked him for being the light in a time of darkness. These people have a special place in hell for how they treat other humans and how they teach their young to treat other innocent kids.
I can only hope if I have kids that I’ll ever come as close to having a moment like that with my son or daughter.
It speaks so much to the character of Tim Walz and how much he clearly cherishes his family, and how can anyone not want to champion that?
Gus and his love for his dad was an amazing high point on a night filled with a lot of other incredible moments.
This is the shit I bring up when people try and argue conservative ideas to me. As a parent of a child that’s neurodivergent, it’s very easy to point at the other side as the bullies they are and say “you don’t see my child as a person, conversation over”
I can not think of a lower form of life than a MAGA supporter, and especially one that bullies children. It’s like these mouth-breathing troglodytes wake up in the morning and ask, “How can I be an even shittier person than I was yesterday?”
But hey, gotta hand it to them for consistency.
>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.
“Weird”? That’s a child loving his parent, I know that’s a foreign concept to these people, but that doesn’t make it weird. Swing and a mass, is what this is.
It hurts my heart that this is even happening.
I have 2 children with similar, we don’t call them disabilities, we call them “uniqueabilities”, and they are the most loving, caring and HONEST kids a parent could ever ask for.
Shame on you, MAGA. And shame on any one else who supports that behavior.
“Melania Trump, would you care to comment on the bullying by your husband’s supporters faced by Gus Walz, given your anti-bullying initiatives as First Lady?”
“No.” – Melania Trump, probably
Republicans are just so sick. They see weakness in love and strength in Trump’s psychopathy.
And people wonder why men don’t talk about thier emotions.
Thankfully I speak pathetic Republican weirdo, allow me to translate.
“I wish I had a dad that would have inspired me like our future vice president does his son.”
My first thought this morning after seeing this was pretty much “how touching but this poor kid is about to be relentlessly bullied by supposed adults :(“
Just imagine hating love so much that you have to judge another for their display of elation. The fact that they hide behind “not knowing about his learning disability” is also telling because that means that they undestand stand that others’ feelings matter to humans.
It’s not just hate, they actively hate love. That is not mammalian, that’s reptilian.
All they have is hate. And they demand each other toe the line and hate what Trump and Fox News tells them to hate, lest they be kicked out of their social circle. I want all conservatives to know that you can have friends that don’t treat you like that. It doesn’t have to be that way.
MAGAs are literally scum of the earth.
I truly feel sorry for you as a human being if you saw this scene and felt any kind of negativity.
As a man, you’re only allowed to cry
a) if you really like beer
b) if you’re upset about being put on trial for killing a guy at a protest
god, i hope /s isn’t needed.
Bullying has increased tenfold since Trump showed up on the political scene. School districts are having to deal with it.
Mocking a special needs child. No, I’m not surprised that the gop and conservatives could sink this low.
Not surprised at all.
From Inglorious Basterds LT. Aldo Raine (Pitt) speech. Nazis = Maga.
“Now, I don’t know about you all, but I as sure as hell didn’t come down from the goddamn Smoky mountains and cross 5000 miles of water and file my way through half of Sicily to jump out of an airplane to teach the Nazis lessons in humanity. Nazis ain’t got no humanity.”
Sadly, no-one is off limits for Two-inch Trump and his sociopathic supporters…
I don’t know Gus from Adam but I would be willing to bet there is a small army of us out there that would go to bat for this man and his family. Attacking him is so visceral that it cuts deep into our values and is more than beyond the pale.
Of course it did.
Bullying is at the core of MAGA
Honestly, do conservatives even recognize how abhorrent they are?
I’ll throw hands to anyone who fucks with this kid.
I’m a 5’1″, 52 year old woman.
Kyle Rittenhouse cries in court to win sympathy with the jury of his murder trial. Championed by Republicans. Gus Walz cries because he genuinely loves and admires his father. Mocked by Republicans. The choice of political party isn’t a difference of opinion. It’s a matter of good vs evil.