His tears and his now cult “That’s my dad” moved the whole world – or at least the most sensitive. On Wednesday evening, August 21, Tim Walzthe running mate of Kamala Harris for the American presidential campaignwas surrounded by his wife, Gwen, his son Gus and his daughter Hope, as he addressed Democrats at the convention in Chicago. And the images of his 17-year-old son have touched Americans to the core.
In the middle of Tim Walz’s inauguration speech, as he was discussing the difficulties he and his wife had in conceiving their children, his son Gus stood up with tears in his eyes, pointed at the stage and chanted, “That’s my dad!” A scene that quickly made the rounds on social media and was considered, in particular, by the american pressas the “highlight of the speech” by the Minnesota governor.
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But some Republicans, starting with conservative polemicist Ann Coulter, mocked Walz, calling him “weird” and describing the scene as “embarrassing.” They were quickly called to order by Internet users (and the camp of Joe Biden), who considered it unacceptable to make fun of him.
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