Gus Walz loves his dad, Tim. Anyone who doesn’t see the beauty of this is weird.

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Gus Walz loves his dad, Tim. Anyone who doesn’t see the beauty of this is weird.

Amelia Robinson is the Columbus Dispatch’s opinion and community engagement editor.

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That should have been clear to anyone — ***********, Democrat, or independent — who saw him **** as his dad, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, accepted the

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vice presidential nomination Wednesday night.

It shouldn’t matter that Gus Walz has ADHD, an anxiety disorder and

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It shouldn’t matter that he is just 17.

It shouldn’t matter if his father is a Democrat or if he is ***********.

Gus was a son proud of his dad and not afraid to show it.

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It was lovely.

Ann Coulter apparently thought it was “weird.”

That’s the word that came to the ************* commentator’s mind after she saw the moment so many others found heartwarming.

Nothing in her paused. She just pounced.

“Talk about weird…,” Coulter tweeted,

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Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz and her children Gus Walz and Hope Walz listen as Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the ******* Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates, politicians, and Democratic Party supporters are in Chicago for the convention, concluding with current Vice President Kamala Harris accepting her party’s presidential nomination. The DNC takes place from August 19-22.

Cruelty is ******

Coulter deleted the post, but not before it was screengrabbed. I am not surprised she went so low.

Coulter and bullies like her do not get the basic “Real Housewives” franchise rule: kids are off limits.

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“I am ************* and all these vile comments and attacks on a poor **** with special needs is unacceptable and must be called out. It isn’t weird, he loves his dad and is proud of him,” she wrote.

Cruelty is ******. Human decency should not be a thing reserved only for those you agree with.

Some may dismiss this as Ann Coulter being Ann Coulter, but this is not about Ann Coulter or others who have reportedly said

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There are far too many adults among us that couldn’t obey a grade school’s non-bullying policy. They have been emboldened in the digital age to spew meanness and do so without even a thought. Coulter and others found Gus Walz an easy target.

How boring, uncreative and predictable.

When called out they regret it.

Take Wisconsin radio host Jay Weber.

“Sorry, but this is embarrassing for both father and son,” Weber posted on X. “If the Walzs represent today’s ********* man, this country is screwed; ‘Meet my son, Gus. He’s a blubbering ****** boy. His mother and I are very proud.'”

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says Weber deleted the tweet after catching heat.

“I didn’t realize the **** was disabled, and have taken the post down,” Weber wrote.

In world is right to call anyone — let alone any **** — a “****** boy?”

My entire feed this morning was folks being like “come for Gus Walz and see what happens.”

Looks like Ann Coulter found out they were seriously. She got dragged then deleted.

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None of this is normal

Politics has often been ******.

Look only to the 1828 presidential matchup between John Quincy Adams and rival Andrew Jackson for proof.

Jackson’s team started a vicious rumor that when he was an ambassador, Adams ******* his children’s nanny to the Russian czar as a royal mistress.

Adams’ side went deeper in the murk.

They called Jackson’s mom a “common ***********” and claimed her seven children were fathered by a “******** man.” And that’s perhaps not the worst of it. Adams’ crew called Jackson’s wife Rachel ****, an “********* jezebel, a convicted adulteress and a

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That was bad. These times are even worse.

In some minds, it is “perfectly OK” to make fun of a reporter with a disability as former President Donald Trump once did or

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as his running mate JD Vance has.

To a far lesser extent, even the viral unfounded joke about Vance having **** with couches is a sign of how low we’ve sunk.

Can you imagine anyone saying that about Dwight Eisenhower?

The nastiness should be (I am not holding my breath) dialed way back across the board. It must stop when it comes to kids. Belittling a child — one with disabilities or not — for expressing love is in the sewer.

As many as 2 million children and adolescents in this nation might have non-verbal learning disorder,

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Experts say they have difficulties processing visual and non-verbal information.

Who is Gus Walz?

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Here’s what to know about this lesser-known but not uncommon disability.

I can only guess why Coulter saw something negative when Gus Walz appeared on the screen, and tears of joy fell from his eyes.

Did she need her glasses?

“Hope, Gus and Gwen, you are my entire world, and I love you,” Tim Walz said.

“That’s my dad,” Gus responded.

There was nothing weird about that, Ann.

Amelia Robinson is the Columbus Dispatch’s opinion and community engagement editor.

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Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz celebrates with his son Gus Walz (C-L), wife Gwen Walz (R) and daughter Hope Walz (L) after accepting the Democratic vice presidential nomination on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the ******* Center on August 21, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates, politicians, and Democratic Party supporters are in Chicago for the convention, concluding with current Vice President Kamala Harris accepting her party’s presidential nomination. The DNC takes place from August 19-22. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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