The initial reactions to this video were intense. It did appear as if Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was abusing his son, Gus, who was highly emotional Wednesday night when his father accepted the vice presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention. From Walz’s facial expression and the violent arm tug, it looked abusive. Walz was dragged on social media, but a new angle might shed new light on the subject. It seemed Gus was veering toward barreling over the teleprompter, and Walz’s course corrected his son before disaster struck:
Tim Walz is under fire for aggressively pulling his son Gus Walz’s arm on stage at the Democratic National Convention.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 23, 2024
The incident was apparently filmed on the third day of the event (Wednesday), the same day Walz gave his speech.
Gus is 17-years-old and reportedly has a… pic.twitter.com/5yMWpgy8Ur
Simpsons did it again! https://t.co/mtoilKZbXj pic.twitter.com/CxRie1HU1Y
— The Right To Bear Memes (@grandoldmemes) August 23, 2024
Full video of Tim Walz tugging his son's arm appears to show that he was quickly pulling him so he wouldn't run into the teleprompter on stage.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 23, 2024
Walz came under fire after online users accused him of being too aggressive with his special needs son.
A more detailed video of the… pic.twitter.com/OYZzJgBL6w
It makes for some fun, but the conventions are over. It’s now time to slam Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for their agenda that will wreck the country. Tying Harris to Joe Biden shouldn’t be hard. Scores of White House policy rollouts bear her name because Biden didn’t want to leave her out of anything.
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