UPDATE, August 23, 2024:This article has been updated to note that additional camera angles now appear to show Walz quickly pulled his son to stop him from running into a teleprompter.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, ignited volcanic outrage after being seen aggressively yanking his disabled son’s hand while parading him on stage at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
A chilling viral video clip appeared to show Walz violently pulling the hand of 17-year-old Gus as his family posed on stage Thursday night.
Numerous X users expressed shock and disgust at the Democrat’s seemingly hostile demeanor and angry gesture toward his disabled son.
As it turns out, however, Walz appeared to be preventing his son from running into a teleprompter.
Regardless, many online still expressed outrage over the incident.
“Is it just me or did Tim Walz aggressively yank his son last night on stage? Seems like he could be a very different person behind closed doors,” one person wrote.
Others commenters opined that the leftist governor‘s aggressive tugging looked a tad abusive.
Many found the incident especially troubling since Guz Walz is disabled, having been diagnosed with a Non-Verbal Learning Disability, which exhibits symptoms similar to autism.
And social media was quick to call out the elder Walz over the incident:
“I grew up around many people who were abusive and high-tempered behind closed doors and this is exactly how they acted,” another X user observed. “That look that Tim Walz has on his face …
“[I]f you grew up around abuse … you know that look (and that arm jerk).”
It was not only the way he jerked his son’s hand, it was the look on his face when he did it. You could tell he was angry. Very disturbing.
— Sharon Palmer (@SharPalm1918) August 23, 2024
Numerous commenters said they felt sorry for Gus, because if the governor “treats his son like that in front of millions of people, you know it’s much worse at home.”
In the two weeks since Tim Walz was announced as Harris’ running mate, he has been an abject disaster — even before this latest viral incident.
The massive lies he has been caught in have fueled criticism that he wasn’t properly vetted before being thrust onto the national stage.
Walz has been savaged by military veterans for alleged “stolen valor” amid reports he ducked out on a deployment to Iraq —- all while repeatedly implying over the years that he was a war veteran.
The Minnesota governor also allegedly lied about his rank upon retirement from the military and a DUI arrest.
He also falsely claimed he and his wife had used in-vitro fertilization to have their children.
All politicians — indeed, all humans — shade the truth to some degree, but why would anyone push such egregious lies that are easily disprovable?
Walz’s alarming web of deceit undermines Kamala Harris‘ already-flailing campaign and lends more credence to the mounting public perception that she has neither the judgment nor the capacity to lead the nation.
Oh, well.
