Ann Coulter Deletes Post Mocking Gus Walz After Backlash From Rosie O’Donnell & Ana Navarro
deadline.comFollowing swift backlash, Ann Coulter has deleted a post mocking Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz‘s 17-year-old son Gus, who has a non-verbal learning disorder (NVLD).
The teenager was previously praised by many, going viral for his tearful applause at the Minnesota governor’s speech during Wednesday’s night three of the Democratic National Convention, where Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination with Tim as her running mate. “Talk about weird …” wrote Coulter in the since-deleted post on X.
The conservative pundit later explained why she took down the post. “I took it down as soon as someone told me he’s [autistic], but it’s Democrats who go around calling everyone weird thinking it’s hilariously funny,” she wrote, seemingly referencing critics of Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, and his running mate J.D.
Vance. Although she removed the post, Coulter didn’t escape criticism from those sticking up for Gus and other neurodivergent people.
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