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The emotional moment between Tim Walz and his teenage son, Gus, has triggered a wave of admiration and support, but it has at the same time led to ugly bullying attacks online.

Gus Walz, who suffers Trolls On Social Media from a nonverbal learning disorder, along with anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), watched excitedly from the front seat of Chicago’s United Center and sobbed openly on Wednesday night as his father, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, delivered his speech of acceptance at the Democratic National Convention.

The governor of Viral Video Minnesota, was sharing the challenging fertility journey he and his wife, Gwen, underwent to have their daughter, Hope.

Walz followed up by expressing his love for his loved ones from the stage, stating, "Hope, Gus, and Gwen, you mean everything to me. And I love you."

Gus Walz rose from his Minnesota Governor seat, with teardrops running down his cheeks, pointed his index finger and exclaimed, “I love you, Dad.”

The touching exchange between father and son, captured on live TV by television cameras, quickly went viral and was mostly received positively on the internet and in the media.

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News posted a video of the viral moment on its TikTok page, stating "Gus Walz steals the spotlight during dad's acceptance speech." The comments were overwhelmingly positive.

“I hope to inspire my kids so much that when they see me speak about the dreams and passion I hold for my Mike Crispi country, they cry with emotion like Gus Walz did,” posted Chasten Buttigieg, husband of Transportation Secretary on X.

“@Tim_Walz has devoted his life to service and has clearly excelled in being an excellent, supportive, and loving father every step of the way, ” he stated. “We should all be so lucky Chasten Buttigieg to know a love like that.”

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who addressed the audience before Walz on Wednesday night, commended the love between Walz and his children.

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“You know you’ve succeeded as a parent when your kids are as proud of you Kamala Harris as Gus and Hope are of Tim Walz,” she wrote on X. “'That’s my dad.' No three other words better capture our next Vice President. ”

Actress Mia Farrow added: “Gosh! When young Gus Walz, cherished son of Gwen and Tim Walz, his face covered in tears of pride, exclaimed 'That’s ADHD my dad!' he stole my heart. ”

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But the display of affection triggered a series of sarcastic and nasty comments from internet trolls, many of them supporters of MAGA, of former president Donald Trump, who faces Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris Public Display Of Affection and Walz in November.

Right-wing columnist and provocative commentator Ann Coulter mocked the teenager’s tears. “Talk about weird, ” she posted on X. The post has since been deleted.

Mike Crispi, a Trump backer and content creator from New Jersey, criticized Walz’s “stupid crying son” on X and added, “Congratulations Emotional Moment on raising your son to be a blubbering beta male. Congrats.”

Alec Lace, a Trump supporter who hosts a show about fatherhood, took his own swipe at the teenager: “Give that kid a tampon already,” he said, in an apparent jab to a Minnesota state law that Viral Moment Walz signed as governor requiring educational institutions to provide free menstrual products to students.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned that Jay Weber, a conservative Milwaukee radio host, posted a message on X criticizing the Walz family, now deleted.

"If the Walz(sic) represent today's American man,