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The emotional moment between Tim Walz and his 17-year-old son, Gus, has sparked a flood of admiration and support, but it has also provoked nasty bullying attacks online.

Gus Walz, who suffers from a nonverbal

learning disability, as well as anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), looked on eagerly from the front seat of Chicago’s United Center and cried openly on Wednesday night as his father, the Democratic candidate for vice president, gave his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention.

The Minnesota governor Ann Coulter was sharing the difficult fertility treatment he and his wife, Gwen, underwent to conceive their daughter, Hope.

Walz followed up by declaring his love for his loved ones from the stage, stating, "Hope, Gus, and Gwen, you are my entire world. And I love you."

Gus Walz rose from his seat, Mike Crispi with tears running down his cheeks, pointed his index finger and exclaimed, “I love you, Dad.”

The touching moment between father and son, captured on live TV by television cameras, quickly went viral and was mostly received positively on the web and across media outlets.

Fox News shared Support For People With Disabilities a clip of the touching moment on its TikTok account, writing "Gus Walz steals the show during dad's acceptance speech." The comments were mostly positive.

“I hope to inspire my kids so much that when they see me speak about the dreams and passion I hold for my country, they Special Education 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 succeeded in being an excellent, supportive, and loving father throughout his life, ” he stated. “We should all be so lucky to know a Hope Walz love like that.”

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

More: Who is Gus Walz and what does having a non-verbal learning disorder mean?

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

Actress Mia Farrow also commented: “Gosh! When sweet Gus Walz, adorable son of Gwen and Tim Walz, his face streaming with tears of pride, shouted 'That’s my ADHD dad!' he stole my heart. ”

Critics dismiss Gus Walz as a 'puffy beta male'
But the show of affection provoked a series of snarky and nasty comments from internet trolls, many of them supporters of MAGA, of former president Donald Trump, who is running against Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Minnesota Governor Harris and Walz in November.

Right-wing columnist and provocateur Ann Coulter mocked the teenager’s tears. “Now that's weird, ” she wrote on X. The message has since been deleted.

Mike Crispi, a Trump backer and content creator from New Jersey, criticized Walz’s “crybaby son” on X and added, “Congratulations on Empathy raising your son to be a puffy beta male. Congrats.”

Alec Lace, a Trump follower who hosts a podcast about fatherhood, took his own shot at the teenager: “Give that kid a tampon already,” he wrote, in an apparent jab to a Minnesota law that Walz passed Self-advocacy as governor requiring educational institutions to offer free menstrual products to students.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned that Jay Weber, a conservative radio host in Milwaukee, made a post on X criticizing the Walz family. now removed.

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