Conservative political commentator Ann Coulter faced heavy backlash after she called Tim Waltz’s son a “wacko” in a tweet, prompting an old video of her mocking him to resurface and go viral.
Seventeen-year-old Gus Waltz made headlines Wednesday night for his heartwarming response to his father’s speech at the Democratic National Convention. The teenage son of Kamala Harris’ running mate stood and clapped with tears in his eyes, then proudly told fellow attendees, “That’s my dad!”
“Weird,” Coulter wrote in response to the heartwarming moment, using Tim Waltz’s favorite quote to attack Donald Trump and J.D. Vance to insult the Minnesota governor’s son.
Coulter later deleted the post after receiving angry backlash. [autistic]”But Democrats are calling everyone weird and they think it’s so funny,” she explained. Tim Waltz and his wife, Gwen, people This month, the Daily Mail magazine reported that Gus was diagnosed with a non-verbal learning disorder, anxiety disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a teenager.
Coulter did not directly apologize for the post, but wrote in a follow-up on Thursday that she was on vacation and that she had not been pressured to remove the original tweet. “It’s the Democrats who have decided it’s OK to call people ‘wacko,'” she added.
Some social media users shared the infamous 2016 video online in an attempt to exact revenge on Gus’s behalf. Comedy Central’s Roast of Rob Lowe, Some of them It became a hot topicCoulter is nominally The West Wing While this was a criticism of the actor, it was actually more of a criticism of Coulter himself.
Comedian Pete Davidson called her a “racist motherfucker” during a roast and likened her to a member of the Ku Klux Klan. British comedian Jimmy Carr called Coulter “one of the most disgusting, hateful, axe-faced motherfuckers alive” and said she looked like a “truck stop transvestite whore.”
“Ann Coulter wants the Republicans to keep the House so she can stay in it,” joked David Spade, while former NFL star Peyton Manning also insulted Coulter’s looks by saying she “won the Kentucky Derby.”
“As a feminist, I can’t support everything that’s being said here tonight,” singer Jewel said, “but as an Ann Coulter hater, I’m happy!”
Coulter’s night didn’t improve much when it was her turn to attack. “I Roast of Ann Coulter and Rob Lowe” she said in her opening, and perhaps strongest, line. It didn’t go well from there, with the crowd booing as she tried to pitch the book. Trust Trump: E Pluribus Great!
“Ann, after your performance tonight we saw the first bombing that was not the fault of Muslims,” Lowe said after the performance.
Coulter later said: The Hollywood Reporter She said she had “no idea” how her invitation to appear on the show came about, simply saying it was “on my book promotion schedule.” When asked about the mean jokes people have made about her, Coulter said, “I don’t notice mean, but I notice jokes, and I didn’t really hear many of them until I got on the microphone!”
