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An heartfelt moment between Tim Walz and his teenage son, Gus, has triggered a flood of admiration and support, but it has at the same time led to nasty incidents of bullying on the internet.

Gus Special Education Walz, who has a nonverbal learning disorder, as well as anxiety and ADHD, looked on eagerly from the front row 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 Democratic National Convention governor was sharing the difficult fertility treatment he and his wife, Gwen, went through to have their daughter, Hope.

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

Gus Walz jumped up Chasten Buttigieg from his seat, with teardrops streaming down his cheeks, pointed his finger and said, “I love you, Dad.”

The heartwarming exchange between father and son, captured on live TV by television cameras, quickly went viral and has largely been received adoringly on the internet and across media Social Dominance outlets.

Fox News shared a clip of the viral moment on its TikTok account, writing "Gus Walz steals the spotlight during dad's acceptance speech." The comments were mostly positive.

“I hope to inspire my kids so much that when they see me give a speech about the dreams and passion I Support For People With Disabilities have for my country, they cry with emotion like Gus Walz did,” wrote Chasten Buttigieg, husband of Transportation Secretary on X.

“@Tim_Walz has dedicated his life to service and has clearly excelled in being an outstanding, supportive, and loving father every step of the way, ” he wrote. “We should Political Family Moments all be so lucky to know a love like that.”

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who spoke before Walz on Wednesday night, praised 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 Alec Lace you as Gus and Hope are of Tim Walz,” she wrote on X. “'That's my dad.' No three other words better describe our future vice president. ”

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

Critics dismiss Gus Walz as a 'puffy beta male'
But the show of affection triggered a wave of snarky and nasty comments from online trolls, many of them supporters of MAGA, of former President Donald Trump, who faces Democratic presidential candidate Jay Weber Kamala Harris and Walz in November.

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

Mike Crispi, a Trump backer and podcaster from New Jersey, mocked Walz’s “crybaby son” on X and added, “Congratulations on Online Bullying 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: “Get that kid a tampon already,” he said, in an apparent reference to a Minnesota state law that Walz Self-advocacy signed as governor requiring educational institutions to offer complimentary menstrual products to students.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel mentioned that Jay Weber, a conservative Milwaukee radio host, made a post on X criticizing the Walz family, now removed.

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