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Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz<\/a><\/strong> (pronounced \u201cwalls\u201d) took the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night, and laid out his message for the future of America. Unsurprisingly, a lot of it centered around family, particularly his family. In one now incredibly viral moment, Walz’s son Gus stood up and cheered for his dad, clapping and crying emotionally. “That’s my dad!” he mouthed. Unfortunately, the partisan attacks started almost immediately, with people taking to X and other social sites to mock the 17-year-old boy. Well, he has a learning disability, and a lot of people didn’t know that. So what is a nonverbal learning disability?<\/p>\n

But first, some crucial context. Conservatives have been reeling ever since Walz started calling Republicans “weird people” in a July interview on MSNBC<\/a>. \u201cThese are weird people on the other side. They want to take books away. They want to be in your exam room,\u201d Walz said.<\/p>\n

Those “people” have been trying desperately to escape the quip by any means possible. For example, Donald Trump Jr. went on X<\/a><\/em> and said, \u201cYou know what\u2019s really weird? Soft on crime politicians like Kamala allowing illegal aliens out of prison so they can violently assault Americans.” He seems upset.<\/p>\n

Then we have former President Donald Trump himself, who went on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show to say that Democrats are “the weird one. Nobody’s ever called me weird. I’m a lot of things, but weird I’m not.”<\/p>\n

Too late, GOP; the “weird” message is resonating with younger voters<\/a>. A new generation more comfortable with labels of neurodiversity including autism, ADHD, and other disabilities are eschewing the shaming of these conditions, and embracing them. To them, “weird” is being intentionally anti-equality and pro-Trump. The fact that Walz has a neurodivergent son only makes him more likable to Gen Z.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Mercieca, a historian at Texas A&M University who wrote a book about Trump and his message, told the AP<\/a><\/em>: “The opposite of normalizing authoritarianism is to make it weird, to call it out and to sort of mock it.” How does this relate to Walz’s son Gus? Well, people have tried to use the label on him for enthusiastically supporting his father.<\/p>\n

Fiery partisan attention-seeker Ann Coulter reposted an article<\/a> about Gus’ reaction and said, “Talk about weird…” Well, that didn’t go over well, and the backlash was immediate. When someone pointed out Gus was only 17, she took it down.<\/p>\n

What is a nonverbal learning disability?<\/h2>\n
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