Introduction: Ann Coulter wrote

The sight of Tim Walls’ 17-year-old son Gus crying
with pride during his father’s acceptance speech for
the vice presidential nomination Wednesday

night quickly became an iconic,
feel-good moment at the convention.
That is, until the inevitable advent of social networks.

Ann Coulter, a conservative firefighter,
published an article in X about Gus’ emotional reaction,
along with a tearful photo of the teenager on the front lines.

He captioned the picture: “Say it another way…”.
The online reaction was swift and brutal.
“I understand why a kid who loves his parents

might feel like an outsider,” wrote podcaster
Tommy Wheater, a former liberal Obama aide.]

Coulter’s inoculation was especially harsh because

Many commenters noted that Coulter’s inoculation was especially harsh because her parents told People magazine that their son has an undiagnosed learning disability, ADHD and anxiety disorder.

Shannon Watts, founder of the gun safety group Moms Demand Action and Everytown, writes: “I’m nervous. At the age of 14 I was diagnosed with multiple learning disabilities including ADHD, OCD and arithmetic.” “We’re not weird, we’re awesome. And we are your family, your friends, your fellow Americans.”

Coulter quickly became a hot topic on X, as did Gus Waltz and the catchphrase “She’s 17.” Coulter has deleted her post but has not yet banned her from posting online.

Former Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta made an emotional foreign policy argument for Kamala Harris’ nomination.

The former congressman, CIA director, White House chief of staff and director of the Office of Executive and Budget recalled the mission to kill Osama bin Laden to applause from the crowd.

He called for a tough, cool commander in chief who would defend our democracy against tyrants and terrorists.

“You know a tyrant when you see one, and our allies know a leader when they see one,” Panetta said of Harris. “Trump is abandoning our allies and isolating America. We tried this in the 1930s. It was stupid and dangerous, and it’s still stupid and dangerous.”

Panetta also emphasized Walls’ military service in his case because he supported the military card, which Republicans saw as an attack.