Conservative commentator Ann Coulter has deleted a social media post in which she mocked Gov. Tim Walz’s son after receiving significant backlash.
The post came after Waltz’s son, Gus, was photographed crying tears of pride and shouting “That’s my dad” during his father’s speech accepting the party’s vice presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention earlier this week.
Coulter shared a news article about the moment alongside a photo of herself crying, with the caption: “Weird story…”
Apparently Coulter was referring to Waltz’s description of Republicans, and Donald Trump in particular, as “weird people.”.”
Criticism of Coulter increased as it became clear that Gus had a neurodevelopmental disorder. Waltz previously told People magazine: He “has anxiety disorders, ADHD and a non-verbal learning disability.”
“I understand why children who love their parents may seem alien to you,” a former Obama administration staffer wrote in a comment under Coulter’s post.
Shannon Watts, founder of two gun safety groups, said in response to Coulter.“I am neurodiverse. We are not weird, we are wonderful. And we are your family, your friends, your fellow Americans.”
Former Republican strategist Rick Wilson also weighed in. ControversyHe said: “Ann Coulter died alone and a forensic pathologist will find only Marlborough red wine and boxed wine remaining in her shriveled body.”
Following the intense backlash, Coulter appears to have deleted the post.
Other controversies surrounding Ann Coulter
This is not the first time Coulter has found herself embroiled in controversy or faced significant backlash for her comments.
In 2007, she was accused of anti-Semitism when she said the United States was a Christian nation and wanted Jews to be “perfected” by converting to Christianity.
Her comments were condemned by the Anti-Defamation League, the American Jewish Committee and the National Jewish Democratic Council.
Coulter also tweeted comments that the Anti-Defamation League described as “ugly, nasty and anti-Semitic” after several candidates referenced Israel repeatedly throughout the night during the 2015 Republican presidential primary debates.
She said, “How many Jews do these people think there are in America?”
In response to the accusations of anti-Semitism, she posted on Twitter: “I love Jews, I love unborn children, I love Reagan. I didn’t need to hear a tirade about them all night.”
Coulter was accused of plagiarism.
Coulter was also accused of plagiarism in a book he published in 1998. High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill Clinton When columnist Michael Chapman claimed that some passages in her book were taken from an appendix he wrote in 1997 for the magazine Human Events.
She was later accused of plagiarizing the book. Not Knowing God It also found that several sections were lifted from Planned Parenthood pamphlets and a 1999 Portland Press article.
Publisher Not Knowing GodHer publishers, Crown Publishing Group, issued a statement denying the allegations, saying they had investigated the “allegations of plagiarism” in her book and found them to be “irresponsible, frivolous and unfounded.”
Coulter also launched into a fierce “xenophobic” tirade against Republican Nikki Haley.
When former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley ran for president in 2023, Coulter made several unsavory comments about Haley.
Appearing on The Marc Simone Show, Coulter asked Haley: “Why don’t you go back to your country?”
Haley was born in the United States to Indian immigrant parents.
Coulter then continued to make derogatory comments about India as a whole, saying, “Her candidacy reminds me that I need to move to India and demand that part of their history be erased. What do you mean, worship a cow? People are starving over there. Did you know they have rat temples that worship rats?”
Coulter also called Haley a “slut” and a “lunatic” and criticized her for calling for the Confederate flag to be removed from the South Carolina state capitol following the 2015 Charleston church shooting.
“This is my country. I’m not Native American and I don’t want all the monuments to be removed,” she said.
Coulter made similar comments about another 2023 Republican presidential candidate.
Coulter said Haley’s interactions with biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy “Hindu Business”.
Additionally, during a podcast appearance, Coulter said he would not vote for Ramaswamy because he is Indian.
She said: “There is a core of national identity that is WASP, which doesn’t mean we can’t be Sri Lankan or Japanese or Indian or anyone else, but the core that forms the national values is WASP.”
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