Vice President Kamala Harris selected Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as her 2024 running mate on Wednesday, and supporters of former President Donald Trump quickly labeled him with a new nickname: “Tampon Tim.”
So where is this coming from?
In 2023, Walz backed state legislation that required public schools to provide feminine products, including tampons, pads, and other items, in all restrooms used by students in grades four through 12.
Minnesota Republicans sought to amend the legislation before its passage to limit those products to only women’s restrooms but were blocked. The law went into effect on Jan. 1 of this year.
Walz previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives on top of a 24-year career as an educator and National Guardsman, and his selection by Harris was immediately heralded by progressives and LGBT rights groups. But Republicans, including top Trump campaign officials, highlighted the school bathroom controversy.
Trump adviser Stephen Miller, responding to the Walz selection, posted on X, “She actually chose Tampon Tim,” shortly after the term began trending on social media. --->READ MORE HERE
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Republicans wasted no time tagging Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz with a less-than-flattering nickname.
“Tampon Tim” became the top trender Tuesday on X shortly after Vice President Kamala Harris announced Mr. Walz as her running mate, a reference to the bill he signed last year requiring schools to provide free menstrual products in all student restrooms in grades 4-12.
“There is no universe where a man who gives tampons to teenage boys is going to be next in line to be president. #TamponTim,” said Stephen Miller, America First Legal founder and a senior advisor to former President Donald Trump, on X.
Make America Great Again Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC, promptly posted an ad that began with a scene of a boys’ restroom.
“Tim Walz is a weird radical liberal,” said the ad. “What could be weirder than signing a bill requiring schools to stock tampons in boys’ bathrooms?”
Mr. Walz was also criticized for signing an executive order last year protecting access to gender-transition drugs and surgeries for minors, a reaction to red-state laws barring those under 18 from accessing sex-change hormones and procedures. --->READ MORE HERE
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