A pair of conservative radio hosts in Chicago are facing blowback after they ridiculed Gus Walz, the 17-year-old son of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, for his emotional standing ovation at the Democratic National Convention.
Mocking the teenager, the broadcasters took turns blubbering into their microphones, comparing him to a Chris Farley caricature on Saturday Night Live.
Gus Walz vaulted into the national spotlight as one of the feel-good highlights of the convention, picked up by cameras as he wept openly and shouted, “That’s my dad!” The online affection was quickly met and nearly subsumed by a tidal wave of right-wing contempt, however.
