Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) wants women to have tampons and pads if needed.
For generations, school restrooms have had ancient machines on the wall selling feminine hygiene products to kids who might need them if they start menstruating at school.
Walz, who has a daughter, signed a bill as governor to ensure that any child who needs such a product can have it for free.
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So, when Walz was named Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, Stephen Miller, an ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump, rushed to ridicule the governor as "Tampon Tim."
Chaya Raichik, who runs the fringe site "Libs of TikTok" then photoshopped Walz's face on a Tampax tampon box.
“Tampon Tim is hands down the best political nickname ever,” conservative Liz Wheeler posted on X. “It’s so… savagely effective. In one word tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about Tim Walz’s dangerous radicalism.”
Speaking Wednesday on "The Five," Fox's Jesse Watters mocked "Tampon Tim." His co-host, Jessica Tarlov, pointed to the "pink tax" and what it's like for girls who get their periods for the first time in school but don't have access to supplies.
"It's not about women!" shouted Watters.
"It is about women!" Tarlov shouted back.
"Women can get as many tampons as they want!" ranted Watters.
Tarlov explained that if there is a girl who identifies as male, they are still going to have a period in that bathroom.
It prompted Watters to break into laughter.
"Your laughing is going to be the undoing of your side," Tarlov said.
The "radicalism" Wheeler and others like her references that the pads and tampons are in both boys' and girls' bathrooms.
As one graphic designer and cancer caregiver pointed out, "Harping on them being in both bathrooms is also fairly dumb. All it means was that if a girl had to use the boys room in an emergency (this does happen) she would have the supplies she needs. How hard is this to undrstand?"
Women have also fought over the years to eliminate what is being called the "pink tax," or the sales taxes or value-added tax (VAT) that women must pay for feminine hygiene products like tampons and pads. The argument by activists is that women are unfairly financially penalized for biology.
Tarlov's comments reference the trouble that Republicans are having with women by trying to control reproductive freedom, monitoring menstrual cycles, banning birth control, and other topics.
See the debate in the video below or at the link here.
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