It seems that right wingers making fun of this child is par for the course tbh. Is it really much different than when Trump made fun of that disabled reporter back in 2015 or 2016? The cruelty is the point. We have a party that has embraced racism, sexism, cruelty, and all around douchebaggery. Was making fun of Walz’s kid a new low? Maybe. But I’m guessing if you drew a venn diagram of people who made posters depicting Obama as a gorilla or Michelle as a man, people who got off on Trump making fun of that disabled reporter, people who thought Trump calling a porn star “horse face” was funny, people who mocked Joe Biden for loving Hunter, and now people laughing at Walz’s kid, you’d have a perfect circle.
The de-sensitizing of 30-40 percent of the country really got going with Rush Limbaugh on the radio and Fox News. The rise of the tea party and the billionaire money to feed that wretched movement against the first black president poured gas onto this reactionary movement. And now Trump became its leader. He gave millions of Americans permission to act their worst selves.
Has any elected Republican denounced any of these public “conservatives” for going after walz’s son? I bet I can guess the answer. That side has become de-sensitized. There’s no shame anymore. Anyone decent has already left the party.