MANASSAS – Gwen Walz , the first lady of Minnesota and wife of Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz , chided Republican vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance of Ohio for his views on family during her first solo campaign event in Virginia on Friday.
“Now, I read that JD Vance said he was really disturbed by teachers who don’t have biological children. Well, for a long time, Tim and I were teachers who struggled with infertility, and we were only able to start a family because of fertility treatments,” Walz said at an “Educators for Harris-Walz” event.
“So, this is really personal for me, and I think it is for millions of Americans. We do not take kindly to folks like JD Vance telling us when or how to start our families.”
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“Let me use my teacher voice: Mr. Vance, how about you mind your own business,” Walz said, to claps, cheers and jeers from the room full of educators – and they repeated it with her: “Mr. Vance, how about you mind your own business.”