• 4 months ago
Tim Walz addresses family during DNC speech: "You're my entire world"

n his speech on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, Tim Walz revealed his family's struggles with fertility over the years. He finished by addressing his wife and children and saying: "You're my entire world".

Gus, who is neurodivergent and has ADHD, jumped up as his father spoke, sobbing and pointing at the stage while yelling, “That’s my dad,” in what was likely to become an enduring image from the speech.

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00:00If you've never experienced the hell that is infertility, I guarantee you, you know somebody who has.
00:07And I can remember praying each night for a phone call, the pit in your stomach when the phone had rang,
00:15and the absolute agony when we heard the treatments hadn't worked.
00:19It took Gwen and I years, but we had access to fertility treatments.
00:24And when our daughter was born, we named her Hope.
00:29Hope, Gus, and Gwen, you are my entire world, and I love you.
00:44I'm letting you in.
00:58I love you.

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