Gwen, wife of Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz, told Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance to “mind your own business” during her first solo campaign speech since the party’s convention on the 30th (local time).
Mrs. Gwen’s remarks are interpreted as a strategy to corner candidate Vance, whose approval ratings are falling, by using her background as a teacher and experience with infertility treatment. Candidate Vance, who is a rival to candidate Walz, is being criticized by public opinion as past remarks criticizing childless Democratic figures are being reexamined.
According to The Hill, a U.S. congressional media outlet, Gwen emphasized to the audience that she was a teacher during her first solo campaign rally in Manassas, Virginia, saying, “I am so proud to be an educator in the Harris administration.” She added, “I was once an educator without children myself,” and “I read an article in which candidate Vance criticized teachers without biological children. Tim and I struggled with infertility for a long time, and thanks to infertility treatment, we were able to have our current family.” She continued, “This is very personal to me and to millions of Americans,” and emphasized, “We cannot tolerate people like Vance telling us what to do about our families.”
In particular, when Gwen said, “I’ll show you what I was like as a teacher,” she took out her magnifying glasses, put on a serious expression, and said, “Mr. Vance, mind your own business, okay?” the room erupted in cheers.
Vance previously criticized AFT President Randi Weingarten, a lesbian and childless, in 2021, saying, “Left-wing leaders are trying to brainwash our children without having children. Weingarten, who leads the most powerful teachers union in this country, has no children.” This statement has recently been revealed and has come under attack from progressives. Weingarten is married to a woman with two daughters and has a family.
There are evaluations that there is a contrast between Mrs. Gwen, who took off her shoes and stood up for her husband’s election by campaigning alone, and Mrs. Usha, the wife of candidate Vance, who is a ‘quiet supporter’. Mrs. Usha is considered the ‘typical American elite’. She is a genius who received her bachelor’s degree from Yale University, her master’s degree from Cambridge University, and graduated from Yale Law School. She has an impressive career, including working as a corporate lawyer at a famous large American law firm until recently.
Compared to Ms. Wusha, Ms. Gwen’s background is ordinary. Born as the eldest of four daughters of parents who were teachers, she graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in rural Minnesota and Minnesota State University, and became a teacher under the influence of her parents. She first met her husband, candidate Walz, at a public school in Alliance, Nebraska, where he taught social studies while serving in the Army National Guard. It was also at this school that he began his football coaching career. Ms. Gwen met him as an English teacher and they married in 1994.
Unlike Mrs. Wusha, who appeared in the press only after Mr. Vance was nominated as the Republican vice presidential candidate, Mrs. Gwen actively supported her husband’s political activities. When Mr. Walz ran for the Minnesota House of Representatives as an unknown politician with no previous term in 2006, Mrs. Gwen made a surprise appearance and gave a confident speech when he got laryngitis before an important speech. The New York Times reported, “Many people asked, ‘Why didn’t you run, Gwen?’” Walz was elected to the House of Representatives that year and later became the governor of Minnesota.
Mrs. Gwen was the first wife of a Minnesota governor to request that her office be set up in the state capitol. As chair of the recidivism reduction committee, she actively visited state prisons and worked to improve the treatment of inmates. Some say she is reminiscent of President Joe Biden’s wife Jill, as she is a teacher and actively supports her husband’s political activities.
Reporter Choi Ji-seon [email protected]
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