Ann Coulter breaks silence after she's slammed for mocking Kamala Harris VP pick Tim Walz's neurodivergent son Gus

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter sparked backlash after branding Tim Walz's autistic son Gus 'weird' for crying at his father's DNC speech.

Coulter, 62, took to X hours after Gus's proud reaction to his father's address spread across social media, where he broke down in tears and pointed at his dad on stage.

After the jibe was met with outrage, Coulter deleted the tweet and issued a semi-apology, saying she 'took it down as soon as someone told me he's autistic', while attempting to turn the insult back on Democrats.

'But it’s Democrats who go around calling everyone weird thinking it’s hilariously funny,' she said.

In another tweet responding to someone jokingly comparing getting the controversial pundit to delete a tweet to 'picking up the hammer of Thor', Coulter doubled down: 'Democrats are the ones who decided it’s fine to call people 'weird.'

Kamala Harris encountered Fox News reporter Peter Doocy on thursday night just before her speech at the convention center in Chicago.

Doocy has covered the White House for Fox News in the Biden administration.

Critics have slammed Harris for avoiding interviews and press conferencessince Joe Biden dropped out of the race.

They had the following exchange:

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From Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent in Asheboro, North Carolina

The botched withdrawal of U.S. troops is the keystone around which Donald Trump is building his foreign policy plans.

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com he set out his thinking and explained why the episode, in which 13 American personnel were killed and the world watched in horror as thousands of terrified Afghans raced after departing planes, marked a turning point in U.S. standing in the world.

He outlined his thoughts after putting the issue at the center of a national security speech in Asheboro, North Carolinam, where he promised tough action on anyone involved in the withdrawal.

'I will ask for the resignations of every single senior military official who touched the Afghanistan disaster,' he announced on stage.

'I want their resignations immediately.'

Trump took a shot at her biography of serving as San Francisco District Attorney before becoming California Attorney General.

'She's talking about how great San Francisco was before she destroyed it, probably not a good idea!' Trump wrote.

He couldn't help throwing in a 'WHERE'S HUNTER' line, days after the president's son appeared on stage with President Biden during his late-night speech.

He took exception to her long section on January 6, where she said he 'intends to set free violent extremists who assaulted those law enforcement officers at the Capitol' on January 6, and called out Trump for saying he would issue pardons to convicted perpetrators.

Harris said Trump 'sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol' and 'fanned the flames' when people were begging for help.

'PEACEFULLY AND PATRIOTICALLY!' Trump posted, using words he has applied in the past toward the mob on January 6.

She also said he was 'found guilty of fraud by a jury of everyday Americans' in his New York fraud trial and 'separately found liable for committing sexual abuse,' in reference to the E. Jean Carroll verdict.

'These Prosecutions were all started by her and Biden against their Political Opponent, ME!' Trump countered.

Ahead of Kamala Harris' primetime speech to end the DNC on Thursday night, rumors spread that a 'special guest' was set to introduce her.

But shortly after the report sparked chaos in the convention hall, a Beyonce rep told The Hollywood Reporter that 'the report of a performance is untrue', and said the 'Freedom' singer was never slated to appear.

Despite fanfare around the 'special guest' - with Taylor Swift's name also floated - a DNC source later told The Washington Post that there was never a special guest lined up in the first place.

TMZ admitted its mistake after Harris closed out the convention, saying: 'To quote the great Beyonce: We gotta lay our cards down, down, down ... we got this one wrong.'

'Notice how they tricked you into thinking there was a special guest so you'd stick around?' asked J.P. Freire, a Republican spokesperson for the House Ways & Means Committee. 'What do you think their approach to policy will be?'

One user posted a video clip of President Joe Biden - who attended the first night of the convention and then went on vacation to California - and commented: 'to whoever started the Beyoncé as dnc special guest rumour.'

Country legends The Chicks were heavily panned for an awkwardly off-key performance of the National Anthem at the Democrat National Convention.

The Nashville natives, who created a firestorm of controversy 20 years ago over criticism of George W. Bush and the Iraq War, were a highly-anticipated get for the DNC on its final night.

However, their performance of the Star-Spangled Banner was almost universally slammed, even by fans of the band formerly known as 'The Dixie Chicks' before dropping the d-word in 2020.

David Knowles wrote: 'Still marveling at how off-key the Chicks' rendition of the national anthem was.'

'That was terrible and I like their music,' added one social media user on X.

Others were a little more agitated: 'wow…. Maybe your monitors weren’t working. Idk. But that was horrible. At least you had the dignity to finish then smile. I almost feel sorry for you. Almost…..'

Another put it more bluntly: 'Incredibly off-key. Great job, you has beens.'

'They sounded like they had sound-hearing issues. The Chicks are iconic for their harmonies... something must have gone wrong,' wrote a more sympathetic listener.

The band - Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer - made no reference to the audio quality, simply retweeting a video from a pro-Kamala Harris account.

'I was touched to see Gus Walz’s joy when his dad @Tim_Walz took the stage last night. Thankful for you showing us all what real love looks like, Gus,' former first lady Michelle Obama posted on X.

'Let’s be a nation that embraces this kind of warmth and vulnerability, instead of making fun or mocking it. We could all use some.'

Ann Coulter shared an image of Gus overcome with emotion as his VP candidate father took to the stage in Chicago Wednesday and captioned it 'Talk about weird.'

But Coulter was quickly informed that Gus has a non-verbal learning disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and an anxiety disorder.

She has since deleted the post.

Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff took the stage Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention ahead of her stepmom or ‘Momala’ for a touching tribute and to rally support.

The 25-year-old artist and model was all smiles as she was joined on stage by the vice president’s niece Meena Harris as well as her goddaughter Helena Hudlin.

The tattooed Emhoff with slicked back hair and attired in a white and ice blue off-the-shoulder dress designed especially for the occasion by Joe Ando ignited the internet with her appearance on the convention stage.

Emhoff, who is known for her knitting, crocheted the flower on her dress' sleeve herself, Ando revealed.

‘Ella Emhoff's dress just won the #DNCConvention2024,’ wrote one user on X.

'Ella Emhoff is going to be a fashion icon,' wrote another.

‘They forced Ella Emhoff into a dress for this,’ joked an X user of the artist who often opts for more hipster looks. ‘My goodness Kamala Harris wants power.’