Why is Tim Walz being called #TamponTim? [Video]

The bill’s sponsor said “the vast majority” of the period products will be used in girls’ bathrooms but the law’s text is gender-neutral to accommodate all students.

In the hours following the announcement, many conservative social media accounts claimed Walz had signed legislation requiring tampons in boys’ bathrooms while governor of Minnesota.

“Tim Walz calls Republicans ‘creepy’ and ‘weird.’ This is the guy who signed laws requiring tampons in boys bathrooms,” said an X post published by Libs of TikTok, a right-wing social media account. Libs of TikTok founder Chaya Raichik also posted a meme depicting Walz’s face on a box of tampons with the caption: “#TamponTim.” The term #TamponTim was later trending on X.

But some people on X, including Hillary Clinton, defended Walz saying the legislation he signed actually made free tampons available to all students at schools in Minnesota, not just in boys’ bathrooms.

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