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Gwen Walz, wife of Minnesota governor and Democratic vice presidential hopeful Tim Walz, indicated offering tampons in school bathrooms would help students learn to read during an appearance on Katie Couric’s podcast Sunday.
Couric asked Walz about her husband being called “Tampon Tim,” a nickname coined by conservatives after he signed a bill in his state that would put free menstrual products in all school restrooms, including boys’ rooms.
“If kids are hungry in school, what that does to brain and learning, you’re not going to learn to read,” Walz said. “So if you’re talking about learning to read and closing gaps then you better take away the barriers for that. If that’s tampons, then that’s tampons, right?”
“Take away the barriers and let’s get to the real work of this, not get …