It's the Brian Lairn Show on WNYC.

I'm Bridget Bergen from the WNYC Newsroom, filling in for Brian today.

Good morning again, everyone.

Now we turn to an issue affecting half of the world's

population. Menstruation. Despite how common periods are, the topic has long been taboo and is now

the center of a political attack against Kamala Harris's VP pick, Governor Tim Walls. You may have

heard Republicans nicknamed him, Tampon Tim,

shortly after his candidacy was announced. The nickname comes from a bill passed in Minnesota during

Wals's tenure as governor, which required school districts to provide access to menstrual products

to students in 4th through 12th grades

and distributed funding for those products.

But take a listen to this attack ad put out by the Make America Great Again Inc.

PAC earlier this month.

It really outlines their full argument against this kind of legislation

and ties it to another culture war issue.

What could be weirder than signing a bill into law

that requires schools to stock tampons in boys' bathrooms?

Or weirder than signing legislation

allowing minors to receive sex change operations?

Try electing the man who signed those bills,

Vice President of the United States. Enter Chief Weirdo, Tim Walz.

As governor of Minnesota, Walls supported legislation that endangers minors, hurts women, and puts radical ideology ahead of common sense.

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