Tim Walz's wife argues putting tampons in all school bathrooms part of helping kids learn to read

Gwen Walz, woman of Minnesota politician and Democratic vice statesmanlike hopeful Tim Walz, indicated offering tampons successful schoolhouse bathrooms would thief students study to publication during an quality connected Katie Couric's podcast Sunday. 

Couric asked Walz astir her hubby being called "Tampon Tim," a nickname coined by conservatives aft he signed a measure successful his authorities that would put free menstrual products successful each schoolhouse restrooms, including boys' rooms.

"If kids are quiet successful school, what that does to encephalon and learning, you're not going to study to read," Walz said. "So if you're talking astir learning to publication and closing gaps past you amended return distant nan barriers for that. If that's tampons, past that's tampons, right?"

"Take distant nan barriers and let's get to nan existent activity of this, not get mislaid successful what are components and, arsenic immoderate group would say, you know, equaling nan playing section aliases immoderate it mightiness be," she said. 

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The legislation says menstrual products "must beryllium disposable to each menstruating students successful restrooms regularly utilized by students successful grades 4 to 12 according to a scheme developed by nan schoolhouse district." Since then, nan moniker "Tampon Tim" has been utilized to item his socially progressive views.

"Tim and I person ever thought astir removing barriers to learning and success, and immoderate that obstruction is, whether it beryllium free luncheon aliases menstruation products aliases knowing who you are, everyone intends everyone and immoderate things look different for immoderate people," Walz said. "People person different needs and they person different resources, but everyone intends everyone and each of us."

"So that is not an unmessy journey, but we person looked astatine it like, 'What do you request to move forward, what do you request to beryllium happy and patient and person occurrence and really mightiness we astir efficaciously and champion thief pinch that and past mind your ain damn business right?'" she continued. "Then get retired of nan way, because and, I deliberation that those 2 pieces astir apt picture Tim. He's compassionate, he's empathetic, he removes barriers." 

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Walz continued, adding that schools should "provide what we request to provide."

"He does a awesome occupation of that, but I besides think, you know, past he's for illustration ‘Whose business is that, for illustration mind it yourself,' now I person to put a 4th successful nan committedness jar but mind it yourself, like, let's conscionable get connected astir nan existent important issues that we person to solve, not get caught up successful people's ain individual business."

Democratic vice statesmanlike nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

"We spot equity arsenic getting group what they request to get to a circumstantial spot wherever we tin person that conversation," she added. 

Walz besides discussed 2nd man Doug Emhoff's proposal and nan support he has fixed her. 

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"He is specified an astonishing personification and really he models support for his woman and empowers women and empowers maine is really miraculous," she said. "So he has, you know, had a bully consciousness of joke astir things."

Notably, Emhoff has faced allegations that he erstwhile slapped an ex-girlfriend "so difficult she spun around" aft she flirted pinch a valet and that he engaged successful "inappropriate" and "misogynistic" agency behaviour astatine his Los Angeles rule firm, according to nan Daily Mail. 

Emhoff's first marriage ended pursuing his matter pinch their children's nanny, whom he sewage pregnant, according to nan Daily Mail. The nanny's adjacent friend told nan outlet that she did not support nan baby, but did not elaborate further. 

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Fox News' Joey Wulfsohn, Emma Colton and Charles Creitz contributed to this report.