Who is Ann Coulter and why is she trending?

POLITICAL pundit Ann Coulter is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

The 62-year-old conservative commentator and author recently commented on Tim Walz’s son, Gus on X (formally Twitter), causing outrage online.

Ann Coulter is a conservative political commentator with a large following

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Ann Coulter is a conservative political commentator with a large followingCredit: AP:Associated Press

Who is Ann Coulter? 

Born on December 8, 1961, Ann Coulter lives between Los Angeles and New York City.

Coulter is a right-wing media pundit with more than 2.1 million X followers. 

She is also an author with 13 best-selling political books

Coulter endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries but has since turned on the president.

She pushed for Trump’s impeachment and criticized his immigration politics as well as the lack of progress on his promised border wall.

Why is Ann Coulter Trending?

Coulter is trending on X once more after she commented on Gus Walz.

The seventeen-year-old was photographed in a flood of tears as he cheered for his father, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, at the Democratic National Convention.

The political pundit shared an article about the teen’s emotional reaction and wrote “Talk about weird…” above it.

She then swiftly removed the social media post amid an onslaught of criticism. 

It comes after the Walz family shared Gus’s conditions with People Magazine.

What has Ann Coulter gone viral for before?

Coulter is no stranger to voicing her opinion online.

In an interview on Andrew Sullivan’s Dishcast on November 5, Ann Coulter yet again voiced her opinions on the former president.

She referred to Trump as stupid and narcissistic.

“I was well familiar with what a narcissistic, ridiculous, tacky, vulgar, arriviste this guy was,” Coulter said.

“That I knew about. The one thing I underestimated, in fact, did not see at all is, I had no idea how abjectly stupid the man is.”

Her comments come following an explanation on why Coulter originally was in support of Trump – at first, she agreed with his immigration policy, as well as his pledge to build a wall bordering Mexico.

Over the years, Coulter’s initial support of Trump quickly turned to contempt.

She even recently praised Joe Biden for withdrawing US military troops from Afghanistan. In August of 2021, she complimented the president on “keeping a promise Trump made, but then abandoned when he got to office.”

This isn’t the first time Coulter has trashed Donald Trump.

In May of 2020, she referred to the former president as “the most disloyal actual r****d that has ever set foot in the Oval Office.”

Ann Coulter, the author of more than a dozen best-selling books, speaks with Jay Leno

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Ann Coulter, the author of more than a dozen best-selling books, speaks with Jay LenoCredit: Getty – Contributor

Coulter was also a supporter of Kyle Rittenhouse, with the pundit weighing in on the matter on X.

Coulter quote-tweeted a post by Anntensity that read: “I want Kyle Rittenhouse as my bodyguard.”

Coulter added her own comment in the since-deleted tweet, stating: “I want him as my president.”

X removed Coulter’s tweet for violating its rules.

Coulter also criticized the Kenosha protests and blamed liberals for violence on the streets.  

Kyle Rittenhouse was captured on video during the attack on the third night of unrest over a white Kenosha police officer shooting black civilian Jacob Blake. 

The video showed Rittenhouse holding a semi-automatic rifle and he appeared to say he “just killed somebody” while running from a man who was fatally shot in the head. 

In social media posts, Rittenhouse appeared to be a strong supporter of Trump.