The latest Republican smear campaign against Kamala Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, is collapsing in the face of truth. A conservative strategy to oust Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz backfired on Friday when the entire plan turned out to be false. A day after Vice President Kamala Harris announced Walz as her running mate, conservatives threw their first big punch at the Midwesterner, calling him a “Tampon Tim.” refers to a 2023 Minnesota law that conservatives criticized for providing menstrual hygiene products in school bathrooms. According to right-wing media pundits who have amplified this rumor, that includes orders to place them in men’s bathrooms.

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Donald Trump’s campaign also joined in on the rumor mill, with campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt telling Fox News that “there is no greater threat to women’s health than women’s leaders.” … advocates placing sanitary napkins in men’s restrooms in public schools.”  Minnesota is not the only state providing such assistance in an effort to prevent an economic phenomenon known as ” menstrual poverty ,” which forces girls to skip or drop out of school when they or their families unable to afford menstrual hygiene products. Ohio has set aside $5 million to fund a program nearly identical to Minnesota’s in schools. Alabama and Georgia have created grants for access to menstrual hygiene products, while other states such as Washington, Nevada, Illinois and Utah still require their schools to provide products this even without state funding, according to the Tribune.