<div><p>Last week Vice President Pence held a special event honoring military families, which isn't the sort of thing that usually attracts controversy. But near the end of his speech, Pence got a little too animated and bumped his arm against a 10-year-old boy in the crowd behind him.</p><p>You might remember this, the moment went viral last week because the little boy, Michael Herrera-Yee,<strong> "demanded" an apology from the vice president</strong>.</p><p>Most people seemed to think the moment was cute and silly, and Pence certainly wasn't upset, but that didn't stop <a href="https://www.shared.com/fox-host-my-bosses-said-my-medical-condition-made-me-less-desirable/">Fox</a> host Tammy Bruce from <strong>singling the boy out</strong>.</p><div><div><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="SslliGRyn3M"></amp-youtube></div></div></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>During last Friday's episode of <em>Tucker Carlson Tonight</em>, Bruce used the clip to launch into a bizarre rant about "snowflake" children, while her co-host<strong> criticized Michael's parents</strong> for teaching their child to insist on an apology.</p><p>"I guess we're giving birth to snowflakes now," Bruce said, "because that looked like the kid needed a safe space in that room."</p><amp-iframe sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" layout="responsive" frameborder="0" height="9" width="16" src="https://www.mediamatters.org/embed/216437"></amp-iframe><p>But according to Dr. Ingrid Herrera-Yee, Michael's <strong>mother</strong>, they have no idea what they're talking about. This week she <strong>shared a special message</strong> with the hosts that everyone needs to hear.</p><p><strong>Click the next page to see what she told them!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Dr. Herrera-Yee appeared on CNN's <em>The Lead </em>with Jake Tapper to <strong>set the record straight</strong> about her son and his behavior.</p><p>She's a mother of 3 who won a <strong>"spouse of the year" award</strong> from the National Guard, so it's safe to say she knows a thing or two about parenting.</p><p>She revealed the Michael is on the autism spectrum, saying that <strong>he wouldn't even speak before age 5</strong>. Yes, she says, that means she's rehearsed some social interactions with him.</p><p>But according to her, that's no excuse to pick on him on national TV.</p><p>"I was devastated when I saw what they were saying," she told Tapper. </p><p>"They didn't even know his age - they didn't know who he was."</p><div><figure><a href="http://www.gxonline.com/features/tips-guards-spouse-year" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/DrI.JPG" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/DrI_GH_content_550px.JPG 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/DrI_GH_content_650px.JPG 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/DrI_GH_content_750px.JPG 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.gxonline.com/features/tips-guards-spouse-year" target="_blank">GXOnline</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>She says that Michael enjoyed his visit to the <a href="https://www.shared.com/president-trump-makes-a-bold-statement-for-fallen-heroes/">White House</a> and vice president Pence handled the situation perfectly, but she was horrified to see the TV hosts <strong>picking on her child</strong>.</p><p>"Michael is 10 years-old. He is on the autism spectrum. He's a military child. And he loves the White House," she said.</p><p>Dr. Herrera-Yee ended the interview with a request to other news anchors:</p><p>"Please don't use kids. Whether they're typically developing kids "” it doesn't matter that he's autistic or a military kid. Forget all that. He's a kid. And you <strong>don't use children as examples on national television like that</strong>."</p><div><div><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="O1ZlOM0EFHc"></amp-youtube></div></div></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>Tammy Bruce seems to have heard the message loud and clear, because on her show yesterday she issued <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMZVKa6njNY">an apology</a></strong> to Michael and his family for the way she treated him.</p><p><strong>Share this story if you agree we should leave children out of politics!</strong></p></div>