As Democrats continue their rhetorical strategy of trash-talking Donald Trump, his running mate J.D. Vance, and other “weird” and “creepy” conservative policymakers attempting to thrust the country into the dark ages, the former president has become increasingly furious at the messaging overtaking media outlets and internet memes.
During a Thursday interview with conservative radio host Clay Travis, Trump attempted to reverse the criticism and said that Democrats were “the weird ones.” He insisted, “Nobody’s ever called me weird. I’m a lot of things, but weird I’m not. And I’m upfront. And he’s not either, I will tell you. J.D. is not at all. They are.”
“We’re not weird people,” Trump added. “We’re we’re actually just the opposite.
Notably, in 2015, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) observed, “When Donald comes across a poll he doesn’t like, he gets weird and he does these sorts of strange things and that’s fine – that’s the sort of campaign he wants to run and he’s entitled to it.”
Then, in 2017, following Trump’s sinister inauguration speech, 43rd U.S. president George W. Bush offered a brief assessment: “That was some weird shit.”
If one of the strategic intentions driving the Democratic Party-wide, anti-“weird” messaging campaign was to crawl under Trump’s skin, in that sense the effort has been a success.
According to two sources with knowledge of the matter, in recent days, Trump has been repeatedly complaining to advisers and confidants about how much amplification the Democrats and Team Kamala Harris’ “weird” attacks on Trump, Vance, and their allies has gotten in the media, including on his generally friendly home-turf of Fox News. The ex-president has grumbled that it makes no sense to him that any “weird” attacks on Vance would stick in the public consciousness, not when Harris has, for instance, “that laugh.” (On the campaign trail, the former president has been trying to convince voters that the vice president is “nuts,” largely based on the manner in which Harris laughs.) Editor’s picks
“Of course he’s upset by it,” one of the sources, who talks regularly to Trump, tells Rolling Stone. “The Democrats and the media are smearing this good man who came from nothing as some sort of weirdo. It’s an insult to [Vance], and the millions of forgotten men and women … It’s Kamala’s ‘deplorables’ moment.”
As Rolling Stone reported, Vance expressed his support for a national abortion ban, arguing it would be necessary to prevent women in states with bans from traveling to other states to obtain safe abortions. “Let’s say Roe v. Wade is overruled,” he said, before bizarrely adding: “Ohio bans abortion … you know, in let’s say 2024. And then, every day, George Soros sends a 747 to Columbus to load up disproportionately Black women to get them to go have abortions in California. And of course, the left will celebrate this as a victory for diversity.” Trending Trump Insists That He and His Weird VP Pick J.D. Vance Are 'Not Weird' Inside the Swifties Movement to Elect Kamala Harris John Mayer Is Learning to Play Dead Songs With One Less Finger After Injury Billie Eilish Crashes Charli XCX’s Panty Party in Video for ‘Guess’ Remix
Last week, Harris’s campaign blasted Vance’s stance on abortion with an email saying: “J.D. Vance Is a Creep (Who Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide),” adding that “Vance is weird. Voters know it — Vance is the most unpopular VP pick in decades.”
As Vance’s status as the “weird” guy appears to gain traction every passing day (his unearthed urgency for the right to “go to war” with people who don’t want kids didn’t help), Trump may be regretting his vice presidential pick, according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. The Democratic senator added, “The choice may be one of the best things [Trump] ever did for Democrats.”
NOCHILLDYL94 on August 2nd, 2024 at 02:01 UTC »
Calling Trump a tyrant and threat to democracy inadvertently played into his strongman dictator image.
Calling him and the MAGA movement weird puts them on the defensive and really puts his and Vance’s rhetoric under the microscope. People are FINALLY starting to realize that These aren’t serious people. They’re just weird.
gelatinouscone on August 2nd, 2024 at 01:57 UTC »
Hoo boy... they really did find his kryptonite.
TubeframeMR2 on August 2nd, 2024 at 01:55 UTC »
It is right in front of everyone’s eyes.
There is a bigly list of weird things regarding Trump that are hard to refute. The following are some of my favourites;
1). His hair
2). The way he wears his tie to try and cover up his gut
3.). His relationship with his daughter
4.). His relationship with his wife
5.) The lies that are easily fact checked, like when he lies about his weight and height
6.). The way he talks about himself in the third person
7.). His mix of confidence and extreme need
8.) His demand for loyalty that is not returned
9.) His inability to admit wrong
10.) How everything is about him, nobody else
11.) His orange complexion
I could go on but I think you get the picture. None of the above is normal and it is in plain sight so it is hard to argue against.
There is a good chance that calling him weird will stick given the visual evidence. People as a rule don’t want to be associated with a weirdo.