What’s up with ‘weird’? Tim Walz and his Midwestern plain talk
4 months, 2 weeks ago

What’s up with ‘weird’? Tim Walz and his Midwestern plain talk

LA Times  

When Vice President Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, Democrats were quick to praise the Minnesota governor not just for his policy achievements, but for a more personal trait: his straight-talking, sometimes goofy affability. Walz and ‘weird’ Walz catapulted to the forefront of Harris’s vice presidential selection list with a single word: “weird.” “These are weird people on the other side,” Walz said in an interview on MSNBC. “Now, Kamala Harris says we’re ‘weird,’” Ohio Sen. JD Vance, former President Trump’s running mate, said at a campaign rally in Atlanta. On Trump and Vance Another man of Midwestern ilk, Walz attacked his vice presidential opponent for Vance’s characterization of Middle America in his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” “He gets it all wrong,” Walz said. In an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Walz praised Harris for visiting a reproductive healthcare clinic and frequently using health terms like “uterus.” “I think old white men need to learn how to talk about this a little more,” Walz said.

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'If you're explaining, you're losing': Walz jabs Trump's defiant defense he isn't 'weird'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

'If you're explaining, you're losing': Walz jabs Trump's defiant defense he isn't 'weird'

Raw Story  

Tim Walz jabbed former President Donald Trump after Trump insisted during a Wednesday night town hall he and running mate J.D. During the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, event with Fox News anchor Sean Hannity, Trump addressed the "weird" accusations, which Walz has been credited with launching. Walz said he watched part of Trump's event and tracked Trump's insistence they aren't "weird." Eleven …

Trump insists he and Vance are not weird but ‘solid rocks’ as he rambles about hating mosquitoes
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump insists he and Vance are not weird but ‘solid rocks’ as he rambles about hating mosquitoes

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump repeatedly insisted that he and running mate JD …

DNC Hits Trump Where It Hurts With Scathing Supercut Aimed At His Newest Sore Spot
4 months ago

DNC Hits Trump Where It Hurts With Scathing Supercut Aimed At His Newest Sore Spot

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Democratic National Convention on Tuesday debuted a new video hitting at what is rapidly becoming a major sore spot for Donald Trump: his weirdness. Democratic politicians and others on the left have taken to describing Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, as “weird.” And the former president doesn’t like it at all, as he’s …

'I don't even understand that': J.D. Vance shocks CNN host with 'weird' answer
4 months, 1 week ago

'I don't even understand that': J.D. Vance shocks CNN host with 'weird' answer

Raw Story  

CNN host Dana Bash pressed Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. During a Sunday CNN interview, Bash noted that GOP nominee Donald Trump and his running mate had successfully been labeled as "weird." "Dana, if you think about, you know, just take a couple of days ago, Tim Walz gives this big speech," he continued. In comparison, Vance said Walz "gave …

How the weird world of JD Vance – and plain speaking Tim Walz – could derail Trump
4 months, 2 weeks ago

How the weird world of JD Vance – and plain speaking Tim Walz – could derail Trump

The Independent  

America is a great country whose troubles distress us greatly. As soon as he joined Kamala Harris’s campaign, thanking the Democrat underdog for “giving back the joy” to the election, Walz was trading in some vintage self-evident truths. Walz used it on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to describe how Trump and Vance “creeped me out”. open image in gallery Trump has …

Trump-Vance campaign emails professing love to strangers raise eyebrows
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump-Vance campaign emails professing love to strangers raise eyebrows

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump doesn’t like being called “weird,” but emails coming out of the Trump-Vance campaign in recent days could at least be described as peculiar. “It would be President Trump’s and my great honor to be endorsed by YOU, *****,” the body of the email said, before promising to do such things as “DEMOLISH the Deep State,” and …

'We're normal guys': J.D. Vance begs reporters not to label Trump ticket as 'weird'
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'We're normal guys': J.D. Vance begs reporters not to label Trump ticket as 'weird'

Raw Story  

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance implored a group of reporters not to call him and former President Donald Trump "weird," arguing they were "normal guys." At an event in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Vance was asked how Republicans would stop voters from referring to them as "weird" after Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz made the meme go viral. "I …

We analyzed election season buzzwords, and the internet loves calling Trump weird
4 months, 2 weeks ago

We analyzed election season buzzwords, and the internet loves calling Trump weird

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. There’s the term “weird”, which was coined by …

Trump slams Walz in animated phone call with Fox and Friends: ‘He’s a smarter version of her’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump slams Walz in animated phone call with Fox and Friends: ‘He’s a smarter version of her’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “He’s a very liberal man and he’s a shocking pick,” Trump told hosts Steve …

Why Kamala’s VP pick might have already sunk Trump’s ‘weird’ running mate
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Kamala’s VP pick might have already sunk Trump’s ‘weird’ running mate

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The angle is getting a lot …

Column: ‘Weird’ and kinda wonderful: Why Walz is exactly what Harris needs
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Column: ‘Weird’ and kinda wonderful: Why Walz is exactly what Harris needs

LA Times  

Kamala Harris has chosen the most down-home dude in the Midwest as her running mate: Minnesota Gov. About two weeks ago, Walz dubbed Vance “weird.” By today’s standards of labeling immigrants as “animals” and “rapists,” as former President Trump has done, “weird” sounds like it would be the least of insults. And he’s not either, I will tell you — …

Trump insists he and JD Vance aren’t the ‘weird ones’ as he battles Democratic messaging
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump insists he and JD Vance aren’t the ‘weird ones’ as he battles Democratic messaging

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump has insisted that he and running mate JD …

Vance says he’s called weird because Harris’ campaign is run by ‘social media interns bullied in school’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Vance says he’s called weird because Harris’ campaign is run by ‘social media interns bullied in school’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy JD Vance has come up with his own, somewhat unusual …

J.D. Vance puzzled about 'weird' attacks: 'I'm a pretty normal guy'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

J.D. Vance puzzled about 'weird' attacks: 'I'm a pretty normal guy'

Raw Story  

Vance insisted he's just a "normal guy" after "weird" became the buzzword used by multiple supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris to describe him. Tim Walz, who's reportedly on the shortlist to become Kamala Harris' running mate, referred to the GOP ticket as "just weird" in an interview last week— and it's repeated many times since. "Like, I'm a …

Clinical psychologist explains the power of calling Republicans 'weird'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Clinical psychologist explains the power of calling Republicans 'weird'

Raw Story  

Democratic leaders began calling Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Dr. Carl Hindy, Ph.D., HSP posted in a thread on X that the power of using phrases like "that's weird" or "that's just weird" is that it conveys, "That's just not worth of discussion." "It seems like it would be a useful CBT/type intervention for ourselves at times," …

Kamala campaign: Democrats are going low, and it feels amazing.
54 years, 11 months ago

Kamala campaign: Democrats are going low, and it feels amazing.

Slate  

Back in 2008, four presidential election cycles and at least 10 lifetimes ago, there was one moment that made John McCain the talk of the town. “Trump is old and quite weird?” read one email from the Harris campaign, after Democrats realized that calling Republicans weird really seems to bother them. But “weird” is an excellent retort in times like …

'Truly weird': Even Joe Manchin is piling on J.D. Vance
4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Truly weird': Even Joe Manchin is piling on J.D. Vance

Raw Story  

Sen. Joe Manchin, the most conservative senator who currently caucuses with the Democratic Party, is now joining in the pile-on of Sen. J.D. CBS News' Laura K. Garrison on Tuesday asked Manchin what he thought about Vance's past comments about people who don't have children being "more sociopathic" and "less mentally stable" than people who have children. I couldn't believe …

Why Harris keeps calling Trump and Vance 'weird'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Harris keeps calling Trump and Vance 'weird'

Associated Press  

Vice President Kamala Harris and her Democratic allies are emphasizing a new line of criticism against Republicans — branding Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, as “weird.” Democrats are applying the label with gusto in interviews and online, notably to Vance’s comments on abortion and his previous suggestion that political leaders who didn’t have biological children …

Column: With a single word — ‘weird’ — Democrats may have found Republicans’ kryptonite
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: With a single word — ‘weird’ — Democrats may have found Republicans’ kryptonite

LA Times  

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance are “just weird.” After Trump wildly attacked Vice President Kamala Harris, the leading Democratic candidate, on “Fox and Friends,” the Harris campaign responded with a scathing press release titled “Statement on a 78-Year-Old Criminal’s Fox News Appearance” that included in its bullet-point takeaways: “Trump is old and quite weird?” Since then the word …

Democrats Are Using This 1 Weird Trick To Attack Republicans
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Democrats Are Using This 1 Weird Trick To Attack Republicans

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In recent weeks, Democrats have increasingly been calling Republicans “weird,” and the label might be starting to grate on them. “This whole ‘they’re weird’ argument from the Democrats is dumb & juvenile,” Ramaswamy, who owns a portion of BuzzFeed, HuffPost’s parent company, wrote on social media. “It’s also a tad ironic coming from the party that preaches …

‘Racist’ Mountain Dew, cat ladies — and is that eyeliner? The ‘weird’ times of JD Vance
4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Racist’ Mountain Dew, cat ladies — and is that eyeliner? The ‘weird’ times of JD Vance

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Democrats have summed up JD Vance with one …

'Weird tweet from an even weirder guy': Montel Williams confused by MAGA spokesman's post
4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Weird tweet from an even weirder guy': Montel Williams confused by MAGA spokesman's post

Raw Story  

Former talk show host and actor Montel Williams found himself getting dragged into politics this week as conservatives press photos of him with his daughter and Vice President Kamala Harris before she entered politics. Read Also: How House Speaker Mike Johnson's wife is 'just as weird as her husband' "It's really weird that the spokesman for a major presidential candidate …

'Put it on a bumper sticker': Dems rally behind calling Republicans 'weird, sick freaks'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Put it on a bumper sticker': Dems rally behind calling Republicans 'weird, sick freaks'

Raw Story  

In 2024, the Democratic Party has decided to abandon the strategy of "when they go low, we go high." According to a Saturday report in Rolling Stone, one unnamed Democratic operative said Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is now aiming to "shak off the stink" of that failed strategy. A Democratic lawmaker speaking anonymously to the outlet said that the …

'A ton of weirdness' is ripping apart the Republican Party: conservative
1 year, 8 months ago

'A ton of weirdness' is ripping apart the Republican Party: conservative

Raw Story  

Reacting to polling that the Republican Party is out of step with the American public when it comes to abortion rights, conservative columnist Matt Lewis -- who is strongly anti-abortion -- said the GOP has gone to such an extreme on the issue that even he can't support them. During a Monday morning appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Lewis said …

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