Democrats attacking Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance as “weird” is still getting under the former president’s skin, and had Trump arguing on Monday that he and Vance are “extremely normal people” during an event intended to tout his plan for the economy in York, Pennylvania.
“You can see it a little bit by this whack job,” Trump said, apparently referring to vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. “He said we’re weird, that J.D.
and I are weird. I think we’re extremely normal people. Like you, exactly like .
.. He’s weird.
” Trump: He said we are weird. That JD and I are weird. I think we are extremely normal people.
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com/Zd8HBxHUwg Walz, the Minnesota governor, began calling Republicans “weird” during a series of TV hits last month. “You know there’s something wrong with people when they talk about freedom: freedom to be in your bedroom, freedom to be in your exam room, freedom to tell your kids what they can read. That stuff is weird,” he said on MSNBC .
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com/Y7UYjSyy7o The line of attack has resonated. At her first fundraiser since becoming the presumptive nominee, Kamala Harris said Trump is telling “wild lies about my record, and some of what he and his running mate are saying, it is just plain weird.” Harris went on to choose Walz as her own running mate, and the campaign now regularly casts their Republican opposition as “weird” — for everything from making awkward jok.