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Donald Trump still doesn’t have a comeback to Kamala Harris calling him weird.

After stewing in Tim Walz’s “weird” label for several weeks, Donald Trump has finally cooked up a comeback: No, you.

“You know, he said we’re weird,” Trump told a small crowd in York, Pennsylvania, on Monday during an event that was supposed to focus on the economy. “That J.D. and I are weird. I think we’re extremely normal people.”

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[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 177 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I love that the weird label is the one that really hit the Republicans hard.

Fucking weirdos.

It should also be mentioned that it is weird that being called “weird” gets under their skin so much

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 21 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah like someone called me weird, or even better queer, I would thank them for the complement. Why yes, I am somewhat unusual!

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Except Republicans are really, really creepy weird.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah big ick

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[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 63 points 3 weeks ago

It's simple really, their entire worldview relies on them being the "normal" ones and the "others" being the ones they make fun of.

Calling them weird forces them to think about it, just for a second, and that second of thought short circuits them just long enough for it to get through and it makes them feel terrible. They immediately drive it away of course, but there was that brief moment of clarity before they shoved it back down.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 37 points 3 weeks ago

Because they don’t understand properly descriptive terms like “fascist”.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 17 points 3 weeks ago

"Trump & Vance, the weird fascists"

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[-] anissem@sh.itjust.works 146 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Calling yourself extremely normal is very weird

[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

The illusive size extra medium.

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 93 points 3 weeks ago

Pro-tip: normal people don't have to go around claiming to be normal.

[-] takeda@lemmy.world 49 points 3 weeks ago

But he isn't just normal he is extremely normal.

[-] dingdongmetacarples@lemmy.world 36 points 3 weeks ago
[-] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 24 points 3 weeks ago

The Doctors, some say the best Doctors, have said that I'm above average in being this normal; in fact it is abnormal to be this normal, that's what they say and they are some of the best normal type of Doctors

[-] grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

You got me. This is good. Some say it's the best one.

[-] Minarble@aussie.zone 13 points 3 weeks ago

Weirdly normal.

[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago

Definitely a very stable genius.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 89 points 3 weeks ago

It's amazing how much this has gotten inside his head.

This and the couches.

[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The only thing that got inside his head more than the couches (and the "weird" moniker) is Vance getting into the couches.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago

Nobody is ever going to see Vance sitting on a couch again and not immediately think “couchfucker

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 61 points 3 weeks ago

“We’re like you, we’re exactly like you,” the Epstein-socializing, family-separating, woman-hating, millionaire former reality TV star and convicted felon said about himself and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, who became the target of an online joke that he had screwed a couch.

You know the thing that gets him the most is millionaire

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 weeks ago

"You know, he said we’re weird,” Trump told a small crowd in York, Pennsylvania

Trump is a crowd size queen

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 58 points 3 weeks ago

"Any man who must say, 'I am normal,' is not a normal man."

- Tywin Lannister

[-] solidgrue@lemmy.world 44 points 3 weeks ago

I don't want to vote for a 'normal guy.' I'm all about the unapologetically awkward, childless cat-ladies this cycle.

Don't be weird about who you are. Vote anyway.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 41 points 3 weeks ago

Any man who must say "I am normal" is not truly normal.

[-] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 13 points 3 weeks ago

Same shit stain said he was a "very stable genius".

That one still makes me laugh. He's a dumb motherfucker.

Lmao I fucking LOVE that journalists and editors everywhere are taking the “weird” thing and running with it.

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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

Give it a few years, and the various factions of the creepy weirdo party:

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

Not only is he the most humble, he's also extremely normal.

[-] Minarble@aussie.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago

He is actually weirdly normal. Like so ultra normal, he’s quite weird that way.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Think you're really righteous? Think you're pure in heart? Well, I know I'm a million times as ~~humble~~ normal as thou art

[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

I’m like the normalest person you’ve ever met. In fact I did a normalcy test and I passed it with flying colours.

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[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

Pro tip, before you tell the press that you’re not weird, push the rotting breakfast sausages and cereal out of frame.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

When you have to tell people you are "normal", it's a big tell that you are, WEIRD, not normal.

[-] knightly@pawb.social 11 points 3 weeks ago

And not the good kind of weird that wears the term as a badge of honor, but the bad kind of weird that verges on creepy with how much it insists that it isn't weird.

[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 weeks ago

He spent hours in the shower coming up with tbis comeback, and it's not even good

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

And I am extremely weird... and proud.

[-] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

"Weird" feels like it'd only an insult if you're obsessed with conformity or you believe there should be in (normal) and out (weird) groups that dictate how you're allowed to exist in society.

Makes the word a pretty good litmus test, too. If you tell someone they're kinda weird, and they're that upset about it... maybe a red flag?

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[-] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

We should string together all the criticisms that have really cut him into one mega criticism.

He's a small-handed, vulgar, uncouth weirdo who sucks at golf.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

The best normal. what a weird throwback.

[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Very criminal, very weird

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Not just normal. Normal to the X-X-Xtreme! (Cue 90's guitar riff)

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

What a weird thing to say.

[-] nek0d3r@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Trump: I'm rubber, and you're glue, and the things you say bounce off of me because ALL YOUR TEMPERAMENTS ARE TRASH AND I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT'S CALM!!!
Lester: Mr. Trump, your head is now literally a giant red steam whistle.
Trump: ... My microphone isn't working.

[-] Minarble@aussie.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago

The best bit of the article is when he somewhat weirdly claimed to not know who President Trump was.

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