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submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Dems' "weird" attacks are getting under Trump's skin. "Of course he's upset," a source told Rolling Stone

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.

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[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 144 points 3 months ago

How weird that they're so weird about being called "weird".

But seriously, it seems like Republicans need to think they're in the majority. "Silent majority" and all that BS. Calling them "weird" makes them confront how much of an outlier they are. Maybe that's part of the source of their deep insecurity about being called "weird." Maybe also just the desire to not feel like the unpopular kids in highschool.

[-] 242@lemmy.cafe 70 points 3 months ago

Boomers simply can't handle criticism, especially when it comes from people they openly disdain like minorities, LGBTQ or young people. They can't handle it. But yeah, being called weird seems to tap into some deep insecurity they have. Nooo, I'm the norm! I'm supposed to be the default experience. You can't call us weird!

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago

I think this particular jab hits home for Trump a lot harder than anyone else due to the narcissism. It may also apply to conservatives in general but I don't think it's necessarily a widely applicable generalization.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 120 points 3 months ago

Not weird at all. Totally normal human.

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 62 points 3 months ago

He looks like he just witnessed a nuclear weapon go off at close range. Fucking weirdo.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 months ago

Definitely Looney Toons vibes.

[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 months ago

And here I always considered him having just taken his face out of the loot bag the dye-pak just went off in.

[-] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So jealous with his weird confused boner for Kamala being bi-racial, he tried to give it a go himself with makeup.

Epic fail, what a creepy freak

[-] barsquid@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

The permanent tint from having spaghetti in tupperware just once.

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[-] TommySoda@lemmy.world 117 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The fact that calling them weird is making them so mad is the funniest shit I've seen all week. And they call everyone else snowflakes lmao

[-] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 3 months ago

I haven't felt this way since metal gear solid, where to beat psycho mantis, you simply had to remove your controller from the player one port and put it into player two for the fight. In both cases, the solution is so absurd and simple, it's crazy it actually works.

[-] match@pawb.social 9 points 3 months ago

You like playing fighting games, don't you?

[-] iamtrashman1312@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

SSSOOOOO YOU THINK THE GOP CANDIDATES ARE "WEIRRRRD" DO YOU?!

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[-] kevindqc@lemmy.world 89 points 3 months ago

That's weird, normal people don't have to try to convince others that they're not weird.

[-] Timii@biglemmowski.win 27 points 3 months ago

This is it. This is the Dem response. Wrap it up people! We're done here.

[-] eee@lemm.ee 88 points 3 months ago

Don't forget that weird sofa dude was born as James Donald Bowman, and JD Vance is his preferred name.

Keep that in mind when he attacks people with preferred names and deadnames trans folks.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

James Donald Bowman, and JD Vance is his preferred name.

You mean, Shay D Vance?

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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

From someone who isn't from the Anglo world, it's fucking weird how you guys never use your given name and you can use your preferred name on official paper, it also made my old job a freaking pain.

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[-] CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 88 points 3 months ago

“That was some weird shit.”

— George W. Bush after Trump’s inauguration speech

[-] Blubber28@lemmy.world 55 points 3 months ago

"We're not weird people."

Sounds like something a weird person would say

[-] 242@lemmy.cafe 46 points 3 months ago

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.”

Yeah, because he doesn't see how goddamn weird Vance is with his obsession with child birth and childless women. He sounds like he came from an alternate dimension where the Handmaids Tale was real. It's creepy as hell.

Meanwhile, a simple laugh has Trump spooked. He can't understand a normal laugh. It's super weird.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 months ago

I can't wait until somebody finds Vance's mpreg manga stash, you know he's into it.

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[-] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 44 points 3 months ago

I know you are but what am I, glad to see he's going with the Peewee defence.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

I don't make monkeys, I train them

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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 43 points 3 months ago

Wait... JD Vance? The guy who fucked that couch? Jesus Christ... He's defending the couch fucker. Lol. What a clown.

The makeup was a giveaway, I guess... That weird fucker looks orange he's got so much on. Anyone else know a orange man? Seriously. Anyone else?

...anyone?

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[-] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 35 points 3 months ago

What a weirdo!

Well, if people get tired of saying weird, we've got some alternatives: odd, abnormal, unusual, freak,

[-] match@pawb.social 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

god he really is skibidi

edit: and vance is literally ohio

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[-] Godort@lemm.ee 34 points 3 months ago

If my 2nd grade self is to be believed, the "I am rubber you are glue" defense is unbeatable.

Lets see how it plays put for Trump.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago
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[-] IagreetotheTOS@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

That’s such a weird thing for him to say.

[-] quicklime@lemm.ee 30 points 3 months ago

"No puppet. No puppet. You're the puppet."

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[-] aquinteros@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

an actual "no u" what a child

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

Well. Finally got under his skin.

Good.

[-] TehWorld@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

His loose, floppy, old man skin...

[-] stoned_ape@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago

I think it's hilarious because there is a good segment of the population that grew up in the 90s whose parents would be like... "George Michael is 'weird'... Melissa Etheridge is 'weird'"

So now, their euphemism for a non-heterosexual person has been turned around on them and that's great. Their hate and non-acceptance is now what is "weird"

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

If they want to downplay the weirdness they should kiss on stage.

[-] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

Trump does look like a wrinkly couch...

[-] christopher@lemmy.ca 23 points 3 months ago
[-] Minarble@aussie.zone 20 points 3 months ago

Weird old man thinks laughing is weird.

[-] evidences@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

This feels like that scene in Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back where they in the Moobies and Jay is dictating the forum post to Silent Bob, "You are the ones who are the ball-lickers."

[-] YeetPics@mander.xyz 17 points 3 months ago

I have an idea; if they find a really beat-up leather couch and put a shitty blonde wig on it they can both get their rocks off. Vance because he will fuck anything leather on 4 legs and trump because it would look like his troglodyte daughter he eye-fucks at every occasion.

Really pull the team together, they could probably stream it on OANN or newsmax and help build up some PAC funds to boot.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Nobody’s ever called me weird.

That's what happens if you surround yourself with spineless yes-men. Now you hear real men and women say the truth. And they call you and your mates "weird" and "creepy" just because you are!

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[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

What an absolute stinky, lil weirdo

[-] Zier@fedia.io 13 points 3 months ago

He's correct, neither of them are weird. They are both clearly... CREEPY! SUPER SUPER CREEPY!

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[-] suction@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

But we have about thousands of hours of Trump footage where he's being weird? Spanning the last, what, 6 decades?

[-] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

Weirdo says what?

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

I guess weirdos flock together.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

lmao he did the thing

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