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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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[–] [email protected] 177 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

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

Fucking weirdos.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] rayyy 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Except Republicans are really, really creepy weird.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Yeah big ick

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[–] halcyoncmdr 63 points 2 months 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 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"Trump & Vance, the weird fascists"

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[–] [email protected] 146 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Calling yourself extremely normal is very weird

[–] worldwidewave 34 points 2 months ago

The illusive size extra medium.

[–] Rapidcreek 93 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] takeda 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] dingdongmetacarples 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 9 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Weirdly normal.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Definitely a very stable genius.

[–] FuglyDuck 89 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

This and the couches.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] FuglyDuck 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] MegaUltraChicken 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)
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[–] idiomaddict 61 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“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

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

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

Trump is a crowd size queen

[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 months ago

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

- Tywin Lannister

[–] solidgrue 44 points 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

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

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

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] CharlesDarwin 23 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] CharlesDarwin 11 points 2 months 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 21 points 2 months ago (4 children)

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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[–] rayyy 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months 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.

[–] pyre 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Ghostalmedia 20 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Resol 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And I am extremely weird... and proud.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"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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[–] MedicPigBabySaver 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] ThePowerOfGeek 12 points 2 months 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 14 points 2 months ago

The best normal. what a weird throwback.

[–] cheese_greater 13 points 2 months ago

Very criminal, very weird

[–] nek0d3r 10 points 2 months 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.

[–] kescusay 10 points 2 months ago

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

[–] T00l_shed 9 points 2 months ago

What a weird thing to say.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

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

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