Trump's defense against the "weird" charges is to insist that his running mate is straight.

Donald Trump appeared to say that his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), isn’t weird because he’s “so straight.”

Trump was speaking at a town hall event in LaCross, Wisconsin, yesterday with former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii when he discussed how the Harris-Walz campaign has been calling Republicans – and especially Vance – “weird.”

“They picked this guy,” Trump said, referring to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who has been vocal about calling Vance and Trump weird. “He is weird! Right? I’m not weird, he’s weird.”

“No, he’s a weird guy, he’s a weird dude,” Trump continued. “You know, they come up with soundbites, they always have soundbites, and one of the things is that J.D. and I are weird.”

Then Trump defended himself and Vance from the weird charges, calling Vance “so straight” and a “top student.”

“This guy is so straight? J.D. is so… He’s doing a great job, smart, top student, great guy, he’s not weird and I’m not weird. I mean, we’re a lot of things, we’re not weird.”

Totally straight and not weird.

  • Jesus@lemmy.world
    61·
    3 months ago

    He appears to be referencing the ”straight and narrow” idiom. So “straight” as in “follows the rules,” not “heterosexual.”

    That said, it’s funny to see how much “weird” gets under their skin.

    • AeonFelis@lemmy.world
      19·
      3 months ago

      That said, it’s funny to see how much “weird” gets under their skin.

      Not that funny, really. Conservatism is all about defining normality and attacking any deviation from it. “Weird” is the very definition for not normal. It’s the antithesis of their meta value. Of course they’d hate it.

        • futatorius@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          I’ll bet he identifies with that old Plastic Bertrand song Ça Plane Pour Moi: “I am the King of the divan!”

          Though I doubt if the divan’s at all impressed.

      • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        3 months ago

        Well yeah, follows the traditional, conservative rules that put men at the top of the hierarchy. These uppity women are just rule-breakers who dont know their place, they’d be much happier if they just shut up and follow our rules.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Also, donOLD doesn’t follow any rules and is as crooked as they get, and has been his whole life, so trying to claim that “JD” “Vance” is some kind of morally upright person by FLIP-FLOPPING on his never-donnie position and aligned himself with donnie is quite a stretch.

      BTW, I’m so glad that TikTok video of “JD” “Vance” is going viral. Everyone needs to know just how much of a flip-flopper the couchfucker is.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      That said, it’s funny to see how much “weird” gets under their skin.

      I’m willing to bet that “creepy” or possibly “skeevy” might be a good followup.