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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.

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[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

What a fucking weird thing to say.

[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That might be the weirdest fuckin thing he's said so far.

Also, that pic of Trump, Vance, and Johnson makes me think of the three stooges.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Straight for the couch.

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 months ago

Idk man sofa is a masculine noun in Spanish is all I’m saying.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

What a strange thing to say

[–] Myxomatosis@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

The fascists are being weird again.

[–] chemicalprophet@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

‘Straight dudes’ give the best head with those deprived little mouths.

[–] CritFail@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

At this point, Trump and all of the Republicans are showing as much comprehension of the definition of weird as Kanye did to being a gay fish.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Yup, it has stuck.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Edgy zoomers that discovered 4chan regularly call me a "tourist normie" for liking certain things (and of course, for not hating minorities), despite me often being in those fandoms from a lot longer, and them going on and on about "degenerates" and such.

No, if anything, you're the "tourist normie" for being the "last straight christian white male in the VTuber fandom", while I'm both bi, and not only were there from the days of Kizuna Ai instead of discovering it from HoloMyth, but also knew some "proto-VTubers" and interacted with them.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

What did I just read? ... Ugh... I'm getting too old for this shit.

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Anyone that is "so" straight is like the guy at the gay bar that says he is "so" gay. We all know that guy is either a poser or just really hasn't even figured out their sexuality.

[–] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I mean, we’re a lot of things, we’re not weird.

I would like to hear more about these other things. Rapists (Bergdorff Goodmans)? Pedophiles (Epstein)? Racists (1973)? Fascists ("day one")? Seems like "weird" might be the least of their issues.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Oh, progress! They're now admitting sexuality is a spectrum and there are "degrees of heterosexuality". 😁

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago

What a weird thing to say. I'd like to see Dementia DonOLD wear some eyeliner too, at this point it's just weird he doesn't.

[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

So, Rudy G being so weird, must mean he's gay, right?

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