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Democrats try to prove they're not weird:

“I don’t want to be the freak show party, like they have branded us,” a DNC member from Florida told Politico. “You know, when you’re a mom with three kids, and you live in middle America and you’re just not really into politics, and you see these ads that scare the bejesus out of you, you’re like, ‘I know Trump’s weird or whatever, but I would rather his weirdness that doesn’t affect my kids.’” Another DNC member from California said: “I do think there’s this whole sentiment that we just went too far out there on identity, and it allowed the Republicans to really attack us at every turn as a result, and that we just essentially did not focus on just the everyday issues of Americans.” Democrats began the “weird” attacks in July, with many soundbites jabbing Vance for his “childless cat lady” comments he made during a 2021 interview. Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) joined top Democrats in labeling the Trump-Vance ticket as “weird,” taking the messaging well into the homestretch of the campaign. But Republicans shot back, often pointing to the Left’s stance on transgender policies to argue that Democrats belonged to the “weird” party. Vance called the attacks “a lot of projection” during a Fox News interview in August, adding that they came “from people who want to give transgender hormones to 9-year-old kids and want biological males to play in women’s sports.” Meanwhile, Trump spent his time on the campaign trail talking about the economy and inflation, issues that polls showed were of top importance to voters. Weeks ahead of Election Day, his campaign released an ad portraying Harris as out-of-touch with “normal voters” that made staggering gains in states across the country.

If you don't want to be called weird, don't act weird...