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applegrove

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Wed Aug 7, 2024, 06:23 PM Aug 7

Harris has nailed the Trump campaign's Achilles heel -- and needs to keep going: analyst [View all]

Harris has nailed the Trump campaign's Achilles heel — and needs to keep going: analyst

Matthew Chapman

August 7, 2024 3:24PM ET

https://www.rawstory.com/news/harris-trump-weird/

"SNIP............

Vice President Kamala Harris and her surrogates have leaned heavily into attacking former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, as "weird."

In doing so, they are striking at them in a way that truly hurts strongman figures, wrote authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat for MSNBC.

"It’s the summer of weird Republicans," she wrote. "GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump repeatedly mentions Hannibal Lecter at his rallies, speaking about the fictional cannibal as though he were a real person. 'He’s a lovely man. He’d love to have you for dinner,' must be one of the strangest things a candidate has said while trying to attract votes. Meanwhile, Sen. JD Vance, Trump’s running mate, has made news with his bizarre opinions, including a 2021 remark that Americans with children should be able to vote more times in an election than their childless compatriots."

Authoritarians have no problem with being called evil, Ben-Ghiat continued. But they despise being called weird — because it means they aren't being taken seriously; it means they're being made fun of, rather than feared. They understand that when they become subjects of satire, people necessarily question everything about them.

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That and crowd size Fullduplexxx Aug 7 #1
Size matters... Mme. Defarge Aug 7 #15
In a rare moment of truth-telling, Trump recently told a crowd about the actual size of his "mushroom": AZ8theist Aug 7 #17
He was describing the pump it fit into ...nt ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 7 #27
He's gotta get handy with them... Quanto Magnus Aug 7 #23
Instead of calling them evil, calling them weird for saying us normal folks are evil wishstar Aug 7 #2
Exactly. Being called weird puts Trump snd Vance on the fringe wnylib Aug 7 #5
And That's Why... GB_RN Aug 7 #10
Yup! Calling them evil implies strength and empowers them Blaukraut Aug 7 #12
The weird felon told them he doesn't want, nor need, their votes. Justice matters. Aug 7 #16
Denormalize extremist works even for terrorist, remember reading long time ago uponit7771 Aug 7 #30
Hopefully all the pearl clutchers and message tweakers here read this DFab420 Aug 7 #3
That makes perfect sense Cha Aug 7 #4
Keep it up! It's so frickin perfect for them! liberalla Aug 7 #6
People who are weird and creepy are to be shunned, not elected or trusted. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 7 #7
Kamala and Walz are the cool kids onlyadream Aug 7 #8
And Vance is Grover Dill from A Christmas Story, the creepy toady sidekick ...nt ArkansasDemocrat1 Aug 7 #28
If Donnie does agree to a debate, JenniferJuniper Aug 7 #9
In response to Fox's first bad faith question: "That's why you had to pay a $1B settlement for lying to help Trump." Marcuse Aug 7 #14
I'd keep "boring" in reserve as the follow-up tactic Emrys Aug 7 #11
Laughing at them worked against the KKK Hamlette Aug 7 #13
wierd is accurate and effective quakerboy Aug 7 #18
Putin's Puppet jab at the felon worked for Hillary Submariner Aug 7 #19
He's a One Trick Pony and he's WEIRD MagickMuffin Aug 7 #20
Synonyms For Weird Vivid Lizard Aug 7 #21
Love the Thesaurus! Vivid Lizard Aug 7 #22
Fortunately, we only need 90 days relayerbob Aug 7 #25
Exactly. Calling them nazis, etc makes them feel powerful relayerbob Aug 7 #24
Weird creepy psycho works for me bucolic_frolic Aug 7 #26
I kind of like this word kenziemom06 Aug 7 #29
Walz nailed him gab13by13 Aug 7 #31
Weird should be used until election day. When the average American thinks of Trump, the word weird should be there too. Doodley Aug 7 #32
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