Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stole headlines this week as he gained momentum in the race to become Kamala Harris’ running mate, and he has taken credit for being among the first to call out Republicans Donald Trump and J.D. Vance as “weird.”
The term has since caught on like wildfire among pundits, who have applied it to everything from Vance’s history of making odd remarks and Trump’s meandering diatribes at campaign rallies.
In an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN Tuesday, Walz doubled down on his characterization of the duo, saying that the term disarms some of their power.
“I’ve dealt with bullies. I had 20 years in the classroom,” Walz said confidently. “This is about making sure you take away this perceived power he has.”
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Cooper gave Walz credit for forging a new line of attack against Trump, who was seemingly immune to attacks on his character in previous elections.
“It’s sort of discounting him in a way – sort of brushing him aside in the way he doesnt know how to respond because he is humorless,” Cooper noted.
While Trump recently claimed Democrats would have to “cheat” for him to lose the vote in Minnesota, Walz was quick to point out that Trump lost the state in 2016 and 2020.
“He will lose again,” Walz said. “This is where it ends. It ends in the blue wall.”
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