One salient aspect of the political conversation over the past days is Democrats' being seemingly effective with a recent attack line on Republicans: calling them "weird."
The takes have multiplied in rallies and media appearances, with top officials reveling in its impact. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg are just some of those who have been spearheading the effort.
Republicans, on their end, have not seem to come up with an effective counter. One of those who tried is Florida Senator Marco Rubio, under the spotlight lately after being one of Donald Trump's potential vice presidential picks.
Rubio, who is considered as a likely Secretary of State in an eventual Trump administration, gave it a shot while speaking to press. "They called us weird so I'll call them weirder. That's what I used to do back in high school," the senator told a HuffPost reported on Saturday.
The effort didn't seem to make much of an impact, with many taking to social media to mock him further. "Rookie move, they'll just call him weirdest and it'll be over. Known this move since I was 8," said an X user. "They called me weird in high school and I had an answer so ineffective I went to college in Missouri for a while," another one added.
Democrats continue going on the offense across the board. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, known for her social media activity, recently took on to former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who had also criticized the attack line.
"This whole argument from the Democrats is dumb & juvenile. This is a presidential election, not a high school prom queen contest. It's also a tad ironic coming from the party that preaches 'diversity & inclusion.' Win on policy if you can, but cut the crap please," Ramaswamy said on X.
AOC replied in the same platform. "Being obsessed with repressing women is goofy. Punishing people who don't have biological offspring is creepy. It's an incel platform, dude. It's SUPER weird. And people need to know," said the lawmaker, whose reply garnered over 13,000 republications.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has also reveled on this, going after Donald Trump himself. "He's just a strange, weird dude," he said in an online fundraiser by "White Dudes for Harris," which gathered 60,000 attendants. "We're not afraid of weird people. We're a little bit creeped out, but we're not afraid," he added at another event.
It remains unclear whether this will help Democrats in the polls, but the party has taken the initiative since President Joe Biden dropped out and endorsed Kamala Harris, allowing it to change the defeatist, combative tone it had just weeks ago.
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