Trump's defense against the "weird" charges is to insist that his running mate is straight.

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.

    • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.socialEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      In his book he told his grandma he thought he was gay and she asked him if he likes “sucking dicks”, and he said “no”, so she told him he wasn’t gay.

      So no doubt he has some repressed feelings.

      Edit - This of course could have been when he discovered he was into couches and dolphin porn.

      • Cadeillac@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        3 months ago

        “I’ll never forget the time I convinced myself that I was gay. I was eight or nine, maybe younger, and I stumbled upon a broadcast by some fire-and-brimstone preacher. The man spoke about the evils of homosexuals, how they had infiltrated our society, and how they were all destined for hell absent some serious repenting. At the time, the only thing I knew about gay men was that they preferred men to women. This described me perfectly: I disliked girls, and my best friend in the world was my buddy Bill. Oh no, I’m going to hell.”

        When he brought up the issue with his grandmother — known to Vance as “Mamaw” — she replied bluntly: “Don’t be a fucking idiot, how would you know that you’re gay?”

        When Vance explained his reasoning, she laughed.

        “JD, do you want to suck dicks?” she said, according to the book.

        The young Vance, apparently “flabbergasted,” said: “Of course not!”

        “Then you’re not gay. And even if you did want to suck dicks, that would be okay,” she replied. “God would still love you.”

        • leadore@lemmy.world
          6·
          3 months ago

          None of that makes sense as a truthful story. First I don’t think a grandmother would use that “want to suck dicks” phrasing when speaking to her grandson, but also the laughing at him and saying “fucking idiot, how would you know you’re gay?” is in direct contradiction to the later “it would be OK, god would still love you” line. Those two things wouldn’t come from one person. I think it’s a cobbled together story of things he heard from different people at different times, presented as a conversation with his grandmother.

        • Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works
          4·
          2 months ago

          This whole interaction with his grandma is so fucked up. Even if her logic was sound what 8 or 9 year old, gay or straight, is thinking about sticking dicks. JD needs some therapy.

      • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        3 months ago

        Sucking dick? Not gay.

        A bear railing me in my ass while I rail a femboy twink in his? Still not gay. That’s the secret guys. Just don’t suck dick and never gay.

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      • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        3 months ago

        If “gay” was interpreted as “weird” by young Vance, then honestly he might be hiding some genuinely weird kinks. Like… Dude might actually be a couch fucker.

        • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
          1·
          3 months ago

          I cannot imagine a funnier turn of events than real evidence coming out that he fucks couches. Like we’re just joking because he seems the type and it’s gross and weird but harmless and while I don’t like the idea of people fucking their own couch I’m fully of the opinion that banning it would be government overreach. So yeah, it would be hilarious if evidence of that came forward.

      • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        3 months ago

        News flash: some people who want to have sex with penis-having people do not like having penises in their mouths.

        (I’m not one of them mind you, but they exist).

        • ArachnidMania@lemm.ee
          2·
          3 months ago

          That’s kind of the whole point of that phrase being highlighted. It’s not that anyone actually thinks that because young J.D was asked about sucking dicks and he said no, that he’s magically removed of all homosexual thoughts, and to be gay you need to like sucking dicks.

          The implication is highlighting to be that he could be repressed bi or gay from his grandmothers rhetorical question.