This is a new oft-repeated phrase. It is so often repeated that I compare it to when they started keeping tabs and began a formal list of Trump's lies, false or misleading statements. And you can go to Wikipedia and see them all.
Is there a similar site that is now tracking "That's Just Weird" by the Republicans, along with Trump, Vance and Fox News? I expect it to get into place soon. It may be harder to fact-check weird things., or maybe not. Here's one:
A Fox News commentator was reported by the Globe to claim that no man should vote for a woman and when they did, they would transition into a woman.
"And to be a man and then vote for a woman just because she’s a woman is either childish — that person has mommy issues — or they are just trying to be accepted by other women,” Watters said. “I heard the scientists say the other day that when a man votes for a woman, he actually transitions into a woman.”
And then could a person "happen to turn a colour"? Donald Trump recently said that Kamala Harris "happened to turn Black" a few years ago.
There are things that aren't fact-checkable, but are odd ideas. JD Vance says Americans without children should “face the consequences and the reality” and not get “nearly the same voice” in democracy Vance: “Let’s give votes to all children in this country, but let’s give control over those votes to the parents of those children.”
Here are some quotes of weird things that have been said by Republicans - some can be fact-checked and others would be logic-checked:
“Is there some thought being given to subsidizing the clearing of rainforests in order for some countries to eliminate that production of greenhouse gases?” — Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (Calif.)
"If businesses are forced to pay women the same as male earnings, that means they will have to reduce the pay for the men they employ...simple economics. If that happens, then men will have an even more difficult time earning enough to support their families, which will mean more Mothers will be forced to leave the home (where they may prefer to be) to join the workforce to make up the difference." Utah Republican James C. Green
''The only way to reduce the number of nuclear weapons is to use them.'' —Rush Limbaugh
Here's a list highlighting weird things of the past. This article calls them "craziest Republican quotes of the 21st century" - it seems surreal when one looks through it I had no idea they have claimed so many illogical and false things for so long. Here's to whoever starts the "weird" list.
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