Former President Trump went after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) during his Friday night rally in Montana, calling the Democratic vice presidential nominee “weird.”
“Tim Walz is the very bizarre man, he is very bizarre,” Trump said during the event in Bozeman, Montana, just hours after his plane was diverted due to a mechanical problem.
“If Comrade Walz and Comrade [Vice President] Harris wins in November, the people cheering will be the pink-haired Marxists, the looters, the perverts, the flag burners, the Hamas supporters, the drug dealers, the gun stealers and the human traffickers “, he added, drawing applause and laughter from the crowd.
Her latest rebuke of the Minnesota governor comes after Harris announced Walz as her running mate earlier this week following intense speculation about who she would choose. The vice president has garnered enthusiasm and support from key Democratic allies since she entered the race late last month following President Biden’s decision to withdraw his candidacy.
The Harris-Walz campaign leaned heavily on painting Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), as “outsiders.” The former president wasted no time in denouncing the insult and returning the phrase to his Democratic rivals.
“So he said, ‘You know, I think JD Vance is weird,’” Trump said, referring to Walz, the author of the comment. “You know, it’s a word they use. I think he calls me that too. No, we’re not weird, we’re very solid people.”
At a rally in Philadelphia earlier this week, Walz said he “had to say it.”
“You know that. You feel it. These guys are scary and, yes, weird as hell,” the Democratic governor said. “That’s what you see.”
“If Trump has the chance to return, he will pick up right where he left off four years ago. Only this time it will be much, much worse,” he added.
Democrats across the party’s ideological spectrum widely applauded Walz’s selection as Harris’ vice president, from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.).
“Governor Tim Walz is a longtime advocate for ending child poverty,” Bennet said Tuesday in a post on the social platform X. “Together, we can send him and Vice President Harris to the White House and build an economy that, when it grows, grows for everyone, not just the people at the top.”
The Hill reached out to Harris’ campaign.
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