History books may well document it as the most unusual selection of a running mate ever. By most accounts, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz got the nod from Vice President Kamala Harris not because of his legislative or executive experience, but because of his uttering just one word: “Weird.”

He used it first on “Morning Joe,” breaking from fellow Democrats calling former President Trump and Sen. JD Vance “dangerous” or a “threat to democracy.” Instead, like a true Midwesterner, he said “These guys are just weird.” The word took off, and so did Walz. A couple of weeks later, at his introductory rally with Harris, Walz repeated the refrain: “These guys are creepy, and yes, just weird as hell.”

"Weird” is the perfect word to describe Trump and Vance because it needs no definition. It’s a blunt, one-syllable word. Everybody knows what it means........

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