Is it just us or is the race for the White House getting a little, well, weird? That seems to be — for both parties — the mot juste of the moment, when it comes to denigrating their opponents. Feature the remarks of the Democratic governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, a potential vice presidential nominee. He decries the “weird people on the other side” along with their “weird ideas.” The Harris campaign today rebuffed as “weird” a speech by President Trump.

Yesterday a producer for MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Steve Banen, scrutinized what he called Senator Cotton’s “weird talk” in reference to the purported “coup” that torpedoed President Biden’s re-election bid. Not to be outdone, the GOP Senatorial Committee is out with a strategy memo urging Republicans to zero in on what they call “weird” qualities of Vice President Harris — like her “habit of laughing at inappropriate moments,” Axios reports.