Weird

Why it matters, and how Republicans got that way.

The first thing to say about the new Democratic campaign theme that Donald Trump, J.D. Vance, and the Republican party in general are “weird” is we don’t actually know much about how effective it is. Or to be more precise:

• We know it’s escaped from campaign rhetoric into the larger culture;

• We have plenty of evidence Democrats, or at least a lot of Democr…