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Does 'weird' work for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz?

Ever since Minnesota governor and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz called Republicans <a href="https://youtu.be/tviViJqpgpY?feature=shared">"weird,"</a> we've seen other Democrats embrace this name-calling strategy and deploy it in interviews and in memes online. We've also seen Republicans lobbing the "weird" moniker right back at Democrats. To get into how "weird" this all is, Brittany chats with NPR culture reporter <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/348740829/andrew-limbong">Andrew Limbong</a> and NPR political correspondent <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/409798174/danielle-kurtzleben">Danielle Kurtzleben</a> about this new political strategy and redefining "normalcy" in 2024. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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