2 Corporate Media Networks Referred To Trump-Vance Ticket As 'Weird' More Than 160 Times In A Single Day

Corporate news networks have embarked on a new messaging campaign to paint the Trump-Vance ticket as “weird,” with two networks using the term more than 160 times each on Monday alone.

The word gained currency among Democrats and the media, especially CNN and MSNBC, becoming a common attack after President Joe Biden. announced the end of his candidacy for re-election and endorsement by Vice President Kamala Harris, Time magazine reported. Democratic Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota is credited with starting the trend on July 23 appearance on “Morning Joe,” according to multiple reports

From former President Donald Trump selected Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate on July 15 during the first day of the Republican National Convention, interviews and speeches Vance gave before winning his Senate campaign resurfaced, including moments when he questioned prominent Democrats who did not have children, including Harris, Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Vance was called “weird” for the resurrected comments, while Trump's references to movie villain Hannibal Lector and sharks during the rallies have been used by Democrats to justify it. labeling the former president as “strange”.

MSNBC used the word 179 times in relation to Trump or Vance in segments, either in panel discussions, broadcast video clips or from a direct comment by a network host or guest, the Daily Caller News found Foundation. Monday's episode of “Inside with Jen Psaki,” hosted by the former White House press secretary in the Biden administration, used the word 35 times in relation to Trump or Vance.

As Grabien's data below demonstrates, CNN and MSNBC are the locomotives that churn out the “Vance is weird” talking point. In the last two days they have broadcast this DNC line over 150 times between the two networks. pic.twitter.com/OsAJhXaKYt

— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 29, 2024

“Morning Joe” used the word 32 times in connection with Trump or Vance, according to the DCNF search. “Morning Joe” viewers saw Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan direct the term “weird” to Trump and Vance also on Monday.

“You know, I think my colleagues are pointing out the obvious,” Whitmer told MSNBC host Jonathan Lemire. “The agenda, the way they talk to people, the way they address people, is strange. It's strange. It's weird.”

While MSNBC used the word nearly seven and a half times per hour, CNN wasn't far behind, using the term 170 times Monday in segments related to Trump or Vance, a DCNF review found. Network viewers watched Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell i Barbara Lee of California both direct the mandate to Trump and Vance.

“I don't think Kamala Harris would pick anyone as weird and creepy as JD Vance,” Swalwell said on “CNN This Morning” on Monday.

“Having someone like a JD Vance on this ticket shows who Donald Trump is,” Lee said Monday on “CNN News Central.” “If you ask me, it shows or shows us exactly what he thinks about selecting JD Vance, which is pretty weird, as the campaign said, but also pretty, pretty unprepared, pretty scary in a lot of ways.”

Grabien News founder Tom Elliot said the two networks described Trump or Vance as weird more than 150 times Saturday and Sunday by Monday morning. publication to X

“Usually the host will ask a Democrat, 'A lot of Democrats say JD Vance is just plain weird, what do you think … is he really a big weirdo?' And then the guest will inevitably agree that Vance is a weirdo,” he said. Elliot told the DCNF. “There's a journalistic facade, but the point is to set up the segment so there's a lot of 'JD Vance is weird' comments that stick in the viewers' brains.”

CNN, MSNBC and the Trump-Vance campaign did not immediately respond to DCNF's requests for comment.

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