Who Are The Weirdest Republicans Of Them All?

Don't Say Weird If You Want Neo-Nazi Marc Thiessen To Take You Seriously

Yesterday, Pramila Jayapal reminded her Seattle constituents why the MAGA movement has become synonymous with “weird.” She noted that “they don’t just want to get rid of abortion—they want to get rid of IVF and contraception too, and to 'punish' people without kids. They tried to overturn the result of the 2020 election and Trump keeps telling his supporters they won’t have to vote again after 2024. They’ve made it their entire life mission to roll back LGBTQ+ rights and terrorize trans people. WEIRD! The fact that these are the things they think everyday working people are looking for in their government officials is absurd— and it further demonstrates just how unfit they are to lead. While we can’t lose sight of the fact that these folks are a legitimate threat to our democracy and to basic human rights, it helps to remember that they’re just downright weird people with unpopular ideas who absolutely can be beaten.”

The Washington Post’s worst— and most worthless— regular contributor is, hands down, right-wing polemicist Marc Thiessen, a vehemently pro-torture weirdo from the Bush administration who got his start working first as as a lobbyist for Roger Stone’s and Paul Manafort’s company and then as a spokesman for neo-Nazi Jesse Helms. The Post has had him onboard for nearly a quarter century. Early yesterday, he tweeted that he has “a rule that anyone who uses the term ‘my truth’ is too stupid to take seriously and will be permanently ignored. I’m now adding anyone who uses the new ‘weird’ or ‘weirdo’ meme to the list. It’s a quickly become the go-to crutch for mental midgets who can’t come up with substantive arguments.’” I imagine he and George Conway were once friends but no longer are. Conway responded to his tweet— which is how I came to see it— by trying to help him understand what “weird” is shorthand for and included the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for two Cluster B personality disorders which Trump has been repeatedly diagnosed with:

That still doesn’t explain why the term is being applied to JD Vance and, basically, to poor Thiessen’s whole party. Vance is pretty easy to explain— without even bothering with the bizarre, possibly false, couch rumors— starting with his jaw-dropping and textbook cynical political shifts (referred to as a moral collapse by Tom Nichols). Before he was deemed merely “weird,” he was seen as “a contemptible and cringe-inducing clown,” inauthentic and a “pathetic loser poser fake jerk” for, having once called Trump “cultural heroin” and an “American Hitler,” and the embracing him as America’s greatest president (in return for a Senate endorsement). But the building of an identity didn’t stop there. He bolstered it with his “childless cat ladies comments, his predilection for dolphin-human bestiality and a steady drip of anti-freedom policy drivel since Don Jr and Eric foisted him on their doddering father.

And the rest of Thiessen’s party? Who are the poster children for weird… or at least most weird? In no particular order— although many who immediately came to mind are the QAnon true believers and sex predators from the Putin wing of the GOP— we have:

Not the 2024 GOP convention— marquee from the legendary April 16, 1977 Orpheum show

Marjorie Taylor Greene, Congress’ first QAnon advocate, an anti-Semite who has speculated that wildfires were caused by space lasers controlled by Jewish financiers and called mass shootings like the Parkland and Las Vegas massacres “false flag” operations. Her social media activity includes liking posts that advocated for violence against Democratic leaders and spreading misinformation about 9/11. Widely considered Congress’ single stupidest member she’s become the avatar for the House Republicans and for Trump’s most loyal congressional followers.

Matt Gaetz, a polymorphous pervert still under investigation for child sex trafficking, at one time he was best known for claiming Nestor Galban, his teenage live-in male lover, was his “son.” Then he became best known for destroying whatever claim the GOP had for being a serious governing party.

Lauren Boebert, a former call girl who was persuaded to run for Congress by a client (Ted Cruz), brings loaded guns to Congress, picks fights with other Members and revels in a white trash lifestyle.

Madison Cawthorn, gone but not forgotten, tried to cover up his homosexuality— including a video-taped sexscade with his male cousin— by making inappropriate sexual advances towards women.

George Santos, also gone but not forgotten, though expelled from the GOP-controlled House, invented his entire biography but— until recently— left out his drag queen alter-ego, Kitara.

Ronny Jackson, a drug addicted sociopath who, before being elected to a backward Texas congressional seat, was eased out of the Navy for inappropriate behavior and became Trump’s White House doctor where he made dubious, laughable claims about Trump’s health, calling him “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” while overprescribing addictive medications to everyone in Trump’s administration who wanted to take a walk on the wild side.

This is starting to get really painful. And I feel like I need a shower. Let me just leave you with this list sans the descriptions; they all have wikipedia pages:

• Paul Gosar (R-AZ)

• Ted Cruz (R-TX)

• Rick Scott (R-FL)

• Rand Paul (R-KY)

• Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

• Mike Lee (R-UT)

• Josh Hawley (R-MO)

• Marco Rubio (R-Alice C. Wainwright Park)

• Tom Cotton (R-AR)

• Nancy Mace (R-SC)

• Scott Perry (R-PA)

• Chip Roy (R-TX)

• Andy Ogles (R-TN)

• Clay Higgins (R-LA)

• Scott DesJarlais (R-TN)

• Barry Loudermilk (R-GA)

• Troy Nehls (R-TX)

• Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

• Byron Donalds (R-FL)

• Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)

• Ken Calvert (R-CA)