Ex-Trump Speechwriter, Fans Brand Emmett Till, George Floyd, Trayvon Martin ‘Weird’ to Rebut Democratic Meme

A prominent supporter of former president Donald Trump mocked an infamous young Black lynching victim in response to critiques from Democrats that Republicans are “weird.”

In a post on Tuesday, ex-Trump speechwriter Darren J. Beattie, a conspiracy theorist with known ties to white nationalism, made reference to Emmett Till, an African American teenager who was lynched in 1955 after allegedly offending a white woman.

“Emmet Till was weird,” Beattie wrote, misspelling his name.

Beattie’s remark is in reference to an increasingly popular talking point from Democrats and their supporters that Republicans are simply weird. The seemingly minor jab has been surprisingly successful in riling up conservatives, who now believe that the critique is part of a CIA-led operation against them.

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The majority, however, celebrated Beattie’s post with racist commentary. Beattie’s followers also started chiming in by making statements such as “George Floyd was weird.”

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