The Republicans have taken over They take offense at the idea of ​​being weird – especially when it comes to accusing people (usually women) who don't have children of being weird.

The feeling in Republican politics that childless Americans are, as JD Vance put it, disorientating and disturbing is so pervasive that one GOP candidate has borrowed his friends' wives and children for photo ops.

According to a Friday report from The New York Times, Derrick Anderson — a former Green Beret running for House of Representatives in Virginia — has repeatedly featured a woman and her three daughters in campaign materials.

In one photo, the group poses close together in a picture you could probably find framed on a grandmother's mantel, the kind of photo your parents had your uncle take with a DSLR camera because “we never take pretty pictures together.” “.

In a campaign video, Anderson is seen walking side by side with the same woman. In another video posted on the National Republican Campaign Committee's website and on his YouTube channel, Anderson can be seen talking to the woman and three girls while sitting in a dining room at home.

According to the Just, The woman and girls were “the wife and children of a long-time friend.” Anderson's campaign website does not mention his wife or children, but notes that he “lives in Spotsylvania County with his dog, Ranger, a Dalmatian.” The Republican candidate recently announced on social media that he is engaged to his girlfriend Maggie and posted pictures of her – she is definitely not the woman seen in the photos and videos.

A spokesman for Anderson said this Just that “Derrick's opponent and every other candidate in America can be seen in similar images and videos with supporters of all kinds,” adding that the content in question only appears “with female supporters and their children.”

It's strange, but then again, so is the rest of the party.