JD Vance sought to downplay the revelation that leaders of a group called the Young Republicans exchanged hundreds of racist, sexist text messages – including one in which rape was called “epic”, and another in which someone wrote “I love Hitler” – as youthful indiscretions. Vance, speaking on a new episode of the Charlie Kirk Show, the podcast run by …
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JD Vance calls Republican operatives, aged 24 to 35, who wrote racist texts ‘kids’ – as it happened The Guardian JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’ The Guardian JD Vance epitomizes the GOP’s move from morals to whataboutism CNN ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat Politico Republicans Face Fallout From …
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Nobody puts JD Vance in a corner. The vice president slammed ABC News host and longtime Trump critic George Stephanopoulos after the journalist abruptly cut to commercial during their heated exchange on Sunday morning. Stephanopoulos had been pressing Vance on bribery allegations involving MAGA administration Border Czar Tom Homan, but the vice president repeatedly deflected the question. The vice president …
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US Vice-President JD Vance has warned of further workforce cuts in addition to the thousands of jobs already axed if the government shutdown is not resolved. “The longer this goes on, the deeper the cuts are going to be,” Vance told Fox News. “To be clear, some of these cuts are going to be painful.” Democrats said Republicans were punishing …
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One of Donald Trump’s most loathed nemesis in the media abruptly cut off JD Vance during a live interview Sunday morning. ABC News host George Stephanopoulos was speaking with the vice president about bribery allegations against the MAGA administration’s Border Czar Tom Homan when the host interrupted Vance mid-sentence to announce the network would be cutting to commercial. “I think …
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Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said there will be deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on, adding to the uncertainty facing hundreds of thousands who are already furloughed without pay amid the stubborn stalemate in Congress. Vance warned that as the federal shutdown entered its 12th day, the new cuts would be “painful,” …
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J.D. Vance struggled to defend the Trump administration’s decisions when journalists asked him basic questions during a round of TV appearances, with one host getting so frustrated with Vance’s word salad, he cut the interview short in the middle of one of the vice president’s sentences. Vance appeared on several Sunday morning shows. During an interview with George Stephanopoulos on …
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Runners participate in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP After an appeals court again blocked the government’s attempt to deploy the National Guard in the Chicago area, Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration will “litigate this as much as we can.” His comments came one day after a federal …
Read More »Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said there will be deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on, adding to the uncertainty facing hundreds of thousands who are already furloughed without pay amid the stubborn stalemate in Congress. Vance warned that as the federal shutdown entered its 12th day, the new cuts would be “painful,” …
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