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You’ve probably already heard that Ohio Senator J. D. Vance is officially Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee for 2024. Given that Vance’s call had long been on the short list of applicants Trump was eyeing for the job, the news shouldn’t be all that surprising. But there is one user for whom this will definitely come as a shock: J. D. Vance from just a few years ago, who had several terrible things to say about Trump and literally called himself the Never Trumper.
Yes, before choosing to bury his principles in a shallow grave, Vance saw Trump for what he was: a harmful individual who had no business governing the country. Today, the senator says things like, “What an honor it is to stand alongside President Donald J. Trump,” and, when asked about his incredibly negative comments about his new boss, he says the media misled him:
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But at that moment? He thought Trump was one of the worst people in history. So, for the record, here’s what Vance had to say about Trump before he started making an incredibly different song.
In 2016, Vance sent a message to his law school roommate in which he wrote that he “goes back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical. . . or that he is the American Hitler,” according to a screenshot shared through the ex. roommate in 2022.
In February 2016, Vance liked a tweet that showed a photo of Trump and O. J. Simpson that read, “Here’s an old picture of one of the most hated, mean, idiot celebrities in United States. Also pictured: O. J. Simpson.
In an April 2016 op-ed for the New York Times, Vance wrote, “Mr. Trump is not a match for the highest office in our country.
In a 2016 interview, Kentucky radio host Matt Jones told Vance: “I can’t stand Trump because I think he’s a con man. . . I think he’s a con man in general who is exploiting these people. Vance responded: “Me too. . . . I don’t think he cares about people.
Speaking to NPR’s Terry Gross in August 2016, Vance said, “I think I’m going to vote for a third party because I can’t stand Trump. I think it’s destructive and takes white elegance to a very dark place. “
“I’m a guy who says ‘Never Trump. ‘ I liked him,” Vance told Charlie Rose in October 2016.
That same month, Vance wrote on Twitter: “Trump scares the other people I care about. Immigrants, Muslims, etc. For this reason, I find him reprehensible. God needs more of us. “
“My God, what an idiot,” Vance wrote on Twitter in 2016, referring to Trump.
In 2017, Vance messaged a law school friend to talk about his opposition to the American Health Care Act, the law Republicans need to update Obamacare. Speaking of an imaginable long-term career as a senator, Vance wrote, “Can you think he’s running as an anti-AHCA populist who thinks Trump is an ethical disaster. Where is my electorate?
After the Access Hollywood tape was released, Vance liked a tweet that read, “Maybe the Central Park Five can run a full-page ad condemning the hugs of real estate lords who commit serial sexual assaults. ” “. advertisements in four New York City newspapers calling for the adoption of the death penalty in the state, following the rape of a jogger in Central Park in 1989. He has never directly verified the youth organization’s call. , who were later exonerated, but many were clearly referred to).
Also in 2016, when asked about an allegation by Jessica Leeds, who said Trump groped her, Vance responded: “It’s kind of a he-said, she-said, right? And in the end, do you believe Donald Trump, who is telling the truth? I’m kidding. Or do you believe that woman on the tape?
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