JD Vance repeatedly indicated in 2016 that he believed Donald Trump had committed sexual assault

[dalton99a]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/politics/kfile-jd-vance-believed-donald-trump-sexual-assault-allegations-2016/index.html

JD Vance repeatedly indicated in 2016 that he believed Donald Trump had committed sexual assault
By Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN
Published 4:00 AM EDT, Tue July 23, 2024

(CNN) - Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, repeatedly indicated in 2016 that he believed Donald Trump had committed sexual assault, even suggesting in one TV segment that in a “he said, she said” situation Trump was less credible than one of his accusers.

Vance appeared on a MSNBC segment in October 2016 on Trump’s alleged sexual misconduct in which an interview with Jessica Leeds, a former salesperson who accused Trump of groping and forcibly kissing her during a flight in the 1970s, was played. Vance said it was hard to believe Trump’s denials over Leeds.

“At a fundamental level, this is sort of a ‘he said, she said,’ right? And at the end of the day, do you believe Donald Trump, who always tells the truth? Just kidding,” said Vance sarcastically. “Or do you believe that woman on that tape?” he said, referring to Leeds.

But by May 2023, in a sign of his shift on Trump from open critic to fiercely loyal surrogate, Vance’s position changed entirely while invoking similar language: Vance said he believed his “friend” Trump, just after the former president was found liable by a jury for sexual abuse against author E. Jean Carroll.

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"Now the pussy-grabbing rapist is my bestest friend EVER!"

[duncang]

1. JD

Has giving so many great anti-tfg ads. I can’t wait to see them.

[sop]

4. Democrats won't need oppo-research, just run unedited videos of Vance when he wasn't a Trump ass-kisser.

How will JD explain away all the shit he said about Trump in the past? Simple, corporate media will never even mention it. They'll be too busy combing through 2020 primary debate videos looking for things Kamala said about Biden.

[karynnj]

6. Maybe that is why he grew the ugly beard ... so people would not recognize the younger JD

It would be great if he was called on that and the Hitler comment.

[JI7]

2. This issue in general needs to be brought up more. I feel like we are getting too defensive about the attacks on Harris

Yes, we should defend her and other women but it's becoming too much like we have to justify it.

All while Trump's behavior is not being mentioned.

[sop]

5. You're right, Democrats tend to go into a defensive crouch when Republicans bring up issues of race and gender.

The best defense is always a strong offense, and there's so much in Trump's background to be offensive about.

[karynnj]

7. Maybe one response could be that she is proud to be a woman, person of color and a former prosecutor

and she understands that is a combination that is Trump's worse nightmare.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. JD needs to explain his bedfellows. /nt

[Cyberologist]

8. Vance has said a whole lot about tRump

"I can't stomach Trump."

" I think he's noxious and leading the white working class to a very dark place."

"Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation' highest office."

"I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical ** or that he is America's Hitler."

[Johonny]

9. Trump has been proven to have committed

Sexual assault in court. GOP voters don't care. They like abusing women. Apparently. There is nothing to like about Trump. Nothing.

[lefthandedskyhook]

10. jaydee proves his maggot dishonesty

EVERY DAY!

[marble falls]

11. That was then and this is now. Vance is as about as evil as simple mindedness gets. He's just going with the ...

... flow. And like the French police official in Casablanca said, " ... right now the prevailing winds come from Vichy!"

[Martin68]

12. Vance is just another in a long line of MAGA self-serving, hypocritical opportunists.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. He still does -- but he always considered it a plus.

Vance is just the type you'd expect to admire a sexual predator.

[intheflow]

14. He's such an evil shapeshifter, insincere af.

Trump could not have picked a worse running mate. Chosen exclusively for his youth and willingness to endlessly expose himself as a huckster and shameless opportunist. They thought no one would notice that last part.