Tag Archives: J.D. Vance

“We know that the President has to have immunity to do his job. Should Barack Obama be prosecuted for droning American citizens in Yemen? There are so many examples of presidents Democrats and Republicans who would not be able to discharge their duties, if the Supreme Court does not recognize some broad element of presidential discretion. I’m very confident that …

The Guardian reports: Some prominent conservative lawmakers and commentators are advocating for ending no-fault divorce, laws that exist in all 50 US states and allow a person to end a marriage without having to prove a spouse did something wrong, like commit adultery or domestic violence. The socially conservative, and often religious, rightwing opponents of such divorce laws are arguing …

CNN reports: Republican Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a leading candidate to be Donald Trump’s vice president, liked tweets in 2016 and 2017 that harshly criticized Trump and his policies — including one speculating that Vance could serve in former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s administration. Other tweets liked by Vance said Trump committed “serial sexual assault,” called him “one of …

“Donald Trump’s supporters are not violent people. You live in a country of 330 million people, of course, some people are gonna do some bad things. But, if we want to get back at the New York sham prosecution, my message to every Trump supporter is go to DonaldJTrump.com, volunteer, support him, and vote in November. The only language that …

“You have a Soros-funded prosecutor, Alvin Bragg. You have a judge who’s donated to the Democratic Party, including Biden’s presidential campaign. “And perhaps most troubling, Bill, You actually have the daughter of Merchan raising almost $100 million for Democratic candidates off of the very trial that her dad is presiding over. “So why aren’t we asking some very tough questions …

CBS News reports: Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, rumored to be one of former President Donald Trump’s vice-presidential contenders, said Sunday that the U.S “could learn from” some decisions made by authoritarian Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, including controversial policies related to dealing with dissidents at universities. Orbán, who is revered in some hardline conservative circles, seized control of …

Mediaite has the transcript: DANA BASH: Historically, the notion of saying to Jews, you should put Israel first and what happens in Israel first, and not sort of consider them American citizens first, has been used as an anti-Semitic trope. Do you do recognize that there and perhaps that language isn’t exactly on point when you’re talking about something that …

The Daily Beast reports: CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins caught Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) flat-footed Wednesday night with a misdirection in her line of questioning on the current pro-Palestine protests roiling college campuses across the country. Collins quizzed the pro-Trump senator on his views regarding the relative value of free speech versus the safety and well-being of students whose lives have …

The Huffington Post reports: Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) boasted on X (formerly Twitter) about having a “long memory” as he warned colleagues against attacking Donald Trump. But Vance’s post immediately went viral for all the wrong reasons, seeing as it conveniently ignored his own past trashing of the former president. “If you’re fighting Trump and his endorsed candidates politically today, …

Politico reports: Senate conservatives are signaling they’ll block Wednesday’s planned Democratic bid to enshrine protections for in-vitro fertilization into federal law – and they’re calling IVF a states-rights issue. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) is planning to seek unanimous consent to pass her proposal to federally protect IVF, which means any one senator can easily block its passage. This isn’t the …

Sen. J.D. Vance writes for American Conservative: The Republican establishment of Washington is so obsessively committed to Ukraine that they will use every tool at their disposal to apply pressure to other Republicans to write that big Ukraine check. The problem is that every time they apply pressure, they create an opening for Democrats and the media to tank our …

“The idea, and you hear this from some of our leadership, and hopefully they will stop, the idea that we committed to supporting whatever came out of this negotiation is pure, unadulterated bullshit. “When you go into a border security negotiation, as complicated as immigration law is, and you make it entirely secret, that gives a massive asymmetric advantage to …

Via press release from Rep. Matt Gaetz: On Tuesday, February 6th, U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) will host a press conference at 11:45 a.m. ET with 25 members of Congress following the introduction of a sense of Congress resolution stating that President Donald Trump did not engage in insurrection. The resolution is co-sponsored by more than 60 members of Congress. …

The Hill reports: Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) went after Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Monday, saying he is not “fit to serve” after he said he would have chosen not to certify the 2020 election results without pro-Trump electors. Vance said Sunday in an ABC “This Week” interview he would have allowed states to send multiple slates of electors …

ABC News reports: Sen. JD Vance on Sunday defended Donald Trump as the former president faces a litany of legal issues amid his comeback campaign for the White House. In a contentious interview with ABC News “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos, Vance — a onetime Trump critic — also doubled down on his views of the 2020 election, saying the …

“Nikki does have baggage. She just hasn’t faced the onslaught of years of media attacks, of super PAC attacks that Donald Trump has faced. And, frankly, the fact that Trump is still standing and is still leading in the polls against Joe Biden suggests he has real political resilience. “I know a lot of people who are choosing Nikki Haley …

“First of all, he didn’t say immigrants were poisoning the blood of this country. He said illegal immigrants were poisoning the blood of the country, which is objectively and obviously true to anybody who looks at the statistics about fentanyl overdoses, and I think just one observation about the press as an organization: you guys seem far more upset about …

“For pro lifers, last night was a gut punch. No sugar coating it. Giving up on the unborn is not an option. It’s politically dumb and morally repugnant. Instead, we need to understand why we lost this battle so we can win the war. I was very involved in the ‘no’ campaign for issue 1, so let me share a …

The Washington Examiner reports: The Senate voted to include an amendment offered by Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) to ban the Department of Transportation from using federal funding to enforce mask mandates in the upper chamber’s three-bill spending package on Wednesday. The Senate voted 59-38 in favor of the amendment that aims to prevent federal mask mandates on all modes of …

Breitbart wails: Democrat Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) today blocked Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) after the Republican tried to pass the “Freedom to Breathe” Act by unanimous consent. The act would essentially ban federal mask mandates. “We tried mask mandates once in this country. They failed to control the spread of respiratory viruses, violated basic bodily freedom, and set our fellow …