Vance Likens Harris To Infamous Pageant Contestant

The Huffington Post reports:

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance likened Vice President Kamala Harris to a teenage beauty pageant contestant on Thursday.

In response to Harris’ first sit-down interview with a professional journalist since becoming Democrats’ presidential nominee, Vance posted an infamous clip of a Miss Teen USA contestant struggling to answer a question in 2007.

Comparing Harris, a presidential candidate, to an old clip of a teenager at a beauty pageant — an inherently gendered activity, which often carries the false stereotype that contestants are ignorant or silly — is notable.

Read the full article. As noted below, Caite Upton’s X account is full of retweets of anti-vax, anti-LGBTQ, and far-right extremists.

The woman pictured here is Caite Upton, who went viral years ago for a comically bad answer about education in America. Upton is also a hardcore MAGA supporter & promotes anti-vaxxer conspiracies.

JD Vance is mocking Kamala Harris by arguing she’s so dumb she’s a MAGA woman.🤦🏽‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/xK6XA5qdO3

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