Joe.My.God. LGBT News
Face The Nation has the transcript:
MARGARET BRENNAN: President Trump said Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi were lovely individuals when he was speaking in Montana last night. You agree with that characterization?
SEN. JD VANCE: I think that President Trump gets along with world leaders, and there’s nothing wrong with him complimenting them as people, if it makes him more effective diplomatically. And there’s an irony here–
MARGARET BRENNAN: That’s different than walking in and laying down the law to Xi Jinping.
SEN. JD VANCE: –there’s an- oh, no, it’s not actually, because you’re better able to lay down the law, like President Trump did, if you actually have a good relationship with people and they trust you to follow your word. We have to remember that Democrats, including Kamala Harris, attacked Donald Trump for having a good relationship with Vladimir Putin. Well, when Donald Trump was president, Vladimir Putin didn’t invade another country. When Kamala Harris was vice president, he did. So maybe they should take a lesson from Trump’s pray- playbook about diplomatic legitimacy, because I think Donald Trump got a lot done because world leaders respected him.
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JD Vance on Trump praising Putin and Xi as “lovely individuals”: “I think President Trump gets along with world leaders and there’s nothing wrong with him complimenting them as people if it makes him more effective diplomatically.” pic.twitter.com/5pZw3d1UXe
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 11, 2024
JD Vance on CNN on the “weird” allegations: “Certainly they’ve levied that charge against me more than anybody else … I accept their attacks, but I think it is a little bit of projection.” (Note that Dana Bash doesn’t really buy his “projection” talking point.) pic.twitter.com/Jt0aDTvE3T
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 11, 2024
BASH: You called out Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg. Harris has 2 stepchildren. Buttigieg has adopted twins. Do you recognize them as parents?
JD VANCE: Of course
BASH: I wouldn’t say “of course.” You called them out by name. pic.twitter.com/9ImfN9qAD3
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 11, 2024
BASH: Do you believe Kamala Harris is Black?
JD VANCE: I believe Kamala Harris is whatever she says she is, but I believe, importantly, that President Trump is right that she’s a chameleon pic.twitter.com/XfOeO4M00M
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 11, 2024