Vance Begins Family Vacation In “Islamist” Britain

Politico Europe reports:

JD Vance is on a summer break in Britain. He’s not always been such a fan. Donald Trump’s second-in-command hasn’t exactly been shy in expressing what he really thinks about the U.K. over the years, branding it an “Islamist” hellhole bent on ending free speech. But apart from that! As he holidays in the idyllic Cotswolds (dubbed the “Hamptons of England“) — including a stay at U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s taxpayer-funded country pile — Vance will see if his pontificating from afar matches reality.

Last July, the then-Ohio senator called the U.K. an “Islamist country” after Labour ousted the Conservatives from Downing Street. Vance attacked buffer zones outside U.K. abortion clinics. And he claimed that the Scottish government had urged citizens to “report any fellow citizens suspected guilty of thought crime.” Vance’s most recent criticism is a familiar right-wing talking point, with the vice-president claiming that immigration has tanked Britain’s productivity.

Read the full article. Locals have sworn to make Vance’s vacation as uncomfortable as his recent ski outing in Vermont, where he was accosted by protesters at every turn.

Five times JD Vance dunked on the UK … his summer vacation spot.https://t.co/M9hlY4tqgB

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