Meet you at the bottom if there really is one
Yes, it’s funny to keep piling on Vance, but it’s also important to remember that choosing him was a political disaster in large measure because of his total candor about what Republicans want to do. In this case, advocating the enactment of a federal Fugitive Uterus Act, justified with racist and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories:
Good lord. When I listened to it I hadn’t realized he also managed to make it super racist. https://t.co/q6uMSd8zrs— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) July 26, 2024
The forum he chose for this is also very funny. (If you haven’t heard of this particular content creator, I envy you, but this guest list featuring every kind of Trump lickspittle from the honestly enthusiastic to the passive-aggressive postliberal gives you a good idea.)
Meanwhile, responding to the furor over his comments about “childless cat ladies,” Peter Thiel’s young blood collection specialist wishes to clarify that he hates women, not cats:
JD Vance responds to the backlash to his “childless cat ladies” comment by apologizing to cats and then doubling down on attacking women: “I’m sorry, it’s true” pic.twitter.com/JZjqZJOp5y— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) July 26, 2024
One reason that his audio and video comments can be so frequently posted verbatim by the opposition campaign is the seamless blend of form and content — not only is the substance repellent, he sounds like he’s wearing a t-shirt with Eliot Rodger’s picture on it. Truth in advertising!
…via golden valley in comments, worth re-upping this article about Peter Thiel’s weirdo anti-democratic proteges, including Man in the Middle Curtis Yarvin.