JD Vance tries to once again humiliate young woman who contemplated suicide because of viral video
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Look, it’s not complicated: If you willingly work for Donald Trump (in other words I’m not talking about career civil servants and the like), you are simply scum, just like him.
J.D. Vance refused to apologize for resurrecting an ancient internet meme that had caused a then-teen girl to consider taking her own life.
The Republican vice presidential nominee tried to preemptively mock Kamala Harris‘ hotly anticipated interview Thursday night by posting a 2007 video clip of Caitlin Upton, who represented South Carolina at that year’s Miss Teen USA pageant, badly fumbling a response to a question about Americans’ inability to locate their home country on a map, and CNN’s John Berman confronted him over the difficulty that contestant later faced.
“So when you posted this last night, were you aware that the woman you are posting a picture of had contemplated committing suicide for the attention that it received?” Berman said.
Vance insisted he hadn’t been aware of Upton’s struggles after that video clip went viral nearly two decades ago, and Donald Trump’s running mate said the post was just a light-hearted attempt at humor. . . .
“Politics has gotten way too lame, John, way too boring,” Vance added. “You can have some fun while making a good argument to the American people about how you’re going to improve their lives.”
Berman wasn’t satisfied with his evasion and asked whether he was prepared to apologize for dredging up that embarrassing moment in such a public fashion.
“I just want to be clear, though – you said you didn’t know,” Berman said. “Would you like to apologize to Caitlin Upton for posting that last night given what you’ve now learned?”
Trump’s running mate declined the opportunity to apologize to Upton, who’s now 35.
“John, I’m not going to apologize for posting a joke, but I wish the best for Caitlan,” Vance said. “I hope that she’s doing well and, again, what I’d say is one bad moment shouldn’t define anybody and the best way to deal with this stuff is to laugh at ourselves.”
Yeah we’ve all made mistakes, and being willing to do literally anything to install a fascist president certainly goes in that category.
The thing is, if Trump loses, Vance will still end up getting invited to conferences at places like Yale Law School, where he can commiserate with Amy Chua et al about what tough racket being in the spotlight can be, because once you’re in the club you basically can’t get kicked out, unless you’re O.J. Simpson I guess.