J.D. Vance’s standard response when he’s caught taking the side of, say, abusive husbands, is to whine about unfair media treatment. i.e., how dare they report his statements accurately! Likewise, blowback after Trump accused Kamala Harris of cosplaying as a black woman is just hysterical over-reaction from the media. No, it isn’t. Nor is Trump making a relatively subtle point about Harris’ “chameleon-like nature,” as Vance claims. He’s lying that the woman who attended an HBCU and pledged a black sorority didn’t acknowledge her black side until there was political advantage. Much the same way some Republicans said Obama wasn’t really black.
As for chameleonic, he’s shifted his positions a lot over the years as it suited him (which makes me wonder how deep his conversion to Catholicism goes). Case in point, “Vance tells us repeatedly that he often did things in law school just because they were expected of him” or “He wants to hold fast to the his wounded Scots-Irish machismo while simultaneously rising to heights of both American capitalism and cultural success.”
Ever wonder what Vance’s mixed-race children think of him trashing Harris’ mixed-race heritage? Well, apparently Vance isn’t willing to risk offending Republican white-supremacist voters even when they attack his wife: “Obviously, she’s not a white person, and we’ve been accused, attacked by some white supremacists over that. But I just, I love Usha.” Which is good. But you’ll notice he’s not criticizing the racists or telling them to back off.
One thing where he’s consistent is his horrible views on women in general. More here. Childless women, according to Vance are pathetic and miserable. More than that, they’re “psychotic sociopaths.” He’s marching in lockstep with the massive misogyny of the right wing. That’s where the advantage for his career lies. And while Republicans are keen on forcing women into motherhood, they won’t do crap to help them afford it. Vance did, however, lie about Harris opposing the tax-credit vote he skipped out on.
In other political news, Rep. Jim Jordan has decided to investigate the daughter of the judge in one of Trump’s trials. Astonishingly he feels no need to investigate Ginni Thomas, SCOTUS wife and 1/6 supporter. Funny, that.
Trump’s birtherist attack on Harris’ ethnicity doesn’t play well outside the base. Within the Republican camp they’re all piling on. I think Harris can take it. At this point in her life, she’s probably used to it.
Our whiny wannabe dictator is pissed that nobody from Google called after his shooting: “Google, nobody called from Google. Google has been very bad. They’ve been very irresponsible. And I have a feeling that Google’s going to be close to shut down,”
If law enforcement prosecutes a corrupt Republican elections official they’ll face “piano wire and a blowtorch” according to Trump toady Patrick Byrne. Expect more of this if we deny them their white supremacist dictatorship in November.
“Trumpism’s potential destruction of liberal democracy in a wave of reactionary authoritarianism with fascist highlights, has at bottom just been another of Donald Trump’s endless stream of grifts.”
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