{"id":1038801,"date":"2024-08-11T14:37:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T18:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1038801"},"modified":"2024-08-11T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T18:37:33","slug":"sunday-scaries-jd-vance-goes-from-weird-to-worse-in-disastrous-trio-of-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/sunday-scaries-jd-vance-goes-from-weird-to-worse-in-disastrous-trio-of-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Scaries: JD Vance Goes From Weird to Worse in Disastrous Trio of Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to JD Vance\u2019s disastrous interviews this morning, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJD Vance once again showed America that he is not ready for primetime \u2013 or even Sunday mornings. In Vance\u2019s trainwreck trio of interviews, he doubled down on his ties to his \u2018friend\u2019 running Project 2025, pushed the Trump-Vance ticket\u2019s anti-choice extremism, defended his weird insults of millions of Americans, and even tried to provide cover for Donald Trump dining with a white supremacist. Vance was already the most unpopular VP pick in decades, and he did himself no favors today by doubling down on an extreme, out-of-touch MAGA agenda that is a proven loser at the ballot box.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here are some of JD Vance\u2019s lowlights from this morning:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1xxjSZvS4w6Q1_gNT7ztHe2vxNY2QlL_N\/view?usp=sharing\">On CNN<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Called Project 2025 chief architect Kevin Roberts \u201ca friend of mine\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Did not say if he and Trump would protect access to medication abortion, echoing Project 2025\u2019s plan to ban abortion nationwide without Congress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lied about how Trump\u2019s anti-choice agenda is preventing women with nonviable pregnancies like Kate Cox from accessing medical care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Said he agreed with Trump\u2019s call to end the independence of the Federal Reserve<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Said Trump is not attacking Vice President Harris\u2019 racial identity and refused to acknowledge that the vice president is Black<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/ThisWeek\/video\/1-1-jd-vance-112755862\">On ABC<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Said he never compared abortion to slavery (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/qjk8bd\/ohio-republican-jd-vance-abortion-slavery\">he did<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bragged about campaigning against Ohio\u2019s referendum to protect access to abortion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encouraged Trump to oppose Florida\u2019s upcoming ballot measure to guarantee abortion access<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defended Trump\u2019s infamous dinner with white nationalist and antisemite Nick Fuentes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tried and failed to explain why he wants Americans without children to have less voting rights<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Echoed Project 2025 by vowing to help Trump carry out cruel and reckless mass deportations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Said Trump is confident in his abilities after Trump refused to answer if Vance would be ready to lead on day one\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/transcript-jd-vance-on-face-the-nation-aug-11-2024\/\">On CBS<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Did not rule out enacting Project 2025\u2019s plan to use the Comstock Act to ban medication abortion nationwide (Vance has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2024\/07\/17\/jd-vance-abortion-comstock-vice-presidential-nominee\/\">pushed<\/a> the DOJ to do just that)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Said he and Trump would allow states to ban medication abortion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Said \u201cthere\u2019s nothing wrong with\u201d Trump\u2019s never-ending praise for our adversaries and dictators like Putin\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Again tried to downplay Trump\u2019s dinner with Fuentes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pretended to support legislation to help children and families despite recently skipping a Senate vote on expanding the child tax credit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to JD Vance\u2019s disastrous interviews this morning, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cJD Vance once again showed America that he is not ready for primetime \u2013 or even Sunday mornings. In Vance\u2019s trainwreck trio of interviews, he doubled down on his ties to his \u2018friend\u2019 running Project 2025, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1038801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sunday Scaries: JD Vance Goes From Weird to Worse in Disastrous Trio of Interviews - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/sunday-scaries-jd-vance-goes-from-weird-to-worse-in-disastrous-trio-of-interviews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-11T18:37:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-11T18:37:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/sunday-scaries-jd-vance-goes-from-weird-to-worse-in-disastrous-trio-of-interviews\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/sunday-scaries-jd-vance-goes-from-weird-to-worse-in-disastrous-trio-of-interviews\/\",\"name\":\"Sunday Scaries: JD Vance Goes From Weird to Worse in Disastrous Trio of Interviews - 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