Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance made it clear last month that he doesn't "really care" about the invasion thousands of miles away in Europe. Now it appears voters don't much care about J.D. Vance.
Writing for the Bulwark, Jim Swift explained that the far-right candidate isn't doing well in his efforts to become the next famous Republican politician. As it turns out, he's only polling in third place in the race and he's been nixed from speaking at the Minnesota GOP’s annual Lincoln-Reagan dinner.
"Scheduled on April Fool’s Day with no apparent sense of irony, the invite went out in late February and almost immediately, Minnesota Republicans pushed back against Vance’s selection," wrote Swift.
When the event was announced, the former spokesman for Gov. Tim Pawlenty made it clear the party had made a big mistake.
Got my invite to @mngop Lincoln Reagan Dinner feat. Putin apologist @JDVance1. The guy who said \u201cI gotta be honest I don\u2019t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or another.\u201d Seems appropriate the dinner is on April Fools Day. Cancel it & raise $ for Ukraine instead. pic.twitter.com/nBEqVJWFjD— Brian McClung (@Brian McClung) 1646163936
As it turns out, McClung wasn't the only GOP operative to say they weren't interested in giving a donation of any kind to see Vance speak.
NEW: I\u2019m starting a new about the controversy surrounding the @MNGOP scheduling @JDVance1 as the keynote speaker at the upcoming #MNGOP Lincoln Reagan Dinner on April 1, 2022. I\u2019ve spoken with numerous Republican operatives today who are fuming with the selection of Vance.— Michael Brodkorb (@Michael Brodkorb) 1645750979
“Michael Brodkorb, former deputy chair of the Minnesota Republican Party, observed that ‘numerous Republican operatives’ were ‘fuming’ about the selection of Vance as the keynote speaker, highlighting Vance’s ill-informed and callous — not to mention electorally stupid — comments about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a primary reason for their ire. Though maybe the objection is really about Vance being Vance.”
Vance is already so far right that he is retweeting conspiracy theories about "camps" where sick Americans would be sent. Then he was honored with the endorsement by toxic Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). Swift also remembered Vance is "under fire for investing in the platform Rumble with Peter Thiel." Rumble has become the new home for Russia's English propaganda channel, RT. He was already controversial, but after his statements about the war, his political career appears to be collapsing.
While Vance half-walked back his comments, he then appeared on Fox's Tucker Carlson and doubled down. It's clear he made a miscalculation about where the American people were on the issue, and more specifically, his own voters. A Yahoo poll and Pew survey show support for the people of Ukraine is over 70 percent. After weeks of bombs falling on civilians all over social media and U.S. news, the support for those fighting Vladimir Putin is soaring.
"Poor guy can’t catch a break," Swift closed.
Read the full column at the Bulwark.
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