J.D. Vance: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Did 'Nothing Wrong' At White Nationalist Conference
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Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance on Monday supported Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) speaking engagement at a white nationalist conference last month, insisting: “She did nothing wrong.”
Greene spoke in person at the America First Political Action Conference, whose organizer complained to the audience that the nation had forgotten “young white men.” Participants hailed Russian President Vladimir Putin as a hero and chanted his name.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expressed his assessment of the gathering when he claimed in response to Greene’s attendance: “There’s no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists or anti-Semitism.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) described Greene’s — and Rep. Paul Gosar’s (R-Ariz.) — participation as “appalling.”
But at a GOP candidates’ debate, Vance said Greene “is my friend and she did nothing wrong.”
“I’m not going to throw her under the bus,” he added.
Vance also complained that while Republicans were subjected to “guilt by association” attacks, Democrats were not.
At the OH Senate debate tonight, JD Vance is asked if he will condemn Marge Greene speaking at a Nazi rally: “She is my friend, and she did nothing wrong .. and I’m absolutely not going to throw her under the bus, or anybody else who is a friend of mine.” pic.twitter.com/fipwlONqc4
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 29, 2022
At a Donald Trump rally in Georgia last weekend, Greene launched a homophobic rant against Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeig, who is gay.
“You know what?” Greene asked the the crowd. ”Pete Buttigieg can take his electric vehicles and his bicycle, and he and his husband can stay out of our girls bathrooms. Yup.”
Critics on Twitter thought Vance’s stance on Greene might not be the savviest political strategy:
JD Vance from media darling to whatever this is in a few short years https://t.co/YGEvkHtgDM
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 29, 2022
That may not be as appealing to Ohioans as he seems to believe.😎
— Michael Raymond (@MichaelMwfreeze) March 29, 2022
that being said, I wonder what is stopping him from throwing himself under the bus...oh, I see, that's what he just did
— rchorneau (@shakeycrackers) March 29, 2022
So he is openly choosing association with a white nationalist guest speaker. Always helps to know who someone really is.
— Jeannette Webber (@roses4jrw) March 29, 2022
JD Vance: The media always calls republicans out for associating with Nazi's but they never do that to democrats... why is that?
Me: yeah it's a mystery...— Dad Jokes Panda (@TrashPandaFTW) March 29, 2022
Apparently in today’s Republican party there’s “nothing wrong” to speak at a racist white nationalists conference. Disgusting
— Republicans against Trumpism (@RpsAgainstTrump) March 29, 2022
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
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