A ‘Pugnacious’ JD Vance Leans Into Personal Attacks

New York Times: “As he has sought to rally support for GOP candidates before the midterm elections, Mr. Vance has repeatedly reverted to deeply personal attacks and inflammatory rhetoric, playing a leading role in a campaign in which Republicans in tightening races have adopted xenophobic, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric.”

“He fat-shamed critics, and suggested that the Democratic Senate candidate in Texas was gay and had inappropriate relationships with children. He asserted that a Black Democratic candidate in Florida did not belong in the United States because of her socialist views. He questioned the Christianity of a Kansas pastor running for Senate. And he defended a widely criticized ad featuring the estranged mother of the Democrat running for governor in Ohio, Dr. Amy Acton.”