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November 4, 2026 · 8:53 am ET · Leave a Comment

“You not only have to question the judgement of a man who would take a woman — an elderly woman, out of the car she was living in out of the parking lot in a church in Pennsylvania with her cats and put her in front of a video camera, and make that a TV ad in the gubernatorial race. We know what Vivek Ramaswamy is, and voters have judged him as such. But here is the real problem going forward. J.D. Vance stood 100 percent with Vivek Ramaswamy. Not only as a person and a candidate, but he stood behind that advertisement. And Vivek Ramaswamy will be forgotten. He is going to be sent to the dustbin of history. But J.D. Vance is going to be remembered, I think, for this campaign, for more than anything else, he stood by that ad, a man who wrote a book on Catholicism, stood behind that ad. It’s a disgrace.”

— Former Gov. Chris Christie (R), on ABC News.

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