Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Tuesday mentioned that Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) ― who as soon as questioned if Donald Trump could possibly be “America’s Hitler” ― is now the previous president’s mirror picture.
“He’s now Donald Trump doubled,” Warren mentioned on “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert” of the previous enterprise capitalist, whom Trump has chosen as his 2024 operating mate.
“It means now that on actually key points, he’s Donald Trump ― in some instances, solely extra so,” she added. “For instance, he mentioned sure, he needs a nationwide abortion ban, however he’s against any exceptions for rape or incest.”
Vance advocated for a 15-week national abortion ban throughout his 2022 Senate marketing campaign. In 2021, he argued in opposition to exceptions for rape and incest, saying that “two wrongs don’t make a proper.”
He has since appeared to tone down that stance, providing obscure solutions in more moderen interviews as Trump and the GOP try to melt their messaging on what has confirmed to be a shedding subject.
Warren additionally criticized Vance’s positions on Social Safety, Medicare and the Inexpensive Care Act, including that he’s “all in for the tax cuts that might go to the billionaires.”
Watch the interview under on “The Late Present.”