Before He Was a VP Contender, J.D. Vance Suggested Trump’s Sexual Assault Accuser Was Telling the Truth

Up till just a few years in the past, J.D. Vance seen Donald Trump like an individual who hadn’t been brainwashed by the MAGA motion, which is to say: He knew Trump was a harmful particular person who ought to completely not be ready of energy over the nation. Quick-forward to 2021, although, and the Ohio senator was abruptly stuffed with reward for a man he’d actually as soon as likened to Adolf Hitler. And now, in case you ask him about his previous feedback, he’ll say issues like “I simply suppose the outcomes [of Trump’s presidency] have been so good…. I used to be essential of Trump in 2016, however he proved me unsuitable.”

Nonetheless, it’s necessary to recollect precisely what Vance has stated in regards to the man he’s working very arduous to reelect. Like, for instance, his ideas on Trump being accused of sexual assault: In February, after the ex-president was discovered responsible for defaming author E. Jean Carroll the earlier month, Vance claimed the decision was BS. However in 2016, when he was requested about an accusation from Jessica Leeds, who stated Trump groped her, he had a really completely different take.

Per Mediaite:

In a remark that had but to be unearthed till now, Vance went as far as to sign on MSNBC that he believed the story of Jessica Leeds…. Leeds got here ahead with a number of different girls who claimed they have been sexually assaulted by Trump. She testified within the E. Jean Carroll civil trial of which Trump was discovered responsible for sexual assault. Her account was dismissed by Trump and his media surrogates on the time of the 2016 race, however Vance argued throughout an October 2016 look on Hardball with Chris Matthews that he was inclined to consider Leeds’s declare.

In line with the transcript of the present, after being requested what he considered Leeds’s allegation, Vance responded, “That is type of he-said, she-said, proper? And on the finish of the day, do you consider Donald Trump, who at all times tells the reality? Simply kidding. Or do you consider that girl on the tape?”

To that finish, CNN’s KFile reported final month that after the Entry Hollywood tape got here out, Vance favored a tweet that learn “Perhaps the Central Park 5 may take out a full-page advert to sentence the coddling of thug actual property barons who commit serial sexual assault.” (Trump famously took out an ad calling for the dying penalty following the 1989 rape of a jogger in Central Park; whereas he by no means straight name-checked the group of younger males dubbed the Central Park 5, who have been later exonerated, many consider he was clearly referring to them.)

Along with his feedback concerning Trump and sexual assault, Vance has additionally beforehand stated, of the ex-president:

Vance additionally beforehand favored a tweet that includes a photograph of Trump and O.J. Simpson that learn, “Right here is an previous image of one in all USA’s most hated, villainous, douchey celebs. Additionally in image: OJ Simpson.”

However now? Can’t say sufficient good issues in regards to the man.