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[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 263 points 1 month ago

Here's an AP source if you prefer not to click the daily beast.

[-] norimee@lemmy.world 150 points 1 month ago

“I just wanted to check out my future plane... I also wanted to go say hello to the vice president and ask her why she refuse to answer questions from the media,” Vance said, jabbing at Harris.

W E I R D GUY

[-] protist@mander.xyz 117 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It’s not unheard of during a general election campaign for opposing candidates to cross paths as they travel, especially given the compressed map that limits much of the campaign activity to a relative few states that will determine the Electoral College winner.

But also, what exactly is the AP doing here? The Trump campaign purposefully scheduled JD Vance to follow Harris to all these places after she released her schedule. They're not just "crossing paths as they travel," he's literally following her

PS What is Trump even doing this week? Is Vance campaigning alone now?

If you're poor, or non-white, they call that "stalking"

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[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Trump is too old to keep up with Kamala's schedule. And he hates the photos of the same venue really full for Kamala and half full for him, so he's avoiding the comparison like he's avoiding the debate. He hates being seen to lose. He's the world's sorest loser.

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[-] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

Vance, continuing his jocular jabbing, said he’d be more than willing to debate Harris on Aug. 13 “if she’d like to do a debate with me.” That was a matchup scheduled before Biden stepped down, meaning it would have put Vance and Harris on the same stage as vice presidential rivals.

Actually, I think it would be good to change the standard routine of having the VP candidates debate each other, to having them debate the opposing presidential candidates. Then we’d get to see the top-ticket candidates debate two opponents each, instead of just each other.

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[-] Veedem@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

Much better source without a bullshit headline. Thank you.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 month ago

Vance, continuing his jocular jabbing

Is that some new type of sectional I’ve never heard of?

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[-] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago
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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 222 points 1 month ago

Does...he realize she's the current Vice President and that's an Air Force plane? Dude rolls up on it like he's about to do a panty raid.

Or does he realize it, and just have that little respect for the office he's running for and its current occupant?

[-] ninjabard@lemmy.world 88 points 1 month ago

Please let him find out how quickly he can placed on a no fly list.

[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 61 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's a photo op, he had no direct intention to board and was likely surprised he made it as far as he did.

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 61 points 1 month ago

He wanted a photo op of himself looking impotent and awkward? Maybe he's as weird as they say.

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 178 points 1 month ago

What the fuck is wrong with that guy

[-] FiremanEdsRevenge@lemmy.world 107 points 1 month ago
[-] comador@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago

While searching for Dolphin porn fetishes.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago

He's weird.

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[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 155 points 1 month ago

I've said it before I'll say it again. Of all the Republican weirdness in recent years, I truly don't understand why they seem to have made a conscious decision to become the biggest-asshole-in-the-room party.

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 72 points 1 month ago

In recent years? brother they’ve been the “biggest asshole in the room” party since at least Nixon; they just have to keep outdoing themselves

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 month ago

It used to be that those guys were on the fringes of the party. Nixon was a crook, but he established the EPA and OSHA. That was just a normal thing for a Republican to do in the 1970s.

The GOP is a big tent party, and so they've always had room for the extreme right wing. These days, the tent is getting smaller, and unless you're an out-and-out fascist you're not really welcome. Unfortunately, half the country feels a stronger tie to that party than to their country, so they're squeezing into that smaller tent.

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[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago

Because it works. Acting like a childish bully still gets the adoration from the “peaked in high school” MAGA voter base.

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[-] Cheems@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

They represent people that are also actively trying to be the biggest assholes in the room

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[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 132 points 1 month ago

So the party with a history of inciting vigilante violence storms a VPs airplane and isn't shot dead by secret service.

Is there an issue with the secret service actually doing their job, or do they just give Republicans a pass?

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[-] secundnature@lemmy.world 95 points 1 month ago
[-] DeepThought42@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

Yes, very weird.

[-] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 95 points 1 month ago

He's lying. He didn't go on that plane to see her. The weirdo was going to take a look to see if her plane had any couches. He was feeling a little frisky.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 30 points 1 month ago

He really wanted a seat in the Mile High club

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[-] scytale@lemm.ee 79 points 1 month ago

Probably wanted to cop a feel on those high-end cushioned seats on an AF1 plane.

[-] teft@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago

They should spray the furniture down in case he had his way with anything. Also check for bugs because I wouldn't put it past those jackasses to try and spy on the VP.

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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 64 points 1 month ago

Its amazing to see how fast and far the democratic party managed an absolute loss around into a nearly absolute win. Same for Trump and co conspirators, about a mo th ago they were on for an absolute win and now he's continuously cutting the tree branch he's sitting on...

Just do not be mistaken though. I fully expect Harris to win with a land slide but that matters not. Various states WILL sabotage the election z refuse to respect the democratic votes from the people, and just send Republicans as winners for that state. Trump too will try another coup, and I think it's not unfair to expect that coup to be bigger and more violent than the January 6 coup. Come to think of it, it's insane that trump still hasn't been convicted for that one.

[-] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 month ago

Vote like your life depends on it. When you've solved that problem, then you get to dealing with Donnie's second go at an attempted coup. One thing at a time.

"You solve the first problem. Then you solve the next. And the next. And if you solve enough problems then you get to go home." - Mark Watney.

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[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 61 points 1 month ago

Vance, continuing his jocular jabbing, said he’d be more than willing to debate Harris on Aug. 13 “if she’d like to do a debate with me.” That was a matchup scheduled before Biden stepped down, meaning it would have put Vance and Harris on the same stage as vice presidential rivals.

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

Not that I think she should, but she would slap him down so hard. She's a former district attorney. He... co-wrote a book which was full of lies.

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago
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[-] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 1 month ago

“I want to talk to people who have no interest in talking to me, so I’m going to hang out by their vehicle for a while,” said definitely not creepy and stalkerish JD Vance.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago

So you're telling me the Secret Service learned nothing from a couple of weeks ago.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

My guess is that they combined security envelopes to prevent mistakes happening from bad communication and overlapping containment.

The planes were on the same tarmac, which was probably locked down tight- though as one of the protected persons he had access.

I find it funny this limp chode thinks he’d do better debating Harris over Walz.

Proverbially speaking, Walz would feed him through a wood chipper. Harris would feed him through a wood chipper feeding a mulch spreader and then set the field on fire just to be sure.

‘Course, he could be trying to take one for the team. You know, keep her away from the pedophile rapist.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 45 points 1 month ago

I know the article says:

J.D. Vance briskly marched up to Air Force 2

But I can't be the only one picturing a Naruto run.

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[-] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

Almost as awkward as his conversation with Mamaw. If only he would've learned from her

"I'll never forget the time I convinced myself that I was gay. I was eight or nine, maybe younger, and I stumbled upon a broadcast by some fire-and-brimstone preacher. The man spoke about the evils of homosexuals, how they had infiltrated our society, and how they were all destined for hell absent some serious repenting. At the time, the only thing I knew about gay men was that they preferred men to women. This described me perfectly: I disliked girls, and my best friend in the world was my buddy Bill. Oh no, I'm going to hell."

When he brought up the issue with his grandmother — known to Vance as "Mamaw" — she replied bluntly: "Don't be a fucking idiot, how would you know that you're gay?"

When Vance explained his reasoning, she laughed.

"JD, do you want to suck dicks?" she said, according to the book.

The young Vance, apparently "flabbergasted," said: "Of course not!"

"Then you're not gay. And even if you did want to suck dicks, that would be okay," she replied. "God would still love you."

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 month ago

There are gay men who don't like sucking dicks too, meemaw.

Just like there are straight women who don't like it.

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[-] ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago

How do the secret service decide who to put to the ground if it had become tense? By rank?

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 31 points 1 month ago

They definitely have a color chart, they're cops too.

[-] Somethingcheezie@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure sitting VP out ranks all but sitting president

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[-] rarbg@lemmy.zip 41 points 1 month ago

J.D. Vance Awkwardly Retreats After Weird Attempt to Storm Harris’ Empty Plane

ftfy

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[-] root@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

Lol, weird.

[-] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

Weird little brother energy.

[-] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 37 points 1 month ago

He was just checking out the upholstery situation on Air Force 2.

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[-] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 31 points 1 month ago

USSS Agent A:

Sir we have a Couch Fucker Situation.

USSS Agent B:

Jesus Christ, that weird bastard again?

Agent A:

sighs Yes. He's walking towards the plane with his chest puffed out. Is he supposed to be doing this? They know they have the Service trainees and the normal agents hate them, right? He's literally out in the open on a wide open tarmac walking towards an empty plane putting himself and the agents at risk.

Agent B:

I should have retired and not have to deal with this namby pamby bullshit. I'll go down and deal with his stupidity.

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