{"id":1049319,"date":"2024-07-30T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1049319"},"modified":"2024-10-29T14:05:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T18:05:40","slug":"jds-weakest-moment-historically-unpopular-vp-candidate-attacked-the-goat-simone-biles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/jds-weakest-moment-historically-unpopular-vp-candidate-attacked-the-goat-simone-biles\/","title":{"rendered":"JD\u2019s Weakest Moment: Historically Unpopular VP Candidate Attacked the GOAT Simone Biles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After the USA women\u2019s gymnastics team took home the gold medal in Paris today, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile the rest of the country is celebrating the USA women\u2019s gymnastics team\u2019s performance at the Olympics, JD Vance is facing his weakest moment<\/a> amid a gaffe-filled roll-out that has left him as the most unpopular VP pick in decades. Three years ago, Vance was called out on Fox News after choosing to attack Simone Biles and saying she shouldn\u2019t be praised for putting her health first. Today, everything the American people are learning about Vance is making it obvious that he is an out-of-touch creep who is more focused on tearing Americans down than bringing the country together \u2013 and is in no position to be talking about anyone else\u2019s \u2018weakest moments.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FLASHBACK: JD Vance attacked Olympic legend Simone Biles and said she shouldn\u2019t be praised for her \u201cweakest moments.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cFox News Host Calls Out J.D. Vance for Saying Simone Biles Shouldn\u2019t Be Praised\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019ve tried to turn a very tragic moment, Simone Biles quitting the Olympic team, into this act of heroism, and I think it reflects pretty poorly on our sort of therapeutic society<\/strong> that we try to praise people, not for moments of strength, not for moments of heroism, but for their weakest moments <\/strong>\u2026 It\u2019s a shame that she quit. But instead, what our press has done, I think, is turn this into this weird therapeutic moment, \u2018let’s praise her for doing this,\u2019 and I think that\u2019s really where the problem here lies.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance\u2019s first two weeks as Donald Trump\u2019s running mate have been a complete disaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vox<\/a>: \u201cJ.D. Vance has made it impossible for Trump to run away from Project 2025\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Republic<\/a>: \u201cProject 2025 Leader Is Overjoyed by Trump\u2019s Vice Presidential Pick\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance said in 2022 he \u2018would like abortion to be illegal nationally\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s not just \u2018cat ladies\u2019: JD Vance has a history of disparaging people without kids\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cVance argued for higher tax rate on childless Americans in 2021 interview\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance doubles down on ‘childless cat ladies’ dig: ‘I’ve got nothing against cats’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cVance urged DOJ to enforce Comstock Act, crack down on abortion pills\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cSome House Republicans slam Vance as Trump\u2019s VP pick: \u2018The worst choice\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cRepublican senators divided over Trump sticking with Vance\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cSome Republicans express buyer\u2019s remorse over Vance VP pick\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Republic<\/a>: \u201cIs J.D. Vance the Worst Vice Presidential Pick Ever?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cVance confronts upheaval and uncertainty in first 10 days as Trump\u2019s running mate\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance is making history as the most disliked VP nominee our country has seen in decades \u2013 and Americans don\u2019t think he\u2019s ready to lead.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance Is the Least Liked VP Nominee in Decades, According to Polls\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJD Vance is the first non-incumbent vice presidential nominee to have a net-negative favorable rating after a convention since 1980, according to poll numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salon<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Making history in the completely wrong way\u2019: JD Vance is really unpopular and \u2018dragging Trump down\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is making history as Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 running mate, but not in the way that the Trump campaign had hoped. According to a CNN survey taken after the Republican National Convention, Vance has an approval rating of -6 points, making him the first vice presidential nominee to enter the general election with a negative rating since 1980.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Frankly, I don\u2019t really understand the pick, and apparently neither do the American voters,\u2019 CNN data analyst Harry Enten said on Tuesday’s OutFront with Erin Burnett. Vance, he said, is \u2018dragging Trump down.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cNearly four in 10 people do not believe Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, is ready for the presidency if necessary, according to a new survey.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe poll also found that one-third (33 percent) were not sure if Vance was ready for the presidency or not. This is a possible sign that the Hillbilly Elegy author, who has been a senator for less than two years, still needs to raise his national political profile since being named as the Republican vice presidential nominee.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has already been suggested that Trump may have made a mistake in picking Vance as his 2024 running mate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the USA women\u2019s gymnastics team took home the gold medal in Paris today, DNC Rapid Response Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement:  \u201cWhile the rest of the country is celebrating the USA women\u2019s gymnastics team\u2019s performance at the Olympics, JD Vance is facing his weakest moment amid a gaffe-filled roll-out that has left […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1049319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJD\u2019s Weakest Moment: Historically Unpopular VP Candidate Attacked the GOAT Simone Biles - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/jds-weakest-moment-historically-unpopular-vp-candidate-attacked-the-goat-simone-biles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-30T18:04:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-29T18:05:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/jds-weakest-moment-historically-unpopular-vp-candidate-attacked-the-goat-simone-biles\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/jds-weakest-moment-historically-unpopular-vp-candidate-attacked-the-goat-simone-biles\/\",\"name\":\"JD\u2019s Weakest Moment: Historically Unpopular VP Candidate Attacked the GOAT Simone Biles - 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