JD Vance Blasted for 'Cheap Shot' at Joe Biden Ahead of 9/11 Anniversary
The vice president’s remarks drew immediate condemnation online as critics said he turned a solemn 9/11 commemoration into a political jab.
- During a White House press briefing Thursday, Vice President JD Vance sparked outrage by joking about former President Joe Biden while discussing the upcoming 25th anniversary ceremony of the Sept. 11 attacks.
- To ensure coverage at multiple sites, Vance and President Donald Trump decided as a team that Vance will attend the New York ceremony on Sept. 11, while Trump attends the Pentagon commemoration.
- The vice president remarked, "I'm sure that we'll have many, many intense intellectual conversations," while referring to Biden. Social media users criticized the remark, noting Biden is undergoing cancer treatment.
- Condemnation followed immediately, with former Obama official Tim Fullerton stating the comments "showed who he really is," while Missouri Democratic congressional candidate Fred Wellman called Vance a "pathetic worm of a man."
- Vance had previously argued that the "sense of commonality and common purpose that we all had on 9/11" is something the country should strive to regain, attempting to frame the anniversary as bipartisan.
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JD Vance slammed over ‘pathetic’ joke during 9/11 remarks: 'Worm of a man'
Vice President JD Vance sparked instant outrage Thursday by slipping a political joke into his remarks about attending the 25th anniversary ceremony of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.The moment unfolded while Vance hosted a White House press briefing, where he initially described the 9/11 ceremony as “an amazing honor” that he said he was “looking forward to.”“I think that sense of commonality and common purpose that we all had on 9/11, that’s s…
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Vice President JD Vance took a swipe at Joe Biden on Thursday while mocking how he expects his interaction with the former president will go when they see each other at the 25th commemoration of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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