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Vance hits critics of Sydney Sweeney ad campaign

UNITED STATES, AUG 2 – Vice President JD Vance criticized Democrats for calling Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle ad racist and cited a poll showing 71% of viewers found the campaign appealing, TMZ reported.

  • On Friday, Vice President J.D. Vance appeared on the Ruthless podcast to mock liberal outrage, saying `My political advice to the Democrats is continue to tell everybody who thinks Sydney Sweeney is attractive is a Nazi.`
  • Critics argue Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle campaign plays on a `jeans/genes` pun that critics say echoes eugenics rhetoric, sparking controversy over racial undertones in the Fall 2025 ad.
  • According to TMZ, 71% of respondents found the Sydney jean ad appealing, and sources close to American Eagle called the backlash `absurd`.
  • Amid the uproar, White House spokesman Steven Cheung called the backlash `cancel culture run amok`, and on July 29, Sen. Ted Cruz blasted critics on X.
  • Lizzo, singer and body-positive advocate, posted a satirical Instagram meme Thursday with her own denim look, captioning it `My jeans are black…` to mock Sydney Sweeney’s ad.
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Vice President JD Vance made fun this Friday of critics of the American Eagle jeans ad starring actress Sydney Sweeney, during an interview with Ruthless Podcast in which he pointed out to Democrats to push a political debate out of place. “My political advice to Democrats is to keep telling anyone who thinks Sydney Sweeney is attractive that he is a Nazi. That seems to be, seriously, his current strategy.

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HuffPost broke the news in United States on Friday, August 1, 2025.
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