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[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 146 points 2 months ago

Yeah, it was so devastating for trump to mock vets. Completely lost that demographic. Cost him the election. Oh, wait.

[–] whereIsTamara@lemmy.org 91 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He’s not under fire for anything. “Liberal” media wants you to think this is gonna be something. Don’t believe the lie. Zero things will happen to him.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

He might get his junk snagged on another loose couch spring again. He really needs to get that fixed.

[–] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 54 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Vance knows better. His pre-VP quotes and his education show as much. Vance is a special kind of evil. He traded his conscience for power.

He’s also not Trump. The cultists won’t follow him to the same depths of depravity.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The mediocrity of Shady's existence will get him nowhere once he is no longer attached to the weird orange god that he prays to.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

His real god is the weird red one (theil)

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Like pedo, like couch fucker.

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm starting to think he has been ok with the couch fucking jokes because nobody is labelling him a pedo.

[–] Zidane@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's not safe for young couches

[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago

“Then, they shouldn’t call them ‘love seats’!” —Vance, probably

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't imagine old cracked leather would feel so good

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

A little bit of lube and even the crustiest gaping maw seems warm and inviting?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

“All publicity is good publicity”? No one is going to forget his name

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Under fire...

Republicans mock veterans every day and veterans and others who put stupid bumper stickers on their cars still vote for Republicans in droves.

None of this matters to then because he's got the hard R.

[–] Redditsux@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Vance is just another spineless asshole with no values. Typical lawyer.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't wish him dead. I wish him powerless and punished for his crimes.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Who said anything about dead

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Very few people who are on fire live long. Wishing someone on fire or dead is something he does daily. I have no urge to be anything like him.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wish for him to be treated the same way he treats others. And right now he’s doing a lot of anbducting and murdering.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I don't want to be like him.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

What, he thinks he can get away with it like Trump did?

[–] modus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I'm sure his career is over.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Mirroring the boss is a corporate thing. Completely normal. /s

[–] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Eat my ass you irredeemable cunt

[–] Hypnotoad_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

He's not worthy of your ass being eaten. Fucking pond scum

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

MAGA doesn't care. They have found their prince.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

It's nice that you think that, Vance has zero charisma. Without Peter Thiel, Vance would still be a nobody in Ohio with a different name, but still fucking couches.

Vance might be next in line if Trump dies, but that's literally the only way for him to sit in the big chair.

He's just as disposable to Trump as Pence was, and Trump who is jealous of power, has actually put in effort to keep anyone from being named heir apparent, because that would mean sharing even a scrap of power.

No, Trump will keep pitting his followers against each other until he dies, at which point he doesn't care if the world ends.

It's the reason his kids aren't involved in the administration this time around. If Trump is unwilling to share power with his own children, what chance does a spineless sack like Vance have?

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

.....says who? Literally never heard of one Republican criticizing him.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Literally all of them.

He's married to an Indian Hindu woman. MAGA isn't okay with that.

They constantly call him a race mixer. And worse.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

By this logic, MAGA now is anti-trump because he's threatened to take their guns multiple times now.

[–] whitecollarcry@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

'just dance' vance is mentally disabled himself and should put those rocks down before he's homeless (criminal)

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Disabled combat veteran had nothing to do with it, he just called her stupid.

The article is more demeaning than the quote.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth -3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

USians can't use archive.is anymore.

[–] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 5 points 2 months ago

We're all probably already on watchlists and the owner is running a botnet for reasons.

https://www.cathinfo.com/computers-and-technology/fbi-tries-to-unmask-owner-of-infamous-archive-is-site/

[–] Mister_Feeny@fedia.io 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Works fine for my USian self.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago

I really didn't care about being a part of that person's bonnet either, assuming their stated reasoning, for my own reasons; but if you're going to be on the watchlists and get locked up or killed, there are worthy protests about, if you are near any.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What an odd name for those from the US. Sounds like you're calling us citizens from the fictional country of Usea.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

America is more than the USA

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Which is fine, archive.org is better since the people running it aren't running a botnet.

It also has the way back machine that is also better.