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Summary

JD Vance claimed pro-Ukraine protesters harassed him and his daughter in Cincinnati, but demonstrators say they merely passed him en route to a protest.

Video shows a civil exchange where Vance defended U.S. withdrawal from Ukraine aid, contradicting Trump’s stance on Russia’s invasion.

Critics accused Vance of using his child to deflect backlash over his role in a heated Oval Office meeting with Zelensky.

Protests against his Ukraine policy continue as Russia escalates attacks, with demonstrations held in Washington, D.C., and Europe.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hey does anybody know whose kid is in the stroller and how old they are? Guessing between maybe 2-4 years old, and prob with a father who wasn’t exactly leading his best life as protestors impugned his integrity (not simply debated genuine views), but who knows

https://youtu.be/_FRXD7aG3XU

I’ll watch again and try to use context clues to figure this out… maybe someone mentions the age

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

And it should happen every time he leaves his house or goes outside.

If he uses his 3 y/o as a sheild that's just more pathetic

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Someone who chose to go into politics, chose to be confrontational, chose to exploit people …. Surprised that people are unhappy with his choices? (Where’s that shocked pikachu face meme when you need it?)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

are these the same people who ate cats and dogs?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Like anyone can get within 300 feet of Vance without permission. Ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly, like the US Secret fucking Service would just let anyone "chase" the sitting Vice President around lmfao.

What a stupid lie for him to tell, but most of the conservative base will still eat it up because they're too politically uninformed to realize the premise of what he's saying is impossible.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

He should stop whining and think about thousands of Ukrainian children kidnapped and brainwashed in Russia. That is much more stressful than one child and their couch-fucking creepy daddy, to face some protesters.

What a douchebag.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

he is such a try hard. What a douchy loser.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Glad someone's confronting republicans on Ukraine. No one we elected will.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Serious question: when does he start having a decoy child lookalike so he can always have a child with him 24/7 so he can continually say he's being harassed with his daughter.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Sucks to suck

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago

Vance, in tears, asked his daughter if they could go home to mommy where there weren't any scary people asking why he is Putin's bitch

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

The consensus is that the next Luigi has to be a white heterosexual man and a veteran or active military, hopefully even conservative

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This comment is under moderation.

Oh wait this is Lemmy not Reddit. My bad

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

"Don't hit him he got kids with him my apologies"

[–] [email protected] 52 points 3 weeks ago

The kid should know that daddy is making other little boys and girls die because he can't steal from their country.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

This is the price of being a politician and being a complete P.O.S. one at that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Aw poor baby. You cannot convince me that this chubby man child doesn’t wear eyeliner

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

not a good enough protest if he can talk about it

[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So Vance just so happened to be "walking his daughter" near a group of Ukrainian protestors? The secret service didn't have the capability to look down the street he wanted to walk down and say "maybe we should take another route"?

Or did he purposely take his young daughter near a polite-looking group of protestors just so he could have a low-risk confrontation as fuel to demonize his detractors online?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I hope to God she was wearing a leash for everyone's safety.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

I hope it was attached to someone more competent than her father. Like a roomba.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

I'd prefer his version of events, honestly. Why do these fuckers ever get a moment of peace? Life should be made as difficult as possible for them, for every facet that we still have control over.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

JD joins the Elon club of using his children as human shields.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Guess daddy should watch his mouth a little better then

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Just Fucking Dumb should think about the 3-year old Ukrainian children dealing with the shit from Russia.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Using your child as a shield for bad policy decisions? That’s a new low, JD.

🐱

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

What new low? The Dipship already did that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's starting to sound like he's aiming for Ted Cruz's level of dipshittery.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But not using them as a literal shield yet, so he needs to work harder.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

He still doesn't want to stoop to musk's level there

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