JD Vance Slips Gross Jeffrey Epstein Comparison Into Harris Critique
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) made a truly sick comparison while attacking Vice President Kamala Harris on her economic policies over the weekend.
The embattled Republican candidate for vice president did nothing to assuage the weirdo accusations as he referenced infamous sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday.”
Trying to paint Harris as dangerously irresponsible when it comes to the nation’s finances, he told Fox News moderator Shannon Bream, “Giving Kamala Harris control over inflation policy, Shannon, it’s like giving Jeffrey Epstein control over human trafficking policy.”
Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while in jail awaiting trial on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges for sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls.
Blithely breezing past his repulsive dig, Vance added, “The American people are much smarter than that. They don’t buy the idea that Kamala Harris represents a fresh start.”
Bream barely blinked at the vile comment before continuing to press Vance on former president Donald Trump’s flailing poll numbers.
Interestingly, Trump and Vance found themselves linked to the late felon recently.
Last week, it was reported that the Republican candidates had been using a Gulfstream G-550 jet that once belonged to the disgraced financier.
The campaign chartered the aircraft from Private Jet Services Group after Trump’s go-to Boeing 757 began experiencing engine trouble earlier this month.
In a statement to the Miami Herald, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign claimed their operation had no idea the jet was connected to Epstein.
“The campaign had no awareness that the charter plane had been owned by Mr Epstein,” a Trump representative said in a statement. “We heard about the former owner through the media.”
Trump’s personal links to Epstein go back much further, however.
The pair reportedly ran in the same Palm Beach and New York social circles and were photographed together in 1997.
In a 2009 deposition reported on by The Washington Post, Epstein’s brother Mark Epstein claimed Trump had flown on Epstein’s airplane. Documents have been unable to corroborate that claim, however.
Trump spoke highly of Epstein for a 2002 New York magazine profile, telling the publication, “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with.”
During his term as president, Trump tried to distance himself from Epstein, however.
“I was not a fan,” he told reporters at a news conference in July 2019. “I had a falling out with him a long time ago.”
This article has been updated to provide additional information about Trump and Epstein’s relationship.
