JD Vance is now attacking Kamala Harris over a necklace she wore in a photo in a fundraising tweet

[highplainsdem]

They claim it's a $62,000 gold-link necklace from Tiffany's - it isn't - and their response to it, supposedly from Vance, is that it pisses him off. But there are lots of knockoffs for sale for much less...and in fact the Tiffany necklace they show is actually a choker, much shorter than the necklace Harris is wearing. Idiots.

Link to tweet

This is the Tiffany necklace they claim Harris is wearing...and if you look at the second photo, you'll see it's a choker:

https://www.tiffany.com/jewelry/necklaces-pendants/tiffany-hardwear-bold-graduated-link-necklace-72741978/

[dalton99a]

1. Idiot is desperate

[Bundbuster]

2. Shady V strikes out again

[enough]

3. Mistake.

[tanyev]

4. Gosh, he must be furious over how his running mate and family have enriched themselves.

[Walleye]

7. It was never by working their butt off, I guarantee it

[madaboutharry]

5. It doesn't even look the same.

The links are completely different.

They are idiots.

[royable]

18. Agreed.

On both counts.

[dsc]

28. Have to say I thought it was me

but they don't look the same. It is a nice necklace but it could well be plated not 24k. I have no idea frankly.

[electric_blue68]

36. Yup, links are different. Idjeets!

Eta
The links may be the same, or very close BUT they are Not Facing each other the same way!

[madaboutharry]

39. She is not wearing the necklace from Tiffany's.

It’s completely different. And J.D. Vance knows it. He is just a lowlife spreading a bullshit story that isn’t true.

And everyone knows how he loves telling bullshit stories that aren’t true!

[electric_blue68]

42. He's a... "Win- ah!", alright! Blargh!

[Walleye]

6. How many times a day does this man embarrass himself?

[oldtime dfl_er]

8. can someone find and post

that magazine cover of Melania dipping a fork into some diamond bracelets or whatever.

[sheshe2]

14. Here ya go.

[Clouds Passing]

41. Just her nails must have cost $62,000

[Irish_Dem]

56. Vance should get really angry at this picture.

[ms liberty]

25. Great memory!

[democrattotheend]

9. This is such BS

And it only happens to women politicians, on both sides. In 2008 the media spent a week talking about the cost of Sarah Palin's clothes without ever asking how much the suits McCain or Obama wore cost.

[spanone]

10. Fuck him.

[sinkingfeeling]

11. They're like toddlers with their finger pointing and name calling.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Trump paid $130,000 to have sex with a porn star.

I'd rather have a necklace.

[JI7]

23. I wish someone would ask them that.

to their fucking face

[durablend]

13. Doesn't he have a couch to impregnate?

[misanthrope]

15. And what has Vance built?

Vance found some tech bro who apparently has a crush on him to play sugar daddy for all of Vance's major life turns. How does that make him some wildcat maverick who bucked the trends by carving out his own niche?

[obamanut2012]

51. Bingo

Peter Thiel's closeness to Vance has always interested me, because it is legitimately weird.

[Retrograde]

16. They're similar designs

but the links look different to me.

Harris may not have built a company, but she did work hard to get where she is today, probably harder than this detractor. If she wants to spend her earned money on jewelry or high-end pots* that's her and her spouse's decision.

I wonder why we didn't hear from people like this on what Mel and Vanky wear - they'd probably think $62K was too cheap for them - assuming they'd actually pay for something.

*on one of Harris's first diplomatic trips to France she bought a cooking pot for ~$300. High-end, well made cookware isn't cheap, but it will outlast its owner - and maybe even her grandchildren. Of course the Trumpkins were in an uproar about her spending her own money.

[Bev54]

17. Umm don't care either way, she is married and it could be a gift and besides none

of his or anyone's fucking business. Trump just got gifted a rolex but it wasn't from a spouse.

[Submariner]

19. Bagged with Dijon mustard

It’s only a matter of time before she’s spotted with Dijon and her campaign is forced to throw in the towel and give up.

[BOSSHOG]

20. You go jd. Trump decided to wrap you around his neck

To show your base how cheap he is.

[Scrivener7]

21. What a weird thing to say. Such a creepy man.

[yardwork]

22. I just found one on Amazon for $18.99

It looks identical to the Tiffany one, but it's gold-plated. This is a popular style right now. Kamala's cost somewhere between $18.99 and $62,000.

Maybe Vance doesn't know that jewelry comes in different price points, depending on the materials and brand.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

24. Stop being so fucking weird, JD.

You must have some policy thing you'd like to talk about instead of "she's rich." Which is pretty funny from the Yale educated lawyer who also never created a business or worked his butt off.

[haele]

26. I can find a similar high quality necklace in solid 24k gold on Amazon for $2k.

Which for a quality gold chain of that size is reasonable.
It's not that unique a design.
If you buy a chunky chain from Tiffanys, you're paying a markup of 10x just for the name.

My great aunt, a major executive's wife in NYC during the 40's and 50's, never bought her bling from Tiffanys; she'd go down to the area near the Madison Square Garden where the jewelry wholesalers were early in the morning and get a considerable discount on big name jewelers.

Haele

[cyclonefence]

27. It was a gift from Harlan Crow nt

[Eliot Rosewater]

29. Insult my wife like this and I might have to slap that shit off your ugly face...punk

I mean if someone slapped one of these fascist nazis...etc

[fierywoman]

30. 1. Could this have been photoshopped? (I don't have the knowledge to know) and 2. I've noticed

that for decades, she always wears pearls --- different sizes, different colors, but pearls.

[yardwork]

33. It's not the Tiffany version of the necklace.

This style of necklace is available from around $15 and up, depending on whether it's gold plated, solid gold, etc.

[appmanga]

31. If only she had a rich husband...

...who might have bought her something like this as a gift. Everybody doesn't have a Peter Theil who can buy them.

[Irish_Dem]

55. I was thinking the same, maybe it is a gift from Doug.

He had a lucrative law practice in California.

[Takket]

32. this might come as a shock to some people but there are knockoffs made of some jewlery too.....

not saying she's wearing a knockoff, but anything is possible.

[Wicked Blue]

34. JD should go hump a couch

[Hugin]

35. Hey, JD...

Pointing out the jewelry worn by certain minority ethnic and religious groups is next level “isms”.

But, you wouldn’t understand that being a fascist.

Cool it, you fucking Nazi.

[Prairie Gates]

37. Desperate and flailing...this is the best they have?

[Sean Andalou]

38. Analysis: It's just the sort of thing ...

... he thinks would impress Democrats.

He doesn't know us very well.

[liberal N proud]

44. Truth is, the entire MAGA doesn't know us very well

They assume we only repeat the party rhetoric just as they do. They don’t know!

[UpInArms]

40. Squirrel!

The $100-million Penthouse Where Donald Trump’s Family Lives in New York City

Located on Fifth Avenue in New York City and decorated with 24-karat gold and marble features in the style of Louis XIV, the Trump family's three-story penthouse includes a dedicated elevator to take Trump to his office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower.

Although Trump campaigned on the idea of making the country “great again” for working Americans, his big city digs are anything but average in a country where the median household income was $51,939 in 2014. The penthouse, valued at $100 million, is decked out with large chandeliers and plush furnishings, while gold trimmings line the space—from the ceilings and moldings to trays and glasses.

It costs New York City more than $1 million each day to protect the area around the building.

[liberal N proud]

43. They love to create outrage where there is none to deflect from the real outrage

Because real outrage would be directed at them.

[mzmolly]

45. Macy's sells the same one

for $75 bucks.

That said, why is a wealthy black woman offensive to the hillbilly?

[Disaffected]

46. The asshat Vance thinks

$62,000 is equivalent to Two months wages?? Does he think Harris makes $31,000 per month?

In any case, for reasons already stated above, it's an idiotic claim all 'round.

[Ms. Toad]

47. You might want to read the description of the necklace.

Regardless of the picture, the necklace is 19" - which is not a choker.

(I'm not saying that it is the necklace Harris is wearing - just that you can't determine the length of a necklace by the image.)

[highplainsdem]

60. I'd seen someone on Twitter replying to one of a number of threads about the necklace mention

that it was a choker and post the Tiffany photo of it there. I couldn't quickly find her reply again when posting the OP, so I looked for the necklace ad on the Tiffany website and posted the URL, after seeing the same photo advertising it. But I didn't check the length.

If the photo advertising a necklace conflicts with the length given, I'd assume one was wrong, but there's no way to know for certain without checking into it more.

[mucholderthandirt]

48. Not even close. She's wearing a typical "chain" necklace, not like that Tiffany one at all.

What a moron. Like, even if she had that Tiffany one I wouldn't vote for her? Maybe his wife, or other weird conservative women would fall for this, but dude. Weird, much?

[Kid Berwyn]

49. If FBI thought like that, they mighta caught Charles McGonigal.

But, no.

Did the FBI’s Charles McGonigal Help Throw the 2016 Election to Trump?

The shocking indictments against the former head of counterintelligence for the FBI in New York raise many dark questions.

Craig Unger
The New Republic, February 1, 2023

In the course of writing two books on Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, the same question occurred to me again and again: How is it possible that I knew all sorts of stuff about Donald Trump, and the FBI didn’t seem to have a clue? Or if they did, why weren’t they doing anything with it?

SNIP...

Much of my material came from FBI documents. A lot came from open-source databases. It made no sense. There was an astounding amount of data on the public record. The FBI had launched enormous investigations of the Russian mafia in the 1980s. They had staked out a New York electronics store that was a haven for KGB officers. They knew that’s where the Trump Organization bought hundreds of TV sets. They had their eyes on Ivankov and other Russian mobsters who were denizens of Trump’s casinos and bought and sold his condos through shell companies. They had to know that Trump laundered money for and provided a base of operations for the Russian mafia, which was, after all, a de facto state actor tied to Russian intelligence. They had to know that the Russians repeatedly bailed Trump out when he was bankrupt. They had to know that Russia owned him.

I’m well aware of the strict secrecy that accompanies ongoing investigations as a matter of procedure. But once the Mueller Report was finally released, it became crystal clear that Robert Mueller’s investigation dealt only with criminal matters, not counterintelligence. Trump had been thoroughly compromised by Russia and was a grave threat to national security. But the FBI wasn’t doing anything about it!

One reason for that may have been that on far too many occasions, FBI men in sensitive positions ended up on the take from the very people they were supposed to be investigating. And on January 23, a bomb dropped: We learned that the latest of these is Charles McGonigal, the former head of counterintelligence for the FBI in New York, who ended up working for billionaire oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a major target in the Trump Russia investigation. McGonigal was indicted in Manhattan on charges of money laundering, violating U.S. sanctions, and other counts relating to his alleged ties to Deripaska. He was also indicted in Washington, where he was accused of concealing $225,000 he allegedly received from a New Jersey man employed long ago by Albanian intelligence.

CONTINUES...

https://newrepublic.com/article/170328/charles-mcgonigal-throw-2016-election

[Vinca]

50. I noticed one of Trump's attorneys wearing a Coco Chanel brooch, no doubt paid for by Trump donors. So what?

If it did happen to be a Tiffany gold necklace - which I don't think it is - why does JD care? Maybe a loving husband gave her an extra special gift. JD should try that with Usha. Maybe she'd smile every so often.

[no_hypocrisy]

52. Oh, as opposed to Ivanka hawking her bracelet on Sixty Minutes . . . .

Ivanka Trump takes fire for hawking $10,800 bracelet worn on "60 Minutes"

President-elect Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka has long used her image as a style icon to help promote her fashion label.

But now that her father is headed to the White House, and Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner are members of Trump’s transition team, questions are being asked about whether it’s appropriate for her to use news interviews to promote her business.

Ivanka, her father and the rest of the family (except for 10-year-old Barron) appeared on “60 Minutes” Sunday. Ivanka was seated in the front row, wearing a $10,800 gold and diamond bracelet. On Monday, her company sent an email to fashion writers promoting the bracelet, mentioning its appearance on “60 Minutes” and showing a photo from the interview.

* * *

It was not the first time Ivanka received criticism for promoting her own brand on a political stage. Less than 12 hours after introducing her father at the Republican National Convention in July, she sent a tweet about the dress she wore, a $138 garment from her own line. It sold out within a day.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ivanka-trump-label-promotes-bracelet-after-60-minutes-interview/

[MorbidButterflyTat]

53. SO. WHAT.

So what if it is a necklace from Tiffany's? What business is it of his? Or anybody's?

JFC the way people offer explanations to that couch fucker makes me sick.

[SARose]

54. So what?

Why are we even talking about this? Who really cares?

Just another bunch of misogynist bull dookey.

That’s all they got? Jewelry? Seriously?

Weird, weird, weirdo, weirder than fing weird.

Pfftt

[themaguffin]

57. Vance does campaign ads from "his" average American kitchen, that's well, not his, because he lives in a mansion.

[Irish_Dem]

58. Has Vance bought his wife any jewelry?

[Conjuay]

59. Trump NEVER worked a day in his life

and look at his golden palace.