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12. It shines a spotlight on his hypocrisy

Mon Aug 12, 2024, 04:39 PM

Aug 2024

Vance introduced the so-called Protect Children’s Innocence Act, which seeks to criminalize gender-affirming care for minors, and his efforts to erase LGBTQ+ identities from the U.S. census. Vance has also introduced the Passport Sanity Act, which aims to ban the use of “X” gender markers on U.S. passports, and has repeatedly spread false rhetoric about LGBTQ+ issues, including labeling those who oppose anti-LGBTQ+ legislation as “groomers.”

https://www.advocate.com/election/trump-jd-vance-drag-photo

EXPLAINER: Drag queens and how they got pulled into politics
https://apnews.com/article/government-and-politics-a26e7eee15df0bbc2bb98071b683b1f4

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Second Photo Alleged to Show JD Vance in Drag Posted Online [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 OP

And he's workin' it Walleye Aug 2024 #1

Leaked by a Trumpist to justify throwing him displacedvermoter Aug 2024 #2

Plausable SilasSouleII Aug 2024 #39

Possibly...but then Trump would have to admit being horribly wrong. n/t Bengus81 Aug 2024 #63

So the reason he's gotten somewhere in life is that someone has something on him? bucolic_frolic Aug 2024 #3

Crushed by Eyeliner displacedvermoter Aug 2024 #66

Help me out. I love REM but don't get the reference. MMBeilis Aug 2024 #78

From Monster - Crush With Eyeliner (in re: JD Vance and his alleged use thereof) displacedvermoter Aug 2024 #82

Thanks. I'll be in my rabbit hole the rest of the week listening to Monster. MMBeilis Aug 2024 #92

My favorite REM album displacedvermoter Aug 2024 #93

Stolen Velour (image) Ramsey Barner Aug 2024 #4

Some things are so horrible you can never unsee them DBoon Aug 2024 #10

Not sure claudette Aug 2024 #5

The Republican party, including Shady Vance, preaches against this. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2024 #6

I know they're against claudette Aug 2024 #8

It shines a spotlight on his hypocrisy Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2024 #12

Yes. Terrible claudette Aug 2024 #14

Good grief Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #16

That was taken claudette Aug 2024 #19

When he was in law school, so more recently nt TommyT139 Aug 2024 #27

It has nothing whatsoever... GiqueCee Aug 2024 #31

By your and his logic, someone at Yale is to be shielded from the iron-fisted laws he wants to introduce. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2024 #45

That is NOT what I said or mean claudette Aug 2024 #46

He wants to deny his Yale behaviour to people who have a real need to transition Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2024 #49

Agree he's horrible claudette Aug 2024 #56

He wants to squeeze public trans people every way possible while he plays at cross-dressing. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2024 #57

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2024 #38

Here is the problem, as described by LGBTQ mag "Advocate" BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 #17

So that claudette Aug 2024 #21

Since he is young, it wasn't that far "in the past". BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 #24

Some people more equal than others? He wants to make his party dressing illegal as public behaviour. Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2024 #47

He wants to make claudette Aug 2024 #48

He wants to make it illegal to do in public what he does in parties. He and Ghouliani (another famous crossdresser).nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2024 #50

Have you even looked at Project 2025 and what they want to do to this country - TBF Aug 2024 #80

He isn't wearing the costume now. Is he? claudette Aug 2024 #88

Non-responsive. nt TBF Aug 2024 #90

You know drag is a costume, yes? Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2024 #26

We do... TommyT139 Aug 2024 #29

It's his hyper-moralism that says Do As I Say, Not As I Do. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2024 #44

Imagine you are homophobic and you can't stand seeing anyone in drag. BlueWavePsych Aug 2024 #13

It was obviously a party johnnyfins Aug 2024 #34

Agree claudette Aug 2024 #35

Its not the "holloween coistumes", it's the hypocracy. SilasSouleII Aug 2024 #40

He gets to play at the edges but STRONGLY denies people w real need to transition. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2024 #43

I think it hurts him because Torchlight Aug 2024 #72

What I'm saying is claudette Aug 2024 #73

Yes. There are many things to use against him. This being one of them. Torchlight Aug 2024 #74

I'm done claudette Aug 2024 #75

He's 39 years old & was in law school in his early 20's. TBF Aug 2024 #81

Again claudette Aug 2024 #83

But that is not the point - the point is that in doing so he is mocking TBF Aug 2024 #85

It is not claudette Aug 2024 #87

Hypocritica HarrisWalz2024 Aug 2024 #9

For the purpose of pointing out hypocrisy Prairie Gates Aug 2024 #22

And all the denials about him currently wearing eye liner are less believable Renew Deal Aug 2024 #37

It's the hypocrisy of fascist requirement to conform vs his personal non-conformity Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2024 #42

Its damaging politically. voris820 Aug 2024 #58

If he did this now in TN Farmer-Rick Aug 2024 #67

Privately claudette Aug 2024 #70

If he was doing any kind of performance while in drag Farmer-Rick Aug 2024 #89

It was probably his finest hour Warpy Aug 2024 #7

We knew that already, but now the magas have to face it SilasSouleII Aug 2024 #41

looks like a groomer to me moonshinegnomie Aug 2024 #11

This is nothing to MAGA. But when those pictures come out of him at a library, he's gone! BamaRefugee Aug 2024 #15

What is the deal with pulling the front of the wig all the way down to his eyebrows? tanyev Aug 2024 #18

Vance is a drag on the ticket Pototan Aug 2024 #20

Vance Is A Hypocrite Baron2024 Aug 2024 #23

Well this is better than their dull AF politics driven phony personalities? Brainfodder Aug 2024 #25

In that second photo he has a real "come hither" look. Lunabell Aug 2024 #28

Dreaming of his next love BattleRow Aug 2024 #32

He doth protest too much, methinks. StarryNite Aug 2024 #30

Another report describes Tim Walz as "folksy". The question is, can "folksy" beat "foxy"? /nt progree Aug 2024 #33

MAGA patriots must boycott the election in protest IronLionZion Aug 2024 #36

Did he ever get a date? OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 #51

Does this have anything to do the supposed Iran hack? tulipsandroses Aug 2024 #52

You can tell he thinks he's pretty 🤣 BlueKota Aug 2024 #53

slay queen slay AlexSFCA Aug 2024 #54

One thing about drumpf JoseBalow Aug 2024 #55

that is one cheap-ass wig NJCher Aug 2024 #59

Yep! It looks like it's right out of Dollar Tree! LeftInTX Aug 2024 #71

Drag or Nazi uniforms or blackface, Halloween always exposes the kinks. ZonkerHarris Aug 2024 #60

Men who claudette Aug 2024 #84

And here I was thinking I was going to see him dressed up as a couch. royable Aug 2024 #61

Hmmm ... BlueWavePsych Aug 2024 #62

He's no Ed Wood, that's for damn sure. Crowman2009 Aug 2024 #64

i dunno... i see this is stupid frat boy party antics.. samnsara Aug 2024 #65

The problem is this - BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 #69

It's a rite of passage at Wisconsin - TBF Aug 2024 #86

It had only come out a couple years before I saw it in college BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 #91

Agree claudette Aug 2024 #76

That's literally what drag is. It's just a costume. NYC Liberal Aug 2024 #77

The big question is: what will he wear to the debate? FSogol Aug 2024 #68

Aaaaaand the only reason anybody cares.... Mysterian Aug 2024 #79