Despite lobbing the same questions at Tim Walz, J.D. Vance lost it when pressed about his own military service.
Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance seems perfectly happy to dish out criticism of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz over his military record, but he just can’t take it.
Vance blew up at CNN anchor Brianna Keilar on Thursday, after she called Vance an “imperfect messenger” to criticize Walz over his military service.
“At what point did military service become a liability?” Keilar asked rhetorically on CNN’s Inside Politics. “I also think that J.D. Vance as a messenger on this may be an imperfect messenger.”
Vance served a single four-year enlistment in the public affairs section in the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, and according to his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, the Republican nominee was “lucky to escape any real fighting.” Still, that hasn’t stopped Vance from accusing Walz, who served with the Army National Guard for 24 years, of exiting the service before his unit was deployed to Iraq.
"We’ve heard the back and forths about military service from the two campaigns. Now the Halliburton Champagne, a mid-level ($100-200k) couch, that served with JD Vance in Iraq is ready to weigh in. ‘I just couldn’t stand back and watch all of this conversation without weighing in on my interactions with Vance.’ Overall, Vance and HC spent a lot of time together. ‘It’s amazing, I can’t even believe it. I’ve been so lucky in terms of that whole world, it is a dangerous world out there. It’s like Vietnam, sort of. It is my personal Vietnam. I feel like a great and very brave solider. JD was not really my type but I was called to serve so someone could make $97000 selling a couch to the government.’
Overall, HC hopes that JD has learned more about consent since that time. Asked if HC would vote for Vance, ‘Unfortunately, I am unable to vote in the US. But if I could, why would I vote for that man? It was seriously my vietnam.’"