Do you care if J.D. Vance, Trump's V.P. pick, is LGBTQ+?

@TheHorse (220245)
Walnut Creek, California
August 14, 2024 9:55am CST
OK, so these pictures of J.D. Vance in drag have come out. So far as I know, he was in Law School at the time. In all honesty, I don't give a rat's ass if Vance is transgender, or whatever. But I would like to see his policies be consistent with his lifestyle. Does he support the gay community? I think not. He is Donald Trump's V.P. pick. As Michael Cohen points out in this video, what is repugnant is not having an "alternative" lifestyle. What is repugnant is criticizing those who share your lifestyle in service of your political career. What are your thoughts?
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (69010)
• United States
14 Aug
It might bother the MAGA cult. The fact that he’s part of the MAGA cult is what bothers me about him.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (69010)
• United States
14 Aug
@TheHorse — if he did he wouldn’t be on the ticket. There’s no room for telling the emperor he has no clothes, or if he does it’s a brown shirt.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug
@FourWalls I think he really said something like that a few years ago.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug
But is he really? He compared Trump to Hitler.
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (120122)
• United States
14 Aug
I don't think it was Vance in "drag". He was wearing regular clothes and no makeup other than his guyliner. It wasn't even a real wig. George Santos as "Kitara Ravache" was drag. I think it was just JD wearing a costume or something. There are a lot of things to legitimately attack him for but that I don't think that picture is one of them. I'm more offended by the "childless cat ladies" comment and saying that forcing a woman impregnated by rape to have a baby is an "inconvenience".
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug
In the end, I don't care. I care about policy.
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (120122)
• United States
14 Aug
@TheHorse Same. Drag doesn't offend me. LGBTQ doesn't offend me. Taking away a woman's right to control her body does. Saying that people with children deserve more votes than I do does.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug
@NJChicaa Yeah. That's some weird stuff.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
15 Aug
I do not dislike him for playing dress up, and doing it poorly. I dislike his wishy washy flip flops and his rudeness, etc. etc.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug
He's a weird guy.
Amber
@AmbiePam (93898)
• United States
14 Aug
It’s not drag. I don’t know that I care anymore about anything. Let’s just get to the election to see what hellish regime will be the one to drag us through mud in the next four years. But then, I’m being optimistic, aren’t I.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug
We've recovered pretty well in the last four years. Even if the price of bacon is still a bit high. I bought Canadian bacon instead the other day. I hope the trend continues.
Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
14 Aug
My maiden name is Vance, could be a shirt-tail relative! lol
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug
Heh. I am a distant relative of Robert E. Lee. But it may be by marriage. I have no clue.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug
@kobesbuddy Well Boy Howdy! Maybe we're all related!
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Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
14 Aug
@TheHorse My great grandma Robertson, was a shirt-tail cousin to Abe Lincoln's mother:)
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
15 Aug
I pretty much agree with @FourWalls. Have a great day.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (69010)
• United States
15 Aug
@TheHorse — especially about John Prine.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug
@FourWalls He is something else. But Greg Brown and James McMurtry are pretty good as well.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug
I often agree with @FourWalls.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (47667)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
15 Aug
Right!
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug
He's an odd duck.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (182193)
• United States
15 Aug
I guess I would rather see him in drag..than dressed as a brownshirt.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug
Me too.
much2say
@much2say (56057)
• Los Angeles, California
14 Aug
He can wear make-up, wear a dress and high heel pumps . . . I wouldn't care either. But from what I understand, he has anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-women policies .
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much2say
@much2say (56057)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Aug
@TheHorse Hmm . . . possible. But my gut feeling in this case is he is not part of a particular "community". That being said, I do think he is doing whatever it takes to bump up his political career.
The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug
Everyone talks about Donald Trump's "projection. But there's another interesting Freudian defense mechanism called "reaction formation." But I really don't care either.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (108144)
• Marion, Ohio
14 Aug
Who knows but he needs to quit putting people down for being the same
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug
Agreed.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (61633)
• Centralia, Washington
14 Aug
That would be hilarious if true.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug
He seems like a slightly odd dude. But I don't care if he's "gender-confused" in this way or that. I just care about policy.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342077)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Aug
Surely people get up to all sorts of out-of-character pranks when they're going through university, etc. I don't think I'd be attaching too much importance to it.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug
I don't either. I wonder what old pictures of me political enemies would find if I were running for public office. I was Rabbi Big Bird one Halloween.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Aug
@JudyEv I agree.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342077)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Aug
@TheHorse People pick up on these things as if they're really important. They are insignificant really.
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Mike
@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
15 Aug
I don't know what Trumps views are on the gay thing or the other gender issues. If he doesn't support something as basic as gay marriage then having a VP who maybe isn't 100% straight is a bit strange. Also, if you're not 100% straight why support someone who doesn't like you?? I only comment on the gay stuff not any gender related things as I have other views on those.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
15 Aug
Vance may have mentioned some early gay/straight issues in his book. But I have not read it.
Jim Bauer
@porwest (92589)
• United States
14 Aug
I saw the pictures, and I think anyone who saw them would have the common sense RIGHT AWAY to recognize these are NOT drag pictures. These are NOT Vance pretending to be a woman because he WANTS to be a woman. It is costume, and that seems quite evident at even a DISTANT glance. What comes to mind INSTANTLY for me when I see these pictures is frat party, initiation, or Halloween. And that's all it is.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug
Yeah, as I said. the photos don't really bother me. Did you read Vance's book? I admit that I have not.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Aug
@porwest it was recommended to me by friends. But I was overwhelmed at the time.
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Jim Bauer
@porwest (92589)
• United States
14 Aug
@TheHorse I have not.
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