JD Vance, vice presidential candidate and generally weird guy, made a recent appearance on the YouTube show of Shawn Ryan where he defended the honor of Elon Musk. Strangely, Vance insisted that if European countries arenât nicer to the billionaire owner of X, the U.S. shouldnât support the NATO alliance.
Vance told Ryan he forgot âexactly which official it was within the European Union,â who had been mean to Musk, but said the regulator âsent Elon this threatening letter that basically said, âWeâre going to arrest you if you platform Donald Trump, who by the way is the likely next president of the United States.'â
Vance appears to be thinking of Thierry Breton, a European regulator, sent Musk a letter back in August. Breton was concerned about the way extremist content has been promoted recently on X, though he didnât threaten to arrest Musk. Vance insisted all of this amounted to censorship, a word he doesnât seem to understand very well.
âSo what America should be saying is, âOh, if NATO wants us to continue supporting them and NATO wants us to continue to be a good participant in this military alliance, why donât you respect American values and respect free speech,'â Vance said.
To be clear, thereâs nothing in the NATO treaty that requires European countries to ignore their own laws about the spread of misinformation and hate speech in order to appease the U.S. or senators from Ohio, for that matter.
âItâs insane that we would support a military alliance if that military alliance isnât going to be pro-free speech,â Vance continued. âI think we can do both, but weâve got to say American power comes with certain strings attached. One of those is respect free speech, especially in our European allies.â
Vance then went on to insult other nations of the world while trying to put Europe in its place.
âLike, look, Iâm not going to go to some backwards country and tell them how to live their lives, but European countries should theoretically share American values, especially about some very basic things like free speech,â Vance said.
JD Vance says the United Statesâ support for NATO should be contingent on Europeâs support for Elon Musk and Twitter. pic.twitter.com/tBYjgZ9ON2
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Vance has been a controversial figure ever since he was named as Trumpâs running mate, repeatedly insulting people who donât have children and saying that âchildless cat ladiesâ are ruining America. The vice presidential candidate was also instrumental in spreading a racist lie that Haitian migrants to Ohio were eating pets in the town of Springfield, Ohio.
But somehow the entire Trump campaign seems to become more and more extreme and racist by the day. An ad Trump posted Tuesday to Truth Social depicts Harris and Walz in 1960s-style Chinese Communist attire and calls Walz a Manchurian candidate. The ad is replete with racist music, featuring racist claims, and is just one of the more racist things youâll see come out of any so-called âmainstreamâ political campaign.
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