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JD Vance connected Monday tried to formed President Donald Trump arsenic a antheral of religion portion promoting his caller publication connected Catholicism — and critics aren’t buying it.
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The veep, successful an interrogation with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, responded to the host, arguing that his “spiritual side” differs from Trump “in galore ways” adjacent arsenic they’ve maintained a “phenomenal” relationship.
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“You adjacent attacked him successful 2020,” added Hannity, an speech that sparked chuckles from Vance, who once likened his now-boss to “America’s Hitler.”
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“Well, successful 2016,” replied Vance earlier continuing. “But what is absorbing astir President Trump is — helium doesn’t deterioration it connected his sleeve, but helium is simply a idiosyncratic of faith. And helium does, similar each of us, deliberation astir these precise heavy questions: wherever did we travel from? Where are we going?”
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The vice president went on, “And you know, fundamentally, I deliberation the president — helium recognizes that immoderate of the radical who person been champion to him, who person been captious parts of him getting to the presidency present 2 times and arguably 3 times, they were Christians.”
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Trump, who has described himself arsenic a “non-denominational Christian” since 2020, has been criticized implicit the years for utilizing religion to beforehand himself and those successful his universe.
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Social media users connected X mocked Vance’s comments astir the president, including vigor big and ex-Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.), who declared that it was “utter fucking bullshit” coming from the veep.
Vance: What's absorbing astir President Trump is that helium doesn't deterioration it connected his sleeve, but helium is simply a idiosyncratic of faith. He thinks astir these precise heavy questions: wherever did we travel from? Where are we going? pic.twitter.com/LIxBrPnJ1T
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Hi @JDVance … I’m pausing a moment.. you’re trying to merchantability your caller conversion to Catholicism book; yet you enactment this trash? Really? I’m a Christian. I don’t deterioration it connected my sleeve. I’m besides not a hypocrite. God, Jesus, Allah…whatever the sanction of the powerfulness supra is. They know. https://t.co/zqEUdjDXF8
— LM 🇺🇸🟧 🗽 (@LDM_tigergirl) June 16, 2026@LDM_tigergirl / Fox News / Via x.com
What a lie. Trump is not a idiosyncratic of faith. Good grief. Whoever believes that is irrational. I can't basal this man. He is truthful ambitious. He sold his psyche to beryllium VP bc helium wants to beryllium POTUS. He's a liar and hypocrite. I don't cognize which 1 is worse.
— Janie Harrington 🐉 🦉 (@GirlsandGoblins) June 16, 2026@GirlsandGoblins / Via x.com
How tin a idiosyncratic of religion dainty radical truthful badly? He says horrible and insulting things to journalists each the time. What helium said to Kristen Welker during their interrogation was really shocking. It takes a idiosyncratic of nary quality and really small religion to deliberation it's good to speak…
— Linda (@Crackerthe4th) June 16, 2026@Crackerthe4th / Via x.com
Oh pleeeeeeeeeeze.
All helium thinks astir is himself.
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He wears it connected the bottommost of his shoe.
— David Mabry (@dlmabry) June 16, 2026@dlmabry / Via x.com
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