People Are Calling JD Vance "Desperate" And "Small" After He Hurled This Anti-Gay Insult At James Talarico

Vice President JD Vance attempted a Hail Mary walk of sorts for the GOP successful the signifier of homophobia connected Tuesday erstwhile helium utilized a midterm rally to connote that Texas Senate Democratic nominee James Talarico is gay.

“I emotion you, too, sir,” Vance began astatine an lawsuit successful Tyler, Texas, seemingly successful effect to a rallygoer, earlier adding, “In a wholly platonic way, to beryllium clear.”

“I’m the vice president, not James Talarico.”

Vance’s comments arrived little than 24 hours aft The Wall Street Journal reported that Talarico’s opponent, Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, partied it up successful Dubai with fugitives wanted successful the US for alleged healthcare fraud and embezzlement.

Critics connected societal media bashed the veep connected Tuesday, including Reason newsman Billy Binion.

“I stay amazed and mystified that immoderate of the astir almighty radical successful the satellite deliberation ‘James Talarico seems gay!!’ is simply a compelling critique. I stake it goes truthful hard with JD Vance’s 9-year-old. It’s truthful hopeless and small,” Binion wrote connected X.

Zeeshan Aleem, a governmental columnist/editor for MS NOW, besides took connected Vance, writing, “VP says ‘no homo’ and calls a campaigner cheery arsenic a joke. We’re successful precocious school, possibly mediate school.”

“...The Vice President of the United States... successful 2026... Trying to insult a Senate candidate...by implying helium is gay,” wrote prof and argumentation advisor Adam Cochran of the clip.

“How terribly acold we person fallen arsenic a nation.”

This nonfiction primitively appeared connected HuffPost.