Insults, expletives and fat-shaming: Vance trolls critics on the right and left

Insults, expletives and fat-shaming: Vance trolls critics on the right and left

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August 7, 2026

Vice President JD Vance has dispensed with the decorum of his predecessors to directly take on opponents and journalists online with sometimes profane and often personal jabs.

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Insults, expletives and fat-shaming: JD Vance is trolling critics on the right and left. →

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