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Older comments by Trump’s 2024 running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance ®, have recently resurfaced in which he said he found it strange “that we’ve tried to turn a very tragic moment, Simone Biles quitting the Olympic team, into this act of heroism.”

“And I think it reflects pretty poorly on our sort of therapeutic society, that we try to praise people not for moments of strength, not for moments of heroism, but for their weakest moments,” Vance continued.

No matter the issue, there’s always a JD Vance quote saying something awful about women.

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Sounds more like fascist fetishization of the strong and disparaging of the weak to me.

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34 points

Because that’s exactly what it is.

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“And I think it reflects pretty poorly on our sort of therapeutic society, that we try to praise people not for moments of strength, not for moments of heroism, but for their weakest moments,” Vance continued.

Ahahaha what a pathetic excuse for an overly stinky piece of weird shit.

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8 points

Productivity >>> The health of the peasants.

This faux tough guy shit republicans keep pushing actually affects and hurts people.

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66 points

That’s gotta sting even more for a man who’s perpetually stuck with bronze.

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I heard noopnoop say got-dayum to that one.

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10 points

What up my glip glops!

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1 point

Fatality!

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54 points

“I always saw her wearing GOLD medals…Now all of sudden she’s black?”

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14 points

Dopest of chains.

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That must be why Flavor Flav is helping out these Olympians.

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She’s a national treasure! (And I hear she’s a pretty good gymnast too.)

She didn’t have to comment (actually she DID since the orange shit stained bully always requires a response during this campaign season), she could have just laid low, reveled in her Olympic wins, thanked GAWD and told the media her next move was she was going to Disneyland.

Instead, she bravely steps in and sarcastically jabs him on the nose knowing full well that the greatest insult to that privileged failure of a human is sass from an uppity negro. An actual WINNER, no less! Further punctuating that he’s a loser.

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It’s only a matter of time until Mexican JokerGymnast takes her jerb

/s

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12 points

Something something, Republican mental gymnastics.

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9 points

Is there an Olympic sport for that?

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Don’t forget they have their goalposts mounted to a Bugatti.

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