Former President Trump was misled by Ohio Republican Senate nominee JD Vance on Saturday, while admitting during a rally that Vance had “said something bad about me.”
“He’s a man who said some bad nonsense about me, he did it,” Trump said. “But, you know what?” Each of the others did the same. “
“[In] in fact, I was following this standard, I don’t think I would approve of anyone in the country … Everyone said bad things, but everyone came back, “the former president continued. “But I’ll tell you, he was tough, but the others were tough, and everyone – many of them – said some really bad things. And in the end, I put that aside. “
Vance admitted during the rally: “I was not always good.
“The president is right. “I have not always been good, but the simple fact is that he is the best president in my life and he has exposed corruption in this country like no other,” he said.
The author of Hillbilly Elegy has been criticized by the Super PAC and others for previous comments he made against Trump, including saying, “I’m a man who’s never been Trump.” I never liked him. “
He was also criticized for saying earlier that “he may have to hold my nose and vote for Hillary Clinton.”
Vance has already apologized for his previous comments, including in an interview with Fox News in July 2021.
“Like many people, I criticized Trump back in 2016,” Vance said at the time. “And I ask people not to judge me based on what I said in 2016, because I was very open that I said these critical things and I am sorry for them and I am sorry that I was wrong about the person. I think he was a good president, I think he made very good decisions for the people and I think he took a lot of shooting. ”
More than 30 Ohio Republican leaders wrote to Trump earlier this month urging him not to support Vance. However, these calls did not ultimately prevent the former president from supporting the author of Hillbilly Elegy; Trump announced his support for Vance last week.
During the rally, Trump emphasized Vance’s authority in the Yale law and his experience as a former Marine.
“He is a fearless MAGA fighter. He fights like crazy and loves Ohio and honestly – he’s a great Buckeye, “Trump said.
Trump’s approval for Vance, which came late in the Ohio Senate race and just weeks after the May 3 primary, is a major asset for the Ohio Republican candidate, given Trump’s influence in the GOP.
However, Vance, who lagged behind his rivals in the primary before receiving Trump’s support, has only a few weeks to take advantage of that approval.
Contrary to Trump’s remarks about Vance, who has since turned his course after past criticism of Trump, the former president has not refrained from persecuting other lawmakers and politicians, many of whom are also critical of him.
He called several by name, including the “weeping” representative, Adam Kinsinger (R-Ill.); The “little” Senator Ben Sasse (R-Neb.); Senator Lisa Markowski (R-Alaska), whom he called a “terrible senator”; Georgia’s “lie” Governor Brian Kemp (R); and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
One name not mentioned during his speech, however, was House of Representatives minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California), who made headlines this week after a New York Times report and audio recordings aired on MSNBC and CNN has signaled that it plans to call the then-president in the days following the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021.
“The only discussion I would have with him is that I think this will pass and my recommendation is to resign. I mean, that would be my opinion, but I don’t think he would accept it. But I don’t know, “McCarthy said in an audio broadcast on MSNBC this week from a January 10 interview with House officials.
Both McCarthy and Trump said on Friday that their relationship was still intact after the audio recording was released. The California Republican said he had spoken to the former president twice that day and said the call was “exaggerated”.
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“No, I never asked the president to resign, I never thought he should resign,” McCarthy said.
“He called. I heard the call. I didn’t like the call, “Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Friday, citing McCarthy. “But almost immediately, as you know, because he came here and we took a picture right there – you know, the support was very strong.”
Trump said of McCarthy and others who had previously criticized him but later backed him: “They realized they were wrong and they supported me,” he told the Journal: “I think it’s a big compliment, to be honest.”
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