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VP Candidate J.D. Vance, With Biracial Kids, Calls Trump Race Slur ‘Hysterical’

‘OVERREACTING’

J.D. Vance defended Donald Trump, claiming the former president had walked into a “hostile environment.”

Matt Young
Matt Young 

Night Editor

U.S. Sen. JD Vance (R-OH).
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Matt Young

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