Vice President J.D. Vance broke new ground Thursday with an unusually blunt social media post aimed at Senate Democrats, who were attacking the secretary of Health and Human Services.
During a Senate Finance Committee hearing, Democrats sharply criticized HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., with several Democrat members calling for his resignation or removal. In response, Vance took to X to defend Kennedy and attack the senators questioning him.
“When I see all these senators trying to lecture and ‘gotcha’ Bobby Kennedy today, all I can think is: You all support off-label, untested, and irreversible hormonal ‘therapies’ for children, mutilating our kids and enriching big pharma. You’re full of shit and everyone knows it,” Vance wrote.
The post marked the most confrontational use of social media by a sitting vice president, breaking with the traditionally restrained and backset style of the office. Past vice presidents have typically relied on formal statements or surrogates to deliver such sharp political criticism.
Vance’s willingness to use such language to frame his defense of Kennedy wins him points with conservatives who want the Trump Administration to fight the Left and highlights the growing role of social media as a direct platform for top officials to bypass traditional media channels and even their own communications teams.
His post quickly gained traction online, with supporters praising his bluntness and Democrats accusing him of degrading the dignity of his office — another irony that has not gone unnoticed, since they supported Kamala Harris for vice president and for president, and Hillary Clinton before that.
We all know there is a uniparty in D.C. controlled by AIPAC…the only two conservatives left “not on the take” are Thomas Massie and MTG.
It’s only because of the fact that diseases like smallpox, diphtheria, tetanus are either gone or almost gone – because of vaccines – that gives wealthy, healthy people like RFK Jr the luxury of being anti vaccine.
My good friends and Lefties loved RFK jr until he jumped on the Trump train . Now they hate him . It must a contagion . Maybe MAGA is vaccine ?
Interesting to note that 90% of the Pharmesuetical drugs consumed on the planet are used by 4% of the world’s population . This is the US and life expectancy is going down in US !
Let the fireworks begin !
Bronson got a nice paycheck for 8 months
All the political theater in this process is embarrassing to watch. Every exchange ends in “do you mean to tell me you’ve been on the job for eight months and you don’t know the square root of roast beef?! WTF! How can you be so blah blah blah…”
Zero signal / all noise.