Crash Course: Why is JD Vance being so weird about Mountain Dew?

And what fuels Trump's toxic rage Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRolIhtP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcXZjOWtwaG9sMy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NnFjZGIyaXJ0MiZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmq24DsmaiGQm5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRolIhtP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcms3aHl0MGNxOC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NnFjZGIyaXJ0MlcDc3BjQgpmq24DsmaiGQm5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRolIhtP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvc29mY3d4NHByNi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NnFjZGIyaXJ0MlcDc3BjQgpmq24DsmaiGQm5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRolIhtP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcGljNDl1YWp5NC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NnFjZGIyaXJ0MlcDc3BjQgpmq24DsmaiGQm5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRolIhtP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdWtjemt5aDM5MS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NnFjZGIyaXJ0MlcDc3BjQgpmq24DsmaiGQm5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRolIhtP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMWkzY2Nld29jMS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NnFjZGIyaXJ0MlcDc3BjQgpmq24DsmaiGQm5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~ Familiar traits trigger Trump's toxic rage From Chauncey DeVega: For years, Donald Trump has made misogynistic and hostile sexist attacks against Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and of course Stormy Daniels and E. Jean Carroll. A court of law concluded that Trump sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll. Social scientists and other experts have shown that [hostile sexism](~/AASU4wA~/RgRolIhtP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvN2F1cmNoenpvcy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NnFjZGIyaXJ0MlcDc3BjQgpmq24DsmaiGQm5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) and misogyny drive support for Donald Trump and the MAGA movement and the larger neofascist project. Donald Trump, a convicted felon, has raged at the Black and women prosecutors, attorneys, district attorneys, and others who have attempted to hold him responsible under the law for his decades-long public crime spree. For example, Donald Trump has slurred these members of law enforcement and the courts as being “thugs”, among other racially charged invective. 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Why is JD Vance being so weird about Mountain Dew? From Ashlie Stevens: The short answer to that question takes us back to July, when Vance put on his first stand-alone rally as former [President Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate](~/AASU4wA~/RgRolIhtP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbnRpd3AwNTJ6dC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9NnFjZGIyaXJ0MiZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmq24DsmaiGQm5Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). While on stage, Vance attempted to bond with the crowd by delivering a joke about how liberals are too easily offended and quick to point out what they perceive to be racist behavior. “Democrats say that it is racist to believe — well, they say it’s racist to do anything,” he said. “I had a Diet Mountain Dew yesterday and one today. I’m sure they’re going to call that racist too.” Vance then held for applause, which, aside from a few scattered claps, didn’t come. 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