{"id":2451873,"date":"2025-06-25T13:50:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-flips-the-bird-cracks-jokes-about-opponents-at-gop-dinner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T13:51:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:51:53","slug":"vance-flips-the-bird-cracks-jokes-about-opponents-at-gop-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-flips-the-bird-cracks-jokes-about-opponents-at-gop-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance flips the bird, cracks jokes about opponents at GOP dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-flips-the-bird-cracks-jokes-about-opponents-at-gop-dinner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2451873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a recent Ohio Republican Party dinner, Vice President JD Vance drew attention by flipping the middle finger and joking about his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bella-hadid-says-she-never-felt-powerful-in-past-lingerie-shows\/\" title=\"Bella Hadid Says She \u2018Never Felt Powerful\u2019 In Past Lingerie Shows\">pink-haired<\/a>&#8221; opponents, garnering laughter from attendees. He expressed appreciation to Ohio Republicans for their efforts in solidifying the state&#8217;s political alignment as solidly Republican. Vance shared experiences from the campaign trail, including a story about a grandmother raising her grandchildren due to her daughter&#8217;s opioid overdose, attributing her struggles to the failures of the Biden management. He emphasized the need for an economy that supports family stability and the American dream, citing improvements in illegal immigration, fentanyl overdoses, and economic recovery as evidence of progress under the Trump administration. The event hosted around 950 attendees, reflecting enthusiasm among Ohio GOP supporters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">JD Vance flips middle finger, jokes about &lsquo;pink-haired&rsquo; opponents during Ohio Republicans dinner<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2157565\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vice President JD Vance<\/a> returned to his home state for the Ohio Republican Party dinner on Tuesday, drawing laughter when he flipped his middle finger and joked about &ldquo;pink-haired&rdquo; opponents of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Vance thanked the state&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republicans<\/a> for their efforts to turn the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/swing-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">once purple<\/a> state &ldquo;solidly red.&rdquo; Vance then joked about how difficult it is to be in politics, referring to the hate he often receives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3453608\/lamonica-mciver-pleads-not-guilty-assault-charges\/\">LaMonica McIver pleads not guilty to assault charges over visit to Newark ICE facility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3453451\/california-title-ix-department-of-education-violation\/\">California Department of Education found in violation of Title IX following federal investigations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3453717\/trump-judicial-nominee-emil-bove-senate-hearing-denies-whistleblower-claim\/\">Trump judicial nominee Emil Bove denies whistleblower claim he told DOJ to defy court orders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I know it&rsquo;s not always easy to be a political candidate, trust me. In Washington D.C., they have this thing where, I think it means &lsquo;we&rsquo;re number one&rsquo; in Washington D.C.,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;But all the pink-haired people throw up this sign [the middle finger] and I think, you know, that means we&rsquo;re number one. I choose to take that as that symbol.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680; LMAO! JD Vance throws up the MIDDLE FINGER live on TV<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In D.C., they have this thing where &ndash; I think it means we&#8217;re number one &ndash; all the pink-haired people throw up this sign&hellip; *throws up middle finger*&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m5oWcWX0p6\">pic.twitter.com\/m5oWcWX0p6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/1937676929177653682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Vance gave an anecdote about a woman he met on the campaign trail who was raising her grandchildren after her daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/opioid-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">overdosed on fentanyl<\/a>. She had to cut out <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >basic necessities due<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">economic pressures<\/a> at the time. Vance attributed all of that to the failures of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Biden administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re trying to create the kind of economy where those grandkids, if they work hard and play by the rules, can provide for their family with a dignified, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/equal-pay-day-2021-where-do-women-actually-stand\/\" title=\"Equal Pay Day 2021: Where Do Women Actually Stand?\">high-paying job<\/a>. We&rsquo;re trying to create the kind of country where that woman knows that her leadership cares more about her and her family than they do about Mexican drug cartels,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>Vance ended his speech by thanking Ohio Republicans for their help in electing President Donald Trump and keeping up the American dream for people such as the woman he met on the campaign trail. He mentioned that when he sees statistics about<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> illegal immigration<\/a> being down, fentanyl overdoses decreasing, and the economy recovering, he knows the Trump administration is on the right track.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3451718\/vance-ceasefire-iran-israel-success-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>VANCE SAYS TOMORROW &lsquo;A NEW DAY&rsquo; AFTER TRUMP ANNOUNCES ISRAEL-IRAN CEASEFIRE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re trying to create the kind of country where the American dream is alive and well. We are off to a good start, thank you for all you&rsquo;ve done to help us,&rdquo; Vance said.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">According to the Ohio Republican Party, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-set-to-headline-n-h-gop-fundraiser\/\" title=\"Former Vice President Mike Pence set to headline N.H. GOP fundraiser\">dinner hosted<\/a> about 950 people, and tickets were $75 per person. Some notable state politicians, such as Ohio Secretary of State&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3275361\/election-audit-shows-ohio-nearly-perfect-in-november\/\" target=\"_blank\">Frank LaRose<\/a>, were in attendance. Vance specifically called out Bob Paduchik, senior adviser for the 2020 Trump campaign and Ohio state director for the 2016 Trump campaign<\/span>, for his continued support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2157565\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2157565\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JD Vance jokes about &#8216;pink-haired&#8217; rivals, flips off crowd at Ohio GOP dinner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3821,"featured_media":2451874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vance-ohio-dinner.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[57895,5548,38581,15469],"class_list":["post-2451873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gop-dinner","tag-jokes","tag-political-humor","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vance-ohio-dinner.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3821"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451873"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451878,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451873\/revisions\/2451878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2451874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}