{"id":583726,"date":"2021-07-06T10:50:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T14:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583726"},"modified":"2021-07-06T10:50:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T14:50:21","slug":"jd-vance-regrets-criticizing-not-voting-for-trump-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-regrets-criticizing-not-voting-for-trump-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance Regrets Criticizing, Not Voting For Trump In 2016"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fjd-vance-regrets-criticizing-not-voting-for-trump-in-2016%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=583726&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-11.25.03-PM-scaled-e1618381596811.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>J.D. Vance, a candidate in Ohio\u2019s Senate race and the author of \u201cHillbilly Elegy,\u201d apologized Monday for past tweets criticizing former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike a lot of people, I criticized Trump back in 2016,\u201d Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/jd-vance-asks-voters-not-to-judge-me-for-tweets-critical-of-trump-i-regret-being-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Monday. \u201cAnd I ask folks not to judge me based on what I said in 2016, because I\u2019ve been very open that I did say those critical things and I regret them, and I regret being wrong about the guy. I think he was a good president, I think he made a lot of good decisions for people, and I think he took a lot of flak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think \u2026 the most important thing, is not what you said five years ago, but whether you\u2019re willing to stand up and take the heat and take the hits for actually defending the interests of the American people,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n<p>In the Mediaite clip, Vance called Trump a \u201cgood president\u201d and said the two recently met at Mar-a-Lago. Vance is <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/01\/hillbilly-elegy-author-jd-vance-announces-run-senate-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">running<\/a> to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman, but faces a crowded GOP primary filled with candidates vying for Trump\u2019s endorsement.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/15\/tech-billionaire-peter-thiel-donation-super-pac-jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Tech Billionaire Gives $10 Million To Pro-Vance Super PAC)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski uncovered tweets from Vance saying that he was going to vote for third-party candidate Evan McMullin in 2016. Vance also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KFILE\/status\/1410643663609372674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called Trump \u201creprehensible\u201d<\/a> ahead of the 2016 election, and said \u201cLord help us\u201d in response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/10\/07\/trump-apologizes-after-hidden-cam-video-surfaces-of-him-talking-lewd-about-women-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Access Hollywood tape<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.6363636363636\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JD Vance deleted his tweet about voting for Evan McMullin.<\/p>\n<p>It was here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4k1Xk8AMgv\">https:\/\/t.co\/4k1Xk8AMgv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But still can be viewed on the WebArchive.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uLcCLkbur3\">https:\/\/t.co\/uLcCLkbur3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LNofBemmsL\">pic.twitter.com\/LNofBemmsL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KFILE\/status\/1410641486505558016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.3893129770992\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Deleted from the day of Access Hollywood, \u201cLord help us.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ooexbNUhn\">pic.twitter.com\/5ooexbNUhn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KFILE\/status\/1410647434359881732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, who is also trying to win the pivotal seat, said that Vance\u2019s not voting for Trump was the only thing the two had in common after his tweets gained traction.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.3947368421053\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDVance1<\/a> and I have exactly one thing in common \u2014 neither of us voted for Donald Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9nyZBK9Hnc\">https:\/\/t.co\/9nyZBK9Hnc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Ryan (@TimRyan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRyan\/status\/1410669976898269184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.D. Vance, a candidate in Ohio\u2019s Senate race and the author of \u201cHillbilly Elegy,\u201d apologized Monday for past tweets criticizing former President Donald Trump.\u201cLike a lot of people, I criticized &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314059,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-11.25.03-PM-scaled-e1618381596811.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"JD Vance Regrets Criticizing, Not Voting For Trump In 2016","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-13-at-11.25.03-PM-scaled-e1618381596811.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"JD Vance Regrets Criticizing, Not Voting For Trump In 2016","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583726","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}