Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance is on the short list of potential running mates for Donald Trump. Mediaite, however, has resurrected a 2016 appearance on MSNBC in which Vance scoffs at the idea of believing Trump over a woman who accused the convicted felon of sexual assault.
“This is sort of he said/she said, right?” Vance asked. “And at the end of the day, do you believe Donald Trump who always tells the truth? Just kidding. Or do you believe that woman on the tape?”
The woman on the tape was Jessica Leeds, who recently testified in the E. Jean Carroll case that Trump molested her on an airline flight. Leeds told jurors that Trump groped her breasts and put his hand under her skirt after she sat next to him in first class on a flight heading for New York City in the 1970s.
But it’s unlikely that Vance will let this incident impact his support, or that it will affect his chances of joining Trump on the ticket. Of all the charlatans in the Republican Party, few have gone through such a cynical transformation of convenience as Vance.
