Tim Ryan calls JD Vance an ‘ass-kisser’ after Trump remarks
Trump-backed Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance was ridiculed by his opponent last night for “kissing ass” to get the former president’s endorsement.
In a televised debate, Mr Vance’s Democratic opponent Tim Ryan quoted Mr Trump himself describing how Mr Vance had gone about securing his support.
Accusing Mr Vance of a “lack of courage,” Mr Ryan declared: “I’m from Ohio I don’t kiss anyone’s ass like him. Ohio needs an ass-kicker, not an ass-kisser.”
Meanwhile, an extract from an upcoming book on the GOP’s support for Mr Trump has revealed new details of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s infamous call with Mr Trump during the January 6 Capitol attack.
According to Politico, when Mr Trump told Mr McCarthy that the people storming the building were “more upset” than his party about the supposed theft of the election, Mr McCarthy responded: “More upset? They’re trying to f***ing kill me!”
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Republicans are still hope that Americans’ frustration with inflation and the economy, as well as rising crime, will obfuscate their concerns about the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision overturning Roe v Wade.
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Oliver O’Connell11 October 2022 12:30
McCarthy told Trump Jan 6 rioters were trying to kill him
Politico earlier dropped a new nugget from an upcoming book, Robert Draper’s Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind, which looks at the Republican Party’s support for Trump. Specifically, the outlet shared a previously unreported line from a now-infamous phonecall Kevin McCarthy made to Donald Trump during the January 6 riot.
As reported in this morning’s Playbook:
Andrew Naughtie11 October 2022 12:00
Ryan derides Vance as “ass-kisser”
Representative Tim Ryan threw back former president Donald Trump’s words at his Republican opponent JD Vance in their debate for Ohio’s open Senate seat on Monday evening.
Toward the end of the debate, Mr Ryan hit out at Mr Vance for seeking Mr Trump’s endorsement. During a rally in Youngstown last month, Mr Trump pointed to Mr Vance, who he has endorsed, for courting him.
“JD is kissing my ass, he wants my support so much,” Mr Trump said at the time.
“And that’s bad, because that means JD Vance is going to do whatever he wants,” Mr Ryan said.
Tim Ryan calls JD Vance an ‘ass-kisser’ after Trump remarks in Ohio Senate debate
‘Ohio needs an ass-kicker, not an ass-kisser,’ Ryan says
Andrew Naughtie11 October 2022 11:39
Book reveals McCarthy claimed Trump was unaware of Jan 6 violence
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