Hillbilly Elegy author and GOP Senate hopeful J.D. Vance furiously deleted any trace of his former criticisms of ex-President Donald Trump from his Twitter account, but tweets are forever.
Vance formally announced his candidacy for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Republican incumbent Rob Portman on Thursday, but CNN K-File author Andrew Kaczynski used the occasion to comb through Vance’s Twitter feed for deleted tweets slamming Trump as “reprehensible” and boasting about voting for Evan McMullin instead of Trump.
And if Kaczynski is correct, Vance appears to have noticed.
As the Cinncinati Enquirer notes, Vance wades into a crowded GOP field that includes “former Ohio Republican Party chair Jane Timken, former state treasurer Josh Mandel, car dealer Bernie Moreno and investment banker Mike Gibbons.”
Watch Vance’s announcement above via WCPO-9.