J.D. Vance Receives Brutal Community Note Highlighting He Once Warned Trump Could Be ‘America’s Hitler’

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Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) received a brutal community note over the weekend, adding context to a recent tweet in which he threatened to hold a grudge against anyone working against Donald Trump’s endorsed candidates.

“I have a long memory. If you’re fighting Trump and his endorsed candidates politically today, don’t ask for my help in a year with your legislation or your pet projects,” Vance tweeted on Saturday.

X attached a note later in the day, noting:

Vance has publicly called Trump an “idiot”, “reprehensible” and “noxious”. In Facebook messages, Vance wrote “I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn’t be that bad… or that he’s America’s Hitler.”

Vance was once a fierce critic of Trump, but has since become one of his most loyal boosters, taking on some of his more controversial policy positions – including opposing U.S. aid to Ukraine.

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) replied to Vance’s tweet, writing, “I take his endorsements with a grain of salt. He once said I should be thrown out of the GOP because I asked for a recorded vote on the CARES Act, which was the biggest spending bill in history.”

“He can sometimes be wrong, but I will work with him for the good of the country,” Massie added, arguing that there are areas he disagrees with Trump – particularly when on government spending.

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