Dems’ attack on JD Vance at Disneyland is craven – Latest News
Nothing says pro-family like heckling a man at an amusement park along with his spouse and babies.
But if you’re a shape-shifting political opportunist like California Gov. Gavin Newsom, it’s powerful to see by means of the cloud of your own hypocrisy.
On Saturday, Vice-President JD Vance visited Disneyland in Anaheim along with his children and spouse, Usha, who had learn books to the kids of active-duty navy members at close by Camp Pendleton a day earlier.
Newsom, who spent two days in South Carolina final week laying the muse for a future presidential run, is making an attempt to shore up his resistance bona-fides. So he despatched a nasty X missive to Vance, writing:
JD Vance and his spouse, Usha, took their children to Disneyland — and the journey drew social-media heckling from Gavin Newsom and in particular person harassment from a DNC official. Bruce/javiles / BACKGRID
“Hope you enjoy your family time, @JDVance. The families you’re tearing apart certainly won’t.”
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He was referring to ICE raids cracking down on unlawful immigration in California, together with one Thursday at the marijuana farm Glass House — the place, federal officers mentioned, 14 undocumented children had been discovered to be working alongside an alleged baby predator. No biggie.
Perhaps even more loathsome was DNC official Jane Fleming Kleeb’s (no relation to me) remedy of Vance.
She crossed paths with the vice-president, who was holding his 5-year-old son, Vivek, and thought it prudent to scream at him like an over-served sports activities fan within the low-cost seats.
Gavin Newsom visited South Carolina final week, laying the muse for a 2028 presidential run. Getty Images
Then she pathetically bragged about it on X, no doubt feeling very proud of herself.
“VP Vance is at Disneyland. I’m also here with my family. When I had a brief moment, I made it clear —we support immigrants, we support America. I asked the obvious question, ‘I thought you hate California?’ Since we’ve all seen and heard the hatred coming from Vance and Trump for California and Disney.”
What a lunatic.
Imagine verbally harassing a dad along with his three youngsters — ages 8, 5 and three — within the “happiest place on Earth” and considering you’re the virtuous one.
JD Vance coolly replied to Newson’s trolling tweet. X / @JDVance
These objections to immigration enforcement all the time have a common theme: overtly conflating legal and unlawful immigration to color Republicans as evil xenophobes.
Vance, who married the California-born daughter of immigrants from India, would in all probability agree that he, too, helps immigrants. Legal ones.
The unflappable VP didn’t acknowledge Fleming Kleeb’s rant, however he gave a fast response to Newsom, tweeting, “Had a great time, thanks.”
Look, no politician is above criticism. But we used to respect boundaries and their households. These days, the left doesn’t care a lot about that distinction anymore — they usually’ve fortunately prolonged the political battlefield from DC to anyplace and in every single place.
DNC official Jane Fleming Kleeb shared a video of herself yelling at JD Vance in Disneyland whereas the Vice President was holding his 5-year-old son. @janekleeb/X
“I thought you hate California?” Fleming Kleeb taunted the VP. The Washington Post through Getty Images
Much of this began back in 2018, when California Rep. Maxine Waters referred to as on supporters to confront any Trump official over a zero-tolerance immigration coverage that separated households.
“If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd,” she mentioned. “And you push back on them. And you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”
Indeed, many Trump officers — together with ones who had nothing to do with the coverage — had been confronted in eating places and airports. In June 2022, a California man traveled to Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home with the intention of assassinating him (later pleading guilty to the charge).
America is in a desperately unhealthy place, residing in a dangerous actuality show the place politicians are competing for the best ranks of the Trump resistance military: arrests at ICE amenities or confronting Republicans in particular person.
Gavin Newsom working the room in South Carolina. Getty Images
This sort of conduct doesn’t bode properly for people on both facet.
Just final week, Axios reported that some two dozen House Dems revealed they’re being inspired by constituents to amp up their actions in opposition to the Trump administration.
“Our own base is telling us that what we’re doing is not good enough … [that] there needs to be blood to grab the attention of the press and the public,” one lawmaker instructed the outlet. Another mentioned the drumbeat is loud and the message is clear — “civility isn’t working” and pols ought to put together for “violence … to fight to protect our democracy.”
This, a month after two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses had been shot — killing two of them. Months after Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home was set on fire, and a 12 months after President Trump was grazed by a bullet meant to take his life.
It’s chilling.
To be truthful, Newsom isn’t calling for violence. But let’s look at his pro-family report. He trounced throughout dad and mom’ rights final 12 months, signing a invoice to stop faculties from notifying them if their children had socially transitioned their gender identification. And don’t neglect, he lorded over extended college closures during Covid, resulting in a host of issues for youngsters, together with studying loss and mental health points.
Father-of-three JD Vance carried his 3-year-old daughter, Mirabel, whereas strolling by means of Disneyland. Snorlax / MEGA
That raid on Glass House, the place protesters had been hurling objects at ICE officers, has additionally sparked a baby labor investigation.
A more sane particular person — one not so consumed with ambition — would say, hey, perhaps we ought to be horrified that youngsters are working on pot farms.
But, of course, the left does not likely care concerning the youngsters affected by unlawful immigration, whether or not by trafficking or labor abuses.
Why cede a victory to Trump? They’d relatively faux that this system is healthy for minors — as a result of, properly, they’re doing the roles Americans don’t need to do.
It exhibits how little they honestly assume of the kids they purport to champion.
