Miss Teen USA Contestant Hits Back At JD Vance For ‘Bullying’ Her With Viral Video Joke – So He Doubles Down!

One other day, one other second the place JD Vance simply can’t come clean with f**king up.

The newest controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s VP choose started on Thursday when he posted a video on X (Twitter) of the 2007 Miss Teen USA pageant when South Carolina’s Caitlin Upton stumbled via a solution to a query about why she thinks a fifth of People can’t find the nation on a world map. The purpose of the publish? He tried to mock Kamala Harris’ interview with CNN this week, writing:

“BREAKING: I’ve gotten ahold of the total Kamala Harris CNN interview.”

Associated: JD Vance Bashes Childless Lecturers In Terrible Resurfaced Remarks!

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BREAKING: I’ve gotten ahold of the total Kamala Harris CNN interview. pic.twitter.com/c6nfcJrFJy

— JD Vance (@JDVance) August 29, 2024

Whereas Vance might have thought this was a humorous joke in his thoughts, everybody else, alternatively? They don’t seem to be laughing – by any means. Within the feedback part, many individuals slammed the politician for making enjoyable of a younger girl resurfacing a second that turned very painful for her years later. You see, Caitlin received bullied quite a bit following the competitors. She informed New York Magazine in 2015:

“One group of women took me to this get together on the College of South Carolina, and I stroll in, and your entire USC baseball crew surrounded me and bashed me with the harshest, meanest feedback I had ever heard. And any person as soon as put a letter in my dad and mom’ mailbox about how my physique was going to be eaten alive by ants and burned in a freak fireplace. After which it mentioned, in all caps, GO DIE CAITE UPTON, GO DIE FOR YOUR STUPIDITY. That’s the sort of stuff folks would say to me for 2 years.”

OMG!?

That’s horrible! The bullying received so unhealthy she informed the outlet that she turned “very depressed” and even contemplated suicide. Terrible. Our hearts break for her. And you’ll think about how upset Caitlin is that this clip has been re-emerged on-line all due to Vance. On X (Twitter) Friday, she fired again on the 40-year-old creator for “bullying” her with the viral video:

“It’s a disgrace that 17 years later that is nonetheless being introduced up. There’s not an excessive amount of else to say about it at this level. No matter political views, one factor I do know is that social media and on-line bullying must cease.”

And his response? Don’t anticipate a lot. It’s very callous, to say the least. Vance as soon as once more refuses to apologize for his personal actions – regardless of the damage he precipitated to this poor girl…

Throughout an look on CNN, John Berman requested if he was conscious Caitlin contemplated suicide as a result of consideration the second obtained when he posted the video. He insisted he hadn’t — after which proceeded to double down that he simply posted a innocent meme. He mentioned:

“My coronary heart goes out to her and I hope that she’s doing properly. Look, I’ve mentioned lots of issues on digital camera. I’ve mentioned lots of silly issues on digital camera. Generally, while you’re within the public eye, you make errors, and once more, I believe the easiest way to take care of it’s to snigger at ourselves, snigger at these things, and attempt to have some enjoyable in politics.”

Is he attempting to recommend that Caitlin must be OK with him mocking her? A woman who was bullied so unhealthy over this second that she thought of harming herself? Significantly? WTF. Vance continued:

“I posted a meme from 20 years in the past, and I believe the truth that we’re speaking about that as a substitute of the truth that American households can’t afford groceries or well being care. Younger households can’t afford to purchase a house to boost their households in. These are the true crises that we must always give attention to. And there’s nothing that claims we will’t inform some jokes alongside the best way whereas we take care of the very critical enterprise of bringing again our public coverage.”

And it will get worse. Vance went on to say “politics has gotten means too lame” and “means too boring” and that politicians “can have some enjoyable whereas making a superb argument to the American folks about the way you’re going to enhance their lives.” There are higher methods of going about it than mentioning the bottom second in a lady’s life. Psychological well being and suicide is a really critical matter, and on no account ought to have ever been joked about.

When Berman pressed if Vance needed to apologize to Caitlin now, he refused. Yeah, you learn that proper. Vance informed Berman:

“John, I’m not going to apologize for posting a joke, however I want the very best for Caitlin. I hope that she’s doing properly and, once more, what I’d say is one unhealthy second shouldn’t outline anyone and the easiest way to take care of these things is to snigger at ourselves.”

Vance might not have recognized all of the damage the previous pageant queen handled, however the truth that he can’t simply take accountability and apologize now after discovering out is simply gross. However what else can we anticipate from the man who repeatedly made terrible remarks about folks with out youngsters. Reactions, Perezcious readers? Sound OFF within the feedback.

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