• Senator JD Vance used a viral clip of Caite Upton’s 2007 Miss Teen USA pageant mistake to mock Kamala Harris, sparking backlash.
  • Upton criticized Vance’s actions on social media, calling for an end to online bullying, and expressed that the viral clip had previously led to depression and suicidal thoughts.
  • Vance stated he was unaware of Upton’s past mental health struggles and refused to apologize, dismissing the incident as a joke.
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    4 months ago

    Nah, they’re resistant to that because their whole engine is fueled with hate. They have persecution and victim complexes. Calling them weird actually seems to affect them because their whole thing is parading around as if they’re the party for “average” aka “normal”(white) Americans.

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      4 months ago

      Calling them weird actually seems to affect them

      Not anymore. I think we overused it. We latched on to it because it seemed to hurt them, but now we’ve turned it into just another meaningless insult.