J.D. Vance Spends Weird, Low-Energy Speech Praising Diet Mountain Dew

https://newrepublic.com/post/184127/jd-vance-weird-low-energy-speech-diet-mountain-dew

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  2. 1. It’s a great drink.
    2. He’s giving off Big Jeb Energy here.

  3. No Republican would ever proudly drink “Diet” anything.

    That’s a big error from Vance.

  4. That was awkward. Nobody laughed at his joke but he pretended like they did. “I love you guys” is the new “Please clap.”

  7. The guys on Grindr are telling me he’s not very impressive

  8. He’s trying to copy Trump’s style of just adlibbing off things. He’s saying that people on the left call everything racist than is trying to fun by talking about how they’ll call drinking Diet Mountain Dew racist. The issue is that while I hate the man on every level Trump is *good* at the adlibs. When he isn’t ranting about sharks and boats obviously. This doesn’t feel like Vance had a fun thought that popped into his head that he just had to comment on. This feels like he spent 20 minutes practicing his delivery in private so he could hit the perfect folksy tone.

    It’s so fake and forced and it’s the same sort of thing that has sunk every wannabe Trump out there. These people don’t know how to be spontaneous the way Donald can be, because they are usually so polished at this point there isn’t any word or movement they haven’t practiced a thousand times to sound just right.

  9. He wasn’t a good choice before the whole Biden stepping down ordeal.

    Now it’s a glaringly obvious error. Because no matter who Harris chooses, they will mop the floor with JD.

    This is why I hope for Mark Kelly because on paper both Kelly and Vance appeal to the same market….but Kelly is significantly more impressive

  10. This guy is such a vanilla dipshit dork. No one that loves Trump thinks this dude’s anything but a pussy. Don’t get me wrong, they’ll still vote for him, but god damn is it corny lmao

  11. The more Vance talks, the more he seems like an angry Xbox live man child being thrust into politics at random.

    Almost like if a 4chan post grew legs

  12. Diet? Don’t real men knock down a 20 ouncer with all 77 grams of sugar?

  14. >“It is the weirdest thing to me: Democrats say that it is racist to believe—well, they say it’s racist to do anything,” said Vance. “I had a diet Mountain Dew yesterday, and one today. I’m sure they’re probably gonna call that racist, too.” Around the room there were some scattered laughs.

    Straight from the comments section of Free Republic c.2010

  15. Best part about this is him bitching that the left might consider Diet Mr. Dew racist. It is nonsensical, unless he is talking about Willie the Hillbilly, Mt. Dew’s original mascot is a racist portrayal of hillbillies.

  16. Trying to build that resume. “See folks,I love Mountain Dew.Of course I’m from Appalachia. That’s what all mountain people drink. I’ve never heard of this Middletown Ohio people are saying I’m actually from.”

  17. >“I was told I was going to get to debate Kamala Harris; now President Trump is going to get to debate her?” Vance said, laughing again. At one point, he lost his train of thought after the crowd began to boo Harris, and started nervously laughing again.

    That is actually the most interesting thing he said, enjoy debating an American hero astronaut instead with your fall flat jokes and weak-ass delivery.

  18. Imagine you were in a sinking boat. On one side of you, a hungry shark. On the other side, liters of diet Mountain Dew. The only other exit, was covered with live electrical wire. I don’t know about you, but I’m now gonna get eaten by the shark; nor am I going to get electrocuted. I’ll do the Dew.

    (This is the first draft of a future Trump rally speech.)

  19. The video is somehow even more awkward than the title makes it sound. He was trying to make a joke, but no one laughed and he had no idea how to react so he told the audience he loved them. It doesn’t matter who Harris picks as her VP, they’re gonna tear this guy apart in a debate.

  20. Trump will demand that he be allowed to replace Vance because Biden dropped out. I guarantee it.

  22. Why would Sleepy Donald pick Low-Energy Vance as his VP pick? Is he stupid?

  23. That “I love you guys” in the clip was fucking brutal. If you only came here for the comments, watch the clip.

    This guy has the curb appeal of a freshly fucked sofa cushion.

    Oh… wait….

  24. I just watched an interview with Trump and Vance together and there’s zero energy in the room. Trump sounds defeated and disinterested. He’s saying some standard egomaniacal stuff but there’s no oomph behind it, at all. Him and Vance look uncomfortable with each other and their energy/reactions feel like they’re jockeying for position between themselves as the primary focus of the interview and the voice of their ticket.

    And yes- that rally for Vance was like a quaalude, in the worst way.

  27. I love this for the republicans. They spent so much energy just one-upping how aggressive they could get on Biden and now that the wind was taken out of that sail they’re just floundering and showing everyone that they don’t actually want to talk about their own policies

  28. When no one likes your agenda what do you talk about?

    Answer : diet Mountain Dew

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