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   Sycophant Elegy: JD Vance Grovels to Fox News for Ever Criticizing Trump   
      
   By Paul Blest   
      
      
   "Hillbilly Elegy" author and Vice President JD Vance said Monday that he   
   deeply regrets a big mistake he made once: not immediately giving Donald   
   Trump his undying loyalty.   
      
   Prior to announcing his bid for Senate last week, Vance deleted several   
   anti-Trump tweets from 2016, including one where he said he would vote for   
   third-party candidate Evan McMullin and another where he called Trump   
   "reprehensible. "   
      
   Vance initially charged that he was being attacked by other Republicans and   
   CNN, the outlet that first reported that the tweets had been deleted,   
   declaring to Tucker Carlson that "if you're not willing to wade through a   
   little crap to save this country, then you're not willing to stand up on   
   the big stage, and I am. "   
      
   But on Monday he took to Fox News to proclaim that he was simply wrong   
   about Trump, who somehow convinced Vance he was a "good president" after   
   four deeply unpopular years in office.   
      
   "Like a lot of people, I criticized Trump back in 2016, " Vance told Fox   
   News. "And I ask folks not to judge me based on what I said in 2016,   
   because I've been very open that I did say those critical things and I   
   regret them, and I regret being wrong about the guy. "   
      
   "I think that he was a good president, I think he made a lot of good   
   decisions for people, and I think he took a lot of flak, " Vance added.   
      
   Vance, who was once reportedly recruited as a potential Senate candidate by   
   ur-establishment Republican Mitch McConnell, has taken a markedly anti-   
   establishment posture in recent years. In April, as he was weighing a run   
   for Senate, Vance reportedly met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago along with Peter   
   Thiel, Vance's former boss, who pumped $10 million into a PAC supporting   
   him before Vance even announced his run.   
      
   But Vance entered a crowded Republican primary with several other high-   
   profile Republicans vying to out-Trump each other, including former state   
   treasurer Josh Mandel and Jane Timken. Earlier this year Trump very nearly   
   endorsed Timken, who raised money for Trump in 2016 and later became his   
   handpicked selection for Ohio GOP chair, according to Axios.   
      
   As for Vance, the venture capitalist-turned-politician said that   
   ultimately, he hopes voters care about the issues more than whether he ever   
   said anything negative about Trump—which, to reiterate, he took time to   
   apologize for Monday.   
      
   "I've taken a lot of flak myself for standing up for the president's voters   
   but also standing up for the agenda, " Vance said. "I think that's the most   
   important thing, is not what you said five years ago, but whether you're   
   willing to stand up and take the heat and take the hits for actually   
   defending the interests of the American people. "   
      
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