Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance stood up for Marjorie Taylor Greene who has been attacked by the media and Democrats for speaking at AFPAC, saying in a debate on Monday night that she did nothing wrong and he would not throw his friend under the bus.
Greene last month spoke at AFPAC, the conference organised by America First activist Nick Fuentes, and was unsurprisingly smeared by the media as a result, alongside Representative Paul Gosar, Arizona State Representative Wendy Rogers, and Idaho Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin, who all submitted video messages that were played at the conference.
Fuentes has been characterized by Axios as a “white nationalist Hispanic,” something that critics pointed out seems to be an oxymoron. Prominent conservative speakers spoke at or attended the event, including Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, who is black, Michelle Malkin, who is Filipino, and Laura Loomer, who is Jewish.
Speaking alongside his six opponents in the Ohio Senate Republican primary on Monday, Vance defended Greene from the media attacks resulting from her AFPAC speech, highlighting that the media never plays the “guilt by association game” when it comes to Democrats.
“They get us to stab our friends in the back,” Vance argued, “then we wonder why the left always wins, even though we sometimes win elections.”
“The accusation against Marjorie is pretty simple; that she appeared at a conference where somebody said something bad. And I ask, did she say something bad at the conference? I actually watched her remarks, I agree with nearly every word that she said,” he added. “I hate this about politics.”
At the OH Senate debate tonight, JD Vance is asked if he will condemn Marge Greene speaking at a Nazi rally: “She is my friend, and she did nothing wrong .. and I’m absolutely not going to throw her under the bus, or anybody else who is a friend of mine.” pic.twitter.com/fipwlONqc4
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 29, 2022
“There’s no business in the world that asks you stab your friends in the back like politics,” Vance continued. “I absolutely refuse to do it to Marjorie Taylor Greene. She is my friend, and she did nothing wrong. She said nothing wrong, and I’m absolutely not going to throw her under the bus or anyone else who’s a friend of mine.”
In a post on Telegram, Fuentes, who has been vocally critical of Vance over policy and tactical decisions, said he “immensely” admired his decision to stand up for Greene, noting that describing AFPAC as being a “Nazi rally,” as leftist commentator Ron Filipkowski did, is “flat out libel.”
Vance’s defence of Greene comes as many others are standing up against cancel culture perpetuated by the media, Democrats, and the GOP establishment, with Gosar posting earlier this month that the left is “panicking” that cancel culture “has its limits.”
Laura Loomer, who is running to represent the Republican Party in the contest for Florida’s 11th U.S. House seat, spoke to Valiant News last week, and highlighted that there were many people of all backgrounds, including herself, who attended AFPAC.
Loomer, like Vance, also slammed the “fascist shutdown of political discourse” where the media attempts to cancel “everybody and anybody who supports the America First agenda.”
