WSJ Columnist Kimberley Strassel Renews Attack on 41-Year-Old JD Vance Over Book Tour
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Jul 24
WSJ Columnist Kimberley Strassel Renews Attack on 41-Year-Old JD Vance Over Book Tour
2 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Jul 24
Summary
Kimberley Strassel used a second Wall Street Journal op-ed Thursday to call JD Vance a “sensitive bunny,” arguing the vice president and his allies escalated a needless feud instead of broadening Republican support.
Her latest column says Vance’s team pressed WSJ editors for corrections after she accused him last week of skipping Republicans at a critical moment to promote Communion and tape a nearly 3-hour Joe Rogan interview in Texas on July 14.
Strassel said pro-Vance influencers and journalists answered with “whataboutisms and falsehoods,” including claims he was on parental leave, though she noted his wife had not yet given birth when the original column was written.
Vance’s office told the Daily Beast the earlier op-ed was “factually inaccurate,” saying he has visited the Capitol more than two dozen times as vice president, including as recently as Wednesday.
The dispute has sharpened scrutiny of Vance’s month-long media push for his second book, which overlapped with negotiations to end Trump’s war on Iran and fed criticism that he was absent from party wrangling.