The Perennially Inflamed

JD Vance Has Made His Choice

By Abe Greenwald

Vice President JD Vance didn’t mention Jews or Nazis in his remarks on Holocaust Remembrance Day. The statement he released yesterday noted instead “the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust,” and “the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history.” While these formulations seem vague and empty, they are actually very precise and loaded with meaning. Vance is sending a clear message to Tucker Carlson and his other Jew-hating friends. The message is: Don’t worry, guys. I’m with you. 

And he is. 

Honestly, the dude can catch no break. If he mentioned Jews, it would be “but why didn’t you mention Slavs?” And the Roma, and gays, and Catholics, and communists, and so on and on.

This nitpicky, pouty, perennially inflamed over being passed over and not having your pet grievance mentioned in every sentence is what I hated on the Left.

But guess what.