Elections

JD Vance Slams Kamala Harris’ ‘Anti-Christian Rhetoric’ in Appeal to Catholic Voters

‘REALLY BIZARRE’

Vance, a Catholic convert, is central to the Trump campaign’s efforts to mobilize Catholic and Christian voters in swing states.

Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance speaks during a campaign event in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S. October 20, 2024.
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JD Vance took aim at what he called Kamala Harris’ “anti-Christian rhetoric and anti-Christian approach to public policy“ in the GOP vice presidential pick‘s latest play for Christian and Catholic voters. The Catholic convert said Sunday that he found Harris’ secular platform “really bizarre,” at a rally in Waukesha, Wisconsin. “If Christians get out there and vote, we are going to win, my friends,” he told the crowd. Vance also lashed out at Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who recently came under fire from Catholic groups who criticized a viral video of her feeding a podcaster a Dorito chip, part of a popular social media trend, as mocking the sacrament of Communion. “When you see an American leader, when you see a surrogate of Kamala Harris, insulting people of the Christian faith, I think that we should say to every single one of those people: You’re fired,” Vance said. Whitmer has since apologized for the video, saying she would “never do something to denigrate someone’s faith,” and that the clip was “construed as something it was never intended to be.”

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