Vice President JD Vance was one of the main participants of the group chat ahead of the US bombing of the Houthis that was mistakenly leaked as Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg was also added to the group. Vance stood out as he was initially reluctant with the plan and called Houthis a ‘Europe problem’. Some Republicans privately expressed frustrations that the Vice President was not on the same page and that Vance does not see Houthis as a significant threat to US national security, Jewish Insider reported.
The report did not name the Republican senators who were miffed at JD Vance’s response. “A number of Republican senators are very concerned about [his foreign policy views],” one GOP senator told the outlet. “They think it’s quite revealing. It reveals a mindset that I’m sure is perplexing to our European allies.”
“It was shocking to me that he didn’t see the need to strike back when they struck our naval vessels. That’s not a British problem or a European problem. Frankly, them striking our friends in Israel is more than enough justification. It’s the Tucker Carlson view of how to use military power,” one GOP senator told the outlet.
The outlet reported that it reached out to Vance for a comment. In response, Donald Trump Jr sent a statement that the vice president’s office then referred the outlet to.
“These seven cowardly neocons attacking JD anonymously are genuine pu**ies. If they really feel this way, then they should at least be man enough to put their names to these quotes,” Trump Jr. told JI in a statement. “The fact that they are too cowardly to do that is exactly why I’m so happy that these RINOs are a dying breed in our party – whether they realize it or not.”
Donald Trump Jr also put out a statement that these 7 RINO (Republicans in name only) senators who planted the story against the vice president have constantly trashed President Donald Trump behind his back for years. “How much do you want to bet that the 7 RINO Senators anonymously crying about @JDVance to the leftist media are some of the same ones who have constantly trashed my father behind his back for years?” Donald Trump Jr wrote.
JD Vance issued a statement reacting to the Jewish Insider article. “This morning, @JoshKraushaar ran a hit piece against me in Jewish Insider, which has become an anti-JD rag. It has many problems, including seven anonymous quotes from cowardly Republicans. But the most glaring factual error is the below, which says the Houthis killed three Americans last January. Actually, the group responsible for that attack was “Islamic Resistance in Iraq,” which is an entirely different militia group. Now, you might say this is evidence of Kraushaar being the biggest hack in Washington, and you *may* be correct. Another very plausible explanation is that he’s the dumbest journalist in Washington. Either way, shocking an error like this could get through his vaunted editorial process!” Vance wrote.
