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During an appearance on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, host Kristen Welker pressed the senator to say if he still thinks of Obama as an “admirable man,” quoting fromin the race to be Trump’s running mate, admitted to Welker that Obama was a “good husband and father,” he said that the same is true for Trump.
“I grew up in a broken family, Kristen, and I just wanted to be a good husband and dad,” he said. “And certainly Barack Obama, despite my many political disagreements with him, he’s clearly a good husband and a father. By the way, I’d say the same thing about Donald Trump, whose children love him.” JD Vance on his praise for Obama in 2017:"Barack Obama, despite my many political disagreements with him, he's clearly a good husband and father. By the way, I'd say the same thing about Donald Trump."“I think this is one of the things the media often misses about Trump,” Vance continued.
Vance then returned his focus to Obama, saying to Welker, “Was Barack Obama a good president? No. Was he a good husband and father? Yes.”’s failure to “disconnect legitimate political disagreements from the fact that himself is an admirable man” one of the “great failures of recent political history.”
“For at a pivotal time in my life, Barack Obama gave me hope that a boy who grew up like me could still achieve the most important of my dreams,” he wrote. “For that, I’ll miss him, and the example he set.”Fox Host Confronts J.D. Vance With Awkward List Of His Most Vehement Anti-Trump SwipesBy entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners.
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