GOP senator comes out swinging against JD Vance over 'despicable and thoughtless' comments
David McAfee
September 6, 2025
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets members of the National Guard, at Union Station in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 20, 2025. REUTERS/Al Drago/Pool
Republicans have been more united than ever, but on Saturday a Republican senator came out swinging against the vice president.
It started with a comment from JD Vance, who wrote over the weekend, "Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military." This led Brian Krassenstein to respond, "Killing the citizens of another nation who are civilians without any due process is called a war crime."
Vance replied, "I don’t give a s--- what you call it," and set off outrage online.
Late on Saturday, Republican Senator Rand Paul joined the chorus of those opposing Vance's weekend comment.
"JD 'I don’t give a s---' Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the 'highest and best use of the military.' Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird?" Paul asked. "Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial or representation??"
Paul then added, "What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is to glorify killing someone without a trial."
David McAfee
September 7, 2025
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Rand Paul (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)
Observers were shocked this weekend after Rand Paul, a Republican senator, delivered a brutal takedown of Vice President JD Vance.
Raw Story reported late Saturday that Paul took on Vance, who claimed he doesn't "give a s---" when someone said Vance might have been inadvertently endorsing war crimes on social media.
Paul replied to Vance's statement in part by writing, "What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is to glorify killing someone without a trial."
The attack on his own Republican ex-colleague had the internet abuzz, with New York Times journalist Glenn Thrush replying on Sunday with, "Wow."
Republicans against Trump wrote, "Thank you for your moral clarity on this. JD Vance is a despicable and cynical politician."
PatriotTakes, which purports to track right-wing extremism, asked Paul, "How do we know there were not any human trafficking victims on that boat?"
Former prosecutor Ron Filipkowski commented, "When even Rand Paul thinks you’re despicable."
Veteran John Jackson chimed in, "Getting called out by Rand Paul is a helluva thing."
"He’s totally correct," Jackson added.
Former Republican declared, "Rand Paul is right."
"The Trump administration must be held accountable for murder," they added.
Devin Duke said, "I don't usually agree with Rand Paul but he takes JD Vance to school here."
"JD has become a rabid power lusting maniac since becoming VP," Duke then added.
Conservative attorney and anti-Trump activist George Conway said, "You are absolutely correct, Senator. Thank you for speaking with such moral clarity here."
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