JD Vance reacts to Gavin Newsom's new nickname for him (www.newsweek.com)

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Just Dance Vance is so much better than Couch Fucker...

James Donald Bowman should just take the win and dance like no one's watching!

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[-] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 3 points 16 hours ago

If they have to explain the nickname, the strategy is working.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 14 hours ago

You mean ole' Jizz Drinker Vance? I didn't know he was a dancer.

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You see how thin skinned and dumb conservatives are? We need to continue with the trolling and memes. Begin the civil meme war has…

[-] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Yeah such a bunch of weirdos.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago

Whoever Newsom is paying to troll these idiots this hard....

Damn, I hope they have reliable body guards.

[-] Bot@sub.community 4 points 1 day ago

JD Sport Vans

[+] dulcisima@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago

You can add Spanish flair by calling him Puto Gordo

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago

Puto de Putin.

[-] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

You're preparing for an Inquisition. No one will ever expect it.

[-] Fondots@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Totally unrelated, but is "Spaniard" actually a common/accepted term for Spanish people?

It's not a term I encounter often in everyday life, though to be fair I don't exactly have a lot of people visiting my neck of the woods from Spain either.

Something about the term feels kind of derogatory to me, or at least old-fashioned, but that might be because the only time I tend to hear it is when I'm watching something like a pirate movie and they're talking about looting a Spanish ship or something along those lines.

Or maybe because some other more common English words that end in -ard are insults (like drunkard, bastard, and retard,) so my brain kind of lumps it in with them.

I remember having this conversation back when I was in high school while we had some Spanish exchange students, but never bothered to look into it further (and never had the opportunity to ask one of the Spanish kids since I took French) so I guess I'm just looking to settle a debate I had with some kids 20 years ago.

[-] fbn@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

Something about the term feels kind of derogatory to me

you must have read some history of the americas

[-] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Or watched The Princess Bride

Inigo Montoya: I hate waiting. I could give you my word as a Spaniard.

Man in Black: No good. I've known too many Spaniards.

[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 days ago

Jorkin Depeanus Vance

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Jizzedina Davenport Vance

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Vance do be jorkin it. To couches.

[-] Kirp123@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Ok, that is pretty funny. Just Dance Vance should give us a demonstration.

[-] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

I pictured it as something like this.

[-] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 days ago

"Vance responded: "This idea that Gavin Newsom is somehow going to mimic Donald Trump's style, I think that ignores the fundamental genius of President Trump's political success, which is that he's authentic. He just is who he is.

"You've got to be yourself, you've got to actually talk to people honestly about the issues. I don't think it's that complicated; don't be a crazy person, be authentic, if the Democrats did that, they'd do a hell of a lot better.""

I hate Vance, but has legitimately spoken true and good advice to the Dems here. It's sad that he knows there's no harm in doing so.

[-] rooster_butt@lemmy.world 36 points 2 days ago

Oh please he's being deceptive. Newsom isn't trying to emulate Trump. He's mocking him. He's arguing a strawman.

[-] 3abas@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Y'all really celebrating a non progressive making fun of Vance by rhyming it with dance as a victory against fascism?

For fuck's sake, the OP says that's a much better nickname than Couch Fucker.

One calls out him out for being disgusting and makes you ask questions, and one makes him sound fun at parties.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago

It's still good advice. Mocking Trump is... Cool I guess?

Now actually resisting. Coming up with policies and committing to them, that's all we've been asking for, and the one thing they desperately don't want to give us

[-] dariusj18@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

I would say that the counter redistricting is definitely in line with that.

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 2 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, and these things are unrelated

Newson should've pushed harder than parity with Texas. He did at least do something.

I don't give a shit about his socials either way

[-] griff@lemmings.world 8 points 2 days ago

Trunk is an authentically fake prez

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