A CNN panel is ripping Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) for making a walk to Vice President Kamala Harris’ plane while they were at the same airport.
On Thursday morning CNN’s Kasie Hunt noted the moment, saying, “This was a rather, shall we say, awkward moment. J.D. Vance approached Kamala Harris’s Air Force Two while his plane and her plane were both on the same Wisconsin tarmac yesterday. Here was his explanation of what he was trying to do.”
She then played a clip of Vance offering an explanation for the stunt.
“I’m never going to question, you know, politicians should talk to the media as a blanket rule. However, I am a little curious, Isaac. What might have happened had he actually encountered Kamala Harris on the tarmac? How that would have gone down?” Hunt asked.
Journalist Edward-Isaac Dovere responded, “Yeah, and we’ll never know. J.D.” Vance is obviously trying to have a better week for himself than he had last week. And, has been getting covered for other reasons now. But I guess he saw the opportunity on the tarmac yesterday and decided to try for it.”
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Former Republican National Committee communications director Doug Heye chimed in, “There are like eight states that we’re focusing on. So this could happen again in any of those places at any time.”
Hunt interjected, “Well, he’s kind of following her around. Like if you look at the schedules.”
Heye went on, “I would warn the Trump campaign, even though, yes, you defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016. History is replete with male candidates overstepping their bounds against female candidates and the backfire that that can have, especially if you don’t have a real plan, or even if you do.”
Hunt said, “It does feel a little uncomfortable.”
“Yes, it gets real creepy real quick if you make a mistake,” Heye agreed.
Meanwhile, CNN contributor Karen Finney asked, “And also, like, what was his vision? He was just going to roll up on her, and Secret Service was not going to be like, ‘Dude, what’s going?’ I mean, it’s bizarre!”
Dovere said, “And it touches into Walz that on Tuesday, not just weird, but creepy. That’s what Democrats are going to want to try to play this into.”
Finally, Finney said the moment was “immature” and “so childish.”
