Vance forced to confront his previous criticism of Trump on debate stage – and blames the media
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump's running mate JD Vance has blamed the media for his savage past criticisms of the former president. Speaking in a televised debate against his Democratic opposite number Tim Walz, the Ohio senator claimed that he was misled by "dishonest fabrications" when he compared Trump to Hitler and said he had "thoroughly failed to deliver his economic populism". "I've always been extremely open about the fact that I was wrong about Donald Trump," Vance said on Tuesday night. JD Vance blames media for past criticism of Trump Vance was once a prominent 'never Trump' conservative, who called the capricious mogul everything from "a fraud" through "a moral disaster" to "cultural heroin", as well as privately worrying that he might be "America's Hitler".