Just spent 15 minutes in stopped traffic waiting for JD Vance to drive by. Given that he has nothing but hate and distain for the people of California, why does he spend so much time here?
  • 589 points Important_Expert_806

    It’s all for show. They all shit on places like CA and New York but live in those places. OAN is literally headquartered in San Diego and they have a constant loop about how terrible Cali is. Fox News is in New York. All these people do is put on a show for their base. Cosplaying as middle American.

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    160 points DisastrousFun1830

    Dennis Prager lives in Los Angeles, PragerU is headquartered in Sherman Oaks.

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    63 points Xerxestheokay

    Michael Savage, an OG disgustingly racist hater AM radio guy lives in San Francisco.

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    26 points WhereAreMyDetonators

    I thought he does all those gay news articles??

    Edit: that is Dan Savage, nevermind.

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    14 points Complete_Entry

    Michael Savage is actually Michael Weiner, but that doesn't work for a political radio attack show.

    My grandpa was an avid KFI listener and it was kind of interesting how Savage nation became more unhinged over time.

    I also remember the dead radio guy being really mad about some Junior Senator from Illinois, I wonder what happened to that young senator.

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    5 points Snookaboom

    Very different kinds of Savagery.

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    53 points AshKetchumDaJobber

    Same thing for ivy league and other prestigious colleges. They love to bash them but wouldnt dare sending their kids to a trade school or enlisting in the military

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    3 points Global_Channel1511

    Yep. Basically whip middle America into a frenzy to vote for them, then use the money and grift to live in Coastal cities. 

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    -1 points EmbarrassedArcher424

    JD Vance literally enlisted in the Marine Corps himself...

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    19 points absfca

    He also chose to go to Yale law school

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    19 points Blastronomicon

    As a Public Relations officer. Literally worthless. Only 6 awards to my 11 in the same time served.

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  • 616 points punninglinguist

    Realistically, it's probably because his wife is from here, and his propaganda network OAN is here.

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    208 points sd_software_dude

    That explains the Matt Gaetz sightings.

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    261 points Larrea_tridentata

    I almost stepped in a Matt Gaetz sighting at the park this morning. I wish it's owners would pick it up.

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    39 points myrichphitzwell

    Sorry, I had to take a big gaetz at the park this am, I did wipe my matt really well though

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    21 points Larrea_tridentata

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    8 points ExoticPainting154

    If you have a Matt back there, you can get it waxed, for easier cleanups

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    1 points Larrea_tridentata

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    9 points CR8VJUC

    I see what you did there

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    8 points tapirexpress

    Matt works for them

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    24 points RadiantZote

    Known Pedophile Matt Gaetz?

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    17 points xiamaracortana

    Likely human trafficker Matt Gaetz?

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    39 points TheLIstIsGone

    Funny how most of the far right wing networks love living in blue cities/states. Why not broadcast from Oklahoma or something?

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    16 points Odd_Fuel5404

    The wife he despises for being from another faith for further clarity

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  • 348 points drood420

    Like most California haters, they love to play with our toys while talking ish at the same time.

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  • 279 points LBichon

    Sale at Jerome’s ends on the 31st…no time to waste.

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    19 points Pishiandlychee

    🤣

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    9 points Follow_youre_heart

    They're going out of business????

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    38 points GrandMarquisMark

    They will be once all the couches are "used"

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    3 points Smoked_Bear

    Like Mansa Musa’s gold, dude is going to absolutely wreck the used couch market in town.

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  • 251 points Dizzy_Citron4871

    Because he doesn’t hate California, he’s just a wealthy power seeking hypocrite pandering to uneducated racists

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    7 points its_the_smell

    And all the elites in the places he claims to hate give him a pass because he supports cutting their taxes, so he always has safe places there.

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    12 points fix8r

    Best comment ever

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  • 152 points Avocado2Guac

    It’s a fair question.

    Another fair question is how someone that works for the government gets more time off than other government employees.

    This is like his 4th or 5th time here for longer than a week in less than a year. And he’s not exclusively vacationing in California.

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    49 points TropicTravels

    Elected officials don’t really have work hours, and they basically can’t be fired. What a great system!

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    17 points Avocado2Guac

    We should at least have some sort of restriction on using government resources and ‘work time’ to speak at partisan events like Turning Point.

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    11 points HammerheadEaglei-Thr

    No one bothered to close the loophole that let's the orange one enrich his golf properties by charging the Secret Service for the many, many golf trips he manages to fit in between naps during meetings and saying out of pocket shit. Politicians view it as a perk and if they try to push back on stuff like this someone might look at how they're spending their time and government resources.

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    6 points pfmiller0

    And the VP is especially useless. Their whole job is waiting around in case the prez kicks it.

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    2 points deedsnance

    I mean he functionally just stands around and nods to stuff trump says. Not really all that different from any other VP but he does occasionally say some really dumb stuff. Such as “you didn’t even say thank you.”

    So there’s that lol

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    10 points Encryption-error

    He has an RA to telework from home.

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    3 points Complete_Entry

    I mean vice presidents I can see having a lot of time off, they're kind of in a "Come to work when we have work for you" kind of position.

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    5 points swarleyknope

    Pretty sure the VP doesn’t have to go to the office to work.

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  • 80 points Money-Giraffe2521

    It won’t be a problem anymore once he divorces Usha and marries Erika Kirk.

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    22 points OriginalMaximum949

    I think that should be promoted on signs around town for his wife and her family to enjoy.

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    6 points Plus_Needleworker241

    Erika *Vance

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  • 58 points SubBass49Tees

    Because he's a hypocritical POS.

    Same reason he became VP to a guy he called America's Hitler.

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  • 25 points aliencupcake

    A lot of conservatism is loving the products of urban multicultural liberalism but hating having to share it with others. They refuse to acknowledge that it takes a lot of other people to support the things that they like and if they succeeded in barring anyone else from enjoying these things, the things would cease to exist rather than them being able to enjoy them by themselves.

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  • 41 points ProcrastinatingPuma

    Huh, I was reliably informed that California was a destroyed, a shithole, a crime ridden liberal hellhole... and otherwise completely undesirable to be in and visit. Yet this couch fetishizing gremlin comes around to make everyone's day that much harder.

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  • 29 points swarleyknope

    Every time he’s here people ask this: - His wife is from the area & has family here - OAN is here - Politics is like professional wrestling, just because they say they hate something doesn’t mean they do; it’s what their voters want to hear. - San Diego is a nice place to visit. Plenty of folks who shit all over Florida still go to DisneyWorld.

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  • 37 points sd_software_dude

    Living Spaces is here

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    4 points Major_Bear_8298

    I am in a Living Spaces at the moment!

    I tot I saw a JD rat!

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  • 18 points MrSurly

    Streets shouldn't be closed for public servants, unless it's first responders attending an emergency.

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  • 23 points communitycolor

    His wife is from San Diego.

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    16 points khandurin

    I was just-now years old when I learned she’s from PQ, went to Mt Carmel high and is the same age as me 🤯

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    4 points FORLORDAERON_

    Damn! Thank fuck I moved to Westview as soon as it opened, hopefully missed her by a hair!

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    5 points khandurin

    My parents still live off the 56, same exist as hers, but I didn’t realize Westview had already opened circa 2004

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    7 points Barr_cudas

    That’s why the 56 was closed off at Black Mtn last Sunday

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    1 points havocbyday

    And we are all worse off for it.

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  • 18 points OriginalMaximum949

    JD Vance favors Gavin Newsom’s state.

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  • 3 points Raibean

    His mother in law is literally the Sixth College Provost at UCSD. It’s the holidays and he’s visiting his family with his wife and kids.

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  • 13 points MillenialMamacita

    We must have the nicest couches in all the land.

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  • 20 points Good-Finish9313

    Fuck that trump cocksucker

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  • 4 points Mrose629

    His in laws live here, and he used to live in SF when he worked for Peter Thiel.

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  • 5 points levikg

    He hates the people who run California

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  • 6 points cib2018

    You can’t get a decent burrito in DC.

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  • 6 points aguila0515

    For the millionth time, his wife is from here

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  • 8 points BillCheddarFBI

    A whole lot of really soft, expensive couches in your area.

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  • 6 points LopsidedGrapefruit11

    His in-laws live here and he likes to pretend to be military adjacent

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  • 8 points spammom

    His in-laws live about a block from my cousin-in-law. She shares my disdain and disgust for him, so she texts me when she sees his caravan of secret service vehicles drive by.

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    2 points OzOnEarth

    Is cousin in law really a thing??? 😂 never heard that one before

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  • 2 points leanhotsd

    Where was that fuckwit this time?

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  • 6 points Throwawayyyygold

    His wife grew up in Rancho Penasquitos and it’s easy to travel here with our military airports.

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  • 15 points Minximum

    Just call ICE on his wife.

    Like, I’m sure she’s a real citizen or whatever, but that didn’t stop them from raiding my neighbors.

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  • 6 points letsNOTgetcrazy

    His wife is from here so they’re seeing family but the reality is he’s a blue falcon moron.

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  • 2 points kemp77pmek

    He just got back from an exclusive resort in Montana with his sister-in-law’s family - who all live in SD.

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  • 4 points Sloppy-Joe-2024

    He actually secretly loves you and was hoping to get a glipse

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    2 points no-teenie-weenie

    Is OP a couch?

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  • 4 points try-catch-finally

    They. Are. Hypocrites

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  • 2 points Particular-Chair7363

    I think some of their biggest donors are here

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  • 7 points old_motters

    It's a good question that has no good answer.

    He belongs in Texas.

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  • 5 points caaahris

    Because he is a couch fucker

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  • 2 points Complete_Entry

    I could see him visiting specifically to cause traffic congestion, he's the kind of guy who finds stuff like that funny.

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  • 1 points TangerineTassel

    He overlooks hating Californians and uses his access to the State.

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  • 2 points 8Lwiseguy

    Because as documentarian Alexandra Pelosi says, California is the nation's ATM for political contributions.

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  • 3 points moneyfink

    I live 4 miles from his house in Ohio. Once people actively began protesting on the streets outside of his house, he stopped coming by.

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  • 2 points jenny_jen_jen

    They all ‘hate’ California until they get some of our weather, good produce, and enjoyable dining, among other things. They will continue to pretend they hate us while they drink from the same tap they claim is poison.

    Middle America wouldn’t vote for them if they ‘liked’ us.

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  • -4 points xd366

    because his family is from here.

    but you knew that already

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    17 points notapunk

    Not his, but his in-laws

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    9 points Ok_Disk6560

    But he hates it so much, why is here ?!?!?!?! Lol

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    5 points Barr_cudas

    Pandering to RSF and DM donors

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  • 1 points dhereforfun

    To piss off libs is there any better reason

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