After the USA women’s gymnastics team took home the gold medal in Paris today, DNC Rapid Response Spokesperson Aida Ross released the following statement: 

“While the rest of the country is celebrating the USA women’s gymnastics team’s performance at the Olympics, JD Vance is facing his weakest moment amid a gaffe-filled roll-out that has left him as the most unpopular VP pick in decades. Three years ago, Vance was called out on Fox News after choosing to attack Simone Biles and saying she shouldn’t be praised for putting her health first. Today, everything the American people are learning about Vance is making it obvious that he is an out-of-touch creep who is more focused on tearing Americans down than bringing the country together – and is in no position to be talking about anyone else’s ‘weakest moments.’”

FLASHBACK: JD Vance attacked Olympic legend Simone Biles and said she shouldn’t be praised for her “weakest moments.”

Daily Beast: “Fox News Host Calls Out J.D. Vance for Saying Simone Biles Shouldn’t Be Praised”

Vance: “We’ve tried to turn a very tragic moment, Simone Biles quitting the Olympic team, into this act of heroism, and I think it reflects pretty poorly on our sort of therapeutic society that we try to praise people, not for moments of strength, not for moments of heroism, but for their weakest moments … It’s a shame that she quit. But instead, what our press has done, I think, is turn this into this weird therapeutic moment, ‘let’s praise her for doing this,’ and I think that’s really where the problem here lies.”

Vance’s first two weeks as Donald Trump’s running mate have been a complete disaster.

Vox: “J.D. Vance has made it impossible for Trump to run away from Project 2025”

New Republic: “Project 2025 Leader Is Overjoyed by Trump’s Vice Presidential Pick”

CNN: “JD Vance said in 2022 he ‘would like abortion to be illegal nationally’”

CNN: “It’s not just ‘cat ladies’: JD Vance has a history of disparaging people without kids”

ABC News: “Vance argued for higher tax rate on childless Americans in 2021 interview”

NBC News: “JD Vance doubles down on ‘childless cat ladies’ dig: ‘I’ve got nothing against cats’”

Washington Post: “Vance urged DOJ to enforce Comstock Act, crack down on abortion pills”

The Hill: “Some House Republicans slam Vance as Trump’s VP pick: ‘The worst choice’”

The Hill: “Republican senators divided over Trump sticking with Vance”

Axios: “Some Republicans express buyer’s remorse over Vance VP pick”

New Republic: “Is J.D. Vance the Worst Vice Presidential Pick Ever?”

CNN: “Vance confronts upheaval and uncertainty in first 10 days as Trump’s running mate”

Vance is making history as the most disliked VP nominee our country has seen in decades – and Americans don’t think he’s ready to lead.

Newsweek: “JD Vance Is the Least Liked VP Nominee in Decades, According to Polls”

“JD Vance is the first non-incumbent vice presidential nominee to have a net-negative favorable rating after a convention since 1980, according to poll numbers.”

Salon: “‘Making history in the completely wrong way’: JD Vance is really unpopular and ‘dragging Trump down’”

“Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is making history as Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate, but not in the way that the Trump campaign had hoped. According to a CNN survey taken after the Republican National Convention, Vance has an approval rating of -6 points, making him the first vice presidential nominee to enter the general election with a negative rating since 1980.”

“‘Frankly, I don’t really understand the pick, and apparently neither do the American voters,’ CNN data analyst Harry Enten said on Tuesday’s OutFront with Erin Burnett. Vance, he said, is ‘dragging Trump down.’”

Newsweek: “Nearly four in 10 people do not believe Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, is ready for the presidency if necessary, according to a new survey.”

“The poll also found that one-third (33 percent) were not sure if Vance was ready for the presidency or not. This is a possible sign that the Hillbilly Elegy author, who has been a senator for less than two years, still needs to raise his national political profile since being named as the Republican vice presidential nominee.”

“It has already been suggested that Trump may have made a mistake in picking Vance as his 2024 running mate.”