JD Vance’s Promise About Donald Trump 'Never' Doing 1 Thing Has Critics Calling Utter B.S.

Lee Moran
·2 min read

Critics pointed out the absolute absurdity of GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance’s latest claim about what Republican nominee Donald Trump will “never do” if he wins back the White House in Tuesday’s election.

Vance made a First Amendment pledge to Trump supporters at a campaign rally in Aston, Pennsylvania, this weekend when he said, “You know something that Donald Trump will never do? Donald Trump will never go out there and say that his fellow citizens should be censored or silenced for disagreeing with them.”

But Trump has a long, long history of threatening those who criticize him or report negatively on his antics, divisive rhetoric, scandals and controversies.

Many people noted that fact on X, formerly Twitter:

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