Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) shared on Tuesday that he’s lost friends for supporting former President Donald Trump.
The remarks from Vance were aired on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom,” as he was talking about accepting people for their political differences.
“We can’t discard friends, and we can’t discard family members,” Vance said. “I think that if we all just recognize this basic principle that we oughta love people, we oughta be friends with people, we ought to be family members with people, regardless of their politics, that would do a lot to heal the division.
“I know myself, I’ve had a lot of friends — not a lot — I’ve had a few friends who have cast their friendship aside because I decided that I wanted Donald J. Trump to be the winner in the last election … [in] this election,” Vance continued.
At one point, Vance had been openly critical of the former president, referring to him as “America’s Hitler.” However, he’s since changed his tune, saying he got to know the man and had his mind changed.
During his remarks on Tuesday, Vance went on to stress that family and friends are what really matters, not who you cast your ballot for.
“I’d say to everybody, whether you’re voting for Donald Trump or voting for Kamala Harris — remember, friends and family, that stuff is what really, really matters,” Vance said. “We oughta be kind to one another. We oughta treat each other with respect. And fundamentally, what we’re trying to do, President Trump and I, is just build the kind of country where our fellow Americans can achieve their dreams, but that’s all of our fellow Americans, regardless of who they vote for.”