J.D. Vance (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
The battle for the U.S. Senate is coming down to the final weeks. One of the most hotly contested races is for the Ohio seat, between two lawyers — Tim Ryan, who got his J.D. from the University of New Hampshire, and Yale Law’s J.D. Vance.
In last night’s debate Ryan called out Vance for referring to Alex Jones, the InfoWars host and Sandy Hook denier, as a credible source.
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“We are running for the United States Senate. This is the highest office you could get in this country except for president,” Ryan said. “And he’s running around backing these extremists. The most extreme people in the country. A guy who denied Sandy Hook. He’s like, ‘No, he’s credible.’”
Remember, Jones now has to pay almost a billion dollars to the families of the Sandy Hook victims for spreading harmful lies about the massacre.
In the heat of the debate, Vance denied that ever happened, “This is a complete fabrication. I never said that.”
But Ryan knows the power of the internet, “You’re on tape, man. It’ll be like 30 minutes and we’re all going to know you’re lying.”
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And low and behold — the internet delivered.
Tim Ryan just SLAMMED JD Vance during the debate for calling conspiracy theorist maniac Alex Jones "credible." Vance denied it. So we found the tape. Here it is spliced together with Vance's denial. pic.twitter.com/LCOB8zyR1A
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) October 17, 2022
It remains to be seen how the call out plays with voters in the Buckeye state.
Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter (@Kathryn1).