Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance said Wednesday that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris “can go to hell.”
The caustic comment came in response to a reporter’s question about an “altercation” Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, where Trump reportedly posted for photos over the objections of cemetery officials.
Vance said Trump had been invited by family members of some of the 13 service members killed during the disastrous U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
“If she wants to yell at Donald Trump because he showed up, she can go to hell,” Vance said at a campaign event in Erie, Pennsylvania, where his supporters burst into chants of “USA! USA! USA!”
Even in a campaign marked by insulting rhetoric, “go to hell” stands out as one of the cruder public condemnations of a political opponent this year. Trump has previously called Harris “dumb” and as recently as Tuesday shared a social media post by a user on his…