Adam Kinzinger won’t let JD Vance forget that he’s making ‘so many errors’
Vice President JD Vance’s racist remark against Chinese people hasn’t flown under the radar on social media. Needless to say, Vance earned the ire of a former US representative and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his crass comment.
Vance, during a Fox News interview, showed his dislike for a ‘globalist’ economy. “We borrow money from Chinese peasants to buy the things that Chinese peasants manufacture. That is not a recipe for economic prosperity,” Vice President Vance said. He further stated that it’s “not a recipe for low prices, and it’s not a recipe for good jobs in the United States.”
Former Representative Adam Kinzinger from Illinois tweeted on X. “Remember, @JDVance is what happens when you put a 39-year-old with no government experience in office. So many errors,” he wrote in reaction to Vance’s distasteful comment. Kinzinger has been an avid critic of the Trump administration despite being a former Republican in Congress.
The United States vice president’s callous comment reached the ears of the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Lin Jian, a spokesperson from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, responded to Vance’s foul comment through a press conference. “China’s position on China-US economic trade relations has been made very clear. It is surprising and pathetic to hear such disrespectful and ignorant remarks from this vice president.”
Chinese netizens roast Vance’s arrogant comment
Perhaps the most scathing comments come from neither Kinzinger nor the Chinese Foreign Ministry. While critical at best, both were rather diplomatic in their criticism. Several Chinese social media users from RedNote made fun of Vance and pointed out the irony in his statement.
One of them recited, “It’s like calling your landlord poor while Venmoing him rent. But hey, thanks for the shoutout. We, the humble peasants of your imagination, are deeply flattered.”
Another user on RedNote made a skit about planting an iPad and pretending to be a farmer. He ended the video with a caption, “Please grow more iPads so I can sell to Americans.”
The roasts against Vance have been largely creative, most of them not shy of calling Vance a “country bumpkin” in reaction to the “peasant” remark. It was a reminder that Vance came from a rural background too. Therefore, the use of the term “peasant” isn’t just off-putting—it’s also odd for a self-proclaimed hillbilly who supposedly pulled himself up by the bootstraps to become vice president of the United States.
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