Republican Ohio senatorial candidate J.D. Vance apologized for his criticism of former President Donald Trump, saying he was “wrong.”
Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy, asked not to be judged based on years-old comments. Vance described himself as “never Trump,” called Trump “an idiot,” said he “didn’t support” Trump, described himself as “not a Trump guy,” and said, “I loved @MittRomney’s anti-Trump screed,” in since-deleted tweets from 2016 and 2017.
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