JD Vance repeatedly indicated in 2016 that he believed Donald Trump had committed sexual assault

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46% : Another post liked in 2016 by Vance said, "I wish there was a 2nd Vice Presidential debate just to see @GovPenceIN deny that Trump said he grabbed p*ssy.
24% : "Trump has repeatedly denied claims of sexual assault.
10% : Repeatedly indicated he thought Trump committed sexual assaultVance's defense of Trump marked a striking shift from his remarks in 2016 in the wake of the leak of the "Access Hollywood" tape, which showed the Republican presidential candidate making lewd and sexually aggressive remarks about women.
9% : But by May 2023, in a sign of his shift on Trump from open critic to fiercely loyal surrogate, Vance's position changed entirely while invoking similar language: Vance said he believed his "friend" Trump, just after the former president was found liable by a jury for sexual abuse against author E. Jean Carroll.
8% : Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, repeatedly indicated in 2016 that he believed Donald Trump had committed sexual assault, even suggesting in one TV segment that in a "he said, she said" situation Trump was less credible than one of his accusers.
6% : In deleted likes from his Twitter account, reviewed by CNN, Vance had also indicated he believed Trump's accusers and those who criticized Trump as a "serial sexual assault[er].
5% : Vance appeared on a MSNBC segment in October 2016 on Trump's alleged sexual misconduct in which an interview with Jessica Leeds, a former salesperson who accused Trump of groping and forcibly kissing her during a flight in the 1970s, was played.

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