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VP Vance blasts McConnell’s vote against Trump Pentagon nominee: ‘Political pettiness’

April 9, 2025

Vice President JD Vance spoke out against Sen. Mitch McConnell’s, R-Ky., vote against confirming Elbridge Colby to serve as undersecretary of defense for policy. “Mitch’s vote today—like so much of the last few years of his career—is one of the great acts of political pettiness I’ve ever seen,” Vance declared in a post on X. Colby was confirmed in a 54-45 vote on Tuesday. McConnell was the only...

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