If I didn't know better, I'd think this video clip of JD Vance having an awkward conversation with bored employees at a donut shop was a scene from a Christopher Guest mockumentary. But because it aired on C-SPAN, I guess it really happened.
The clip shows Vance inside a donut shop pretending to order donuts (because he read somewhere that's what everyday folks like to do) from workers who don't want to be part of his campaign propaganda.
Here's the cringeworthy transcript:
JD Vance
Uh, the zoo has come to town. Thank you for letting us come in here.Worker 1
Yes, sir. I don't want to be on film.JD Vance
I'm sorry, ma'am?Worker 1
I don't want to be on film.JD Vance
Okay. Yeah. [Turning to his camera crew] She, she doesn't want to be on film, guys, so just cut her out of anything. Appreciate that, ma'am.JD Vance
I'm JD Vance, I'm running for Vice President. Good to see you.Worker 1
OK.JD Vance
How long have you worked here?Worker 1
I've been here since the beginning of July of this year.JD Vance
OK. [Turns to another worker who has been doing his best to avoid him] How about you, sir?Worker 2
Almost two years.JD Vance
Okay. Good. [Gestures at donuts in display case] Just everything. I mean a lot of glazed here. Some sprinkles stuff. Some of these cinnamon rolls. Just whatever makes sense.JD Vance
How long has this place been around?Worker 3
About four years.JD Vance
About four years? OK. [Points to another worker off camera] How long have you been here?Speaker 1
Uh, a little over six months.JD Vance
OK, good.
I've had a lot of jobs in the service industry, and I never liked it when people placed orders like JD Vance did here: "Just whatever makes sense." Customers like that would usually complain about what I decided made sense for them. For this reason alone, Vance is not qualified to be Vice President.
Previously:
• Some of the witless things JD Vance said yesterday
• Don Jr and JD Vance hate first-time homebuyers
• Wired took a look at JD Vance's Venmo friends list
• More weird ideas from JD Vance about women
• JD Vance is widely disliked, and Trump's campaign is in disarray
• JD Vance joins JK Rowling in Olympic anti-trans bigotry
• JD Vance's ugly, disrespectful debate challenge
• Hillbilly Eulogy: JD Vance's approval rating nosedives
