Vice President JD Vance downplayed the severity of racist texts leaked from a Young Republican group chat, deflecting and attempting to draw attention to a Democrat texting scandal instead.

“This is far worse than anything said in a college group chat,” Vance wrote in a social media post made to X on Tuesday night, attaching a screenshot of messages sent by the Democratic candidate for Virginia attorney general, Jay Jones, in which he discusses wishing death on then-Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert‘s children. Jones has accepted responsibility for the texts and labeled it a “grave mistake” to The New York Times.

“And the guy who said it could become the AG of Virginia,” Vance added. “I refuse to join the pearl clutching when powerful people call for political violence.”

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