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Erica Kirk and JD Vance... (Original Post) Swede Nov 1 OP
Mrs. Vance must be humiliated. Irish_Dem Nov 1 #1
.just wow thomski64 Nov 1 #2
She is over-sexed. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #3
Vance loved it. He didn't look shocked but loved every minute of it. Irish_Dem Nov 1 #5
And once again, it is the hypocrisy of these phonies that leads us to mock them. Swede Nov 1 #6
I think there is even a commandment about this very issue. Irish_Dem Nov 1 #7
Laws are for Democrats...... lastlib Nov 1 #95
Roll enid602 Nov 1 #67
If you pause the video when she's got her hands in his hair & his face is in her hair, he's smiling. It's very obvious. CrispyQ Nov 1 #89
He wasn't in the least bit surprised or taken off guard, was he? Irish_Dem Nov 1 #90
I definitely think Kirk planned it. And he definitely enjoyed it. Was his wife in the audience? CrispyQ Nov 1 #94
We might find out if she deserves him or not. I'd love to assume she's an actual human Maru Kitteh Nov 1 #96
Usha Vance knows how to pick 'em. Clerked for Kavanaugh pre his SCOTUS stint & also John Roberts Attilatheblond Nov 1 #102
Thanks. I didn't know this about her. CrispyQ Nov 1 #108
Exactly, it looked all planned in advance to me too. Irish_Dem Nov 1 #98
He's certainly cowardly enough to do that. CrispyQ Nov 1 #107
I agree totally. She appears to be manipulative and quite ambitious. Irish_Dem Nov 1 #110
A Kirk/Vance marriage would solidify Trump's base behind Vance. CrispyQ Nov 1 #123
Yes she grasped this fact soon after Kirk was killed, the Kirk brand was valuable. Irish_Dem Nov 1 #125
Nah, he's always been a scumbag Smilo Nov 2 #141
Planned in advance and practiced in private? nt PufPuf23 Nov 1 #113
Bingo. This is very obviously not their first intimate contact. Irish_Dem Nov 1 #115
Do folks still snowybirdie Nov 1 #8
It's not sexist. Brits said US GIs (men) were over-sexed in WW2. Different from "hot for each other" Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #16
So what shall snowybirdie Nov 1 #34
Satyr BeerBarrelPolka Nov 1 #40
The first applies and the second is looking increasingly likely. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #41
Probably call him gay. I think kirk was a closet case. Vance has a new beard. 58Sunliner Nov 1 #120
GIs in WW2 swong19104 Nov 1 #52
The pleather pants... regnaD kciN Nov 1 #91
The full phrase about American GIs in Great Britain was COL Mustard Nov 1 #60
The Yanks are over paid, over sexed and over here. LastDemocratInSC Nov 1 #97
I haven't heard that phrase in years. ShazzieB Nov 1 #24
Slut shaming? BeerBarrelPolka Nov 1 #27
More like misogyny. ShazzieB Nov 1 #53
This message was self-deleted by its author BeerBarrelPolka Nov 1 #61
I'm VERY comfortable using the word BeerBarrelPolka Nov 1 #63
Hmmm. ShazzieB Nov 1 #126
I don't need to read anything BeerBarrelPolka Nov 1 #135
Wow. ShazzieB Nov 2 #142
Andrew Tate, Sean Puff Daddy Combs, Harvey Weinstein over-sexed, as was Jeffrey Epstein. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #31
And Donald Trump Norrrm Nov 1 #59
It's definitely not sexist BeerBarrelPolka Nov 1 #25
Where is that photo? IronLionZion Nov 1 #39
At the White House with tRump Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #48
No photo of them kissing IronLionZion Nov 1 #50
I believe it's an AI. I saw it a week ago. It was added into the same video. It was being dismissed in comments. Melon Nov 1 #64
Thank you for confirming image existed. I have come to the same conclusion. I apologize for being fooled. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #69
I apologize. I definitely saw a pic but on reviewing a video, I conclude that the pic I saw was AI crap. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #66
I accept your apology IronLionZion Nov 1 #80
Awaiting your apology for accusing me of making it up. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #101
I apologized. Perhaps you should apologize to me for your personal attack. I was not only person to see the image. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #71
I have No Regard for him, and probably little regard for her; but "over-sexed"? Would you call a man "over-sexed"? electric_blue68 Nov 1 #117
I did. In this thread. The Brits did too (but not in this thread though I and others mentioned them). . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #118
Ah, ok, then. electric_blue68 Nov 1 #119
No worries. Looks like I blew through 60,000 posts today. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #124
Ok👍 And Congrats! 🎉 electric_blue68 Nov 2 #136
Well, he ho'd up good for Thiel and then for trump. Breaking up with the couch and his poor wife. erronis Nov 1 #19
OMG "he whore" Grim Chieftain Nov 1 #51
Seriously? If she's not embarrassed just being married to him NoRethugFriends Nov 1 #74
Add it to the list of public humiliations. Irish_Dem Nov 1 #88
his very existence i would think barbtries Nov 1 #82
If she has a moral compass that is. Irish_Dem Nov 1 #129
true. barbtries Nov 1 #130
I don't care IbogaProject Nov 1 #127
Anyone who tries to claim that is innocent and platonic doesn't know body language... hlthe2b Nov 1 #4
JD dumping Usha and hooking up with Kirk would solidify his MAGA support 100%. LuvLoogie Nov 1 #11
He wants her to become a Christian and Blue Full Moon Nov 1 #12
His brand of Christianity does not permit divorce -- one reason I think she's wise to not convert Hekate Nov 1 #57
Annulment is though Blue Full Moon Nov 1 #75
I had a Catholic friend that was married 10 years with two kids rurallib Nov 1 #76
I would think he could get a discount on an annulment GopherGal Nov 1 #132
Do you honestly believe she'd be allowed to leave with her children? Where? India? Modi would back HER? hlthe2b Nov 1 #13
He's too fresh BeerBarrelPolka Nov 1 #28
He's been Catholic about as long as I've been 20 pounds underweight (never)... hlthe2b Nov 1 #38
Yep. BeerBarrelPolka Nov 1 #43
Erika Kirk was Catholic longer than he was. GoCubsGo Nov 1 #70
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Nov 1 #9
I'm Not Your Stepping Stone... Or Is He? TheBlackAdder Nov 1 #44
They're totally boning. BannonsLiver Nov 1 #10
The couch weeps. rubbersole Nov 1 #15
And seeps, in JDs case. BannonsLiver Nov 1 #17
I nearly spit out my coffee! niyad Nov 1 #32
That's great. We all have to leave room to laugh in this mess we're in! BannonsLiver Nov 1 #46
True! niyad Nov 1 #47
They'll be the new Turning Point power couple. miyazaki Nov 1 #116
She will kick Vance to the curb as soon as possible. And grab all the power she can. Irish_Dem Nov 1 #131
This is the new power couple. He will leave his wife tearfully because they are on different spiritual paths. Pisces Nov 1 #14
Usha probably hates his guts. rubbersole Nov 1 #18
The way he's been treating her in public, I can't imaging she has warm and fuzzies for him. Pisces Nov 1 #21
She's not the only one Roxi Nov 1 #134
Anyone think that Vance may have put out a hit on Kirk? -misanthroptimist Nov 1 #20
Not anyone with sense and a grasp of the facts in the case. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #23
And how did you determine the facts in the case? -misanthroptimist Nov 1 #29
From credible news sources referencing public facts and court documents. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #33
Oh, I had no idea there were any credible news sources left -misanthroptimist Nov 1 #56
Well then, you have learned something. Glad to help. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #68
Not really much help, was it? -misanthroptimist Nov 1 #73
Perhaps you have learned to temper your cynicism. Or not. Don't buy into tRump-Project2025 playbook Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #77
Well...perhaps I can help you even more. -misanthroptimist Nov 1 #85
The question mark is why I said "conjecture". Your cynicism is why I explained that there are facts. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #87
Pity to be unable to accept that you made a mistake. -misanthroptimist Nov 1 #93
Your mistake. Premise of your "question" is a cynical conjecture with NO evidence. Still no evidence. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #100
Words have meanings -misanthroptimist Nov 1 #104
You injected cynical nonsense into this thread with not a shred of evidence. I stand by my posts. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #105
Ah, you're one of those. -misanthroptimist Nov 1 #106
Stranger things have indeed happened fujiyamasan Nov 2 #137
I read somewhere... littlemissmartypants Nov 1 #22
When you're digging for gold, you keep on digging ashredux Nov 1 #26
He's thinking to himself moniss Nov 1 #30
Her leather pants remind him of naugahyde. sop Nov 1 #65
DUzy! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 1 #78
Bet the old couch got a workout after that. Vinca Nov 1 #35
In keeping with R family values... Hope22 Nov 1 #36
Church hug is supposed to leave room for the Lord in between. IronLionZion Nov 1 #37
Isn't it supposed to be Jilly_in_VA Nov 1 #81
Thank goodness there will be alcohol at our event later. Sorely needed, niyad Nov 1 #42
Consoling the grieving widow pfitz59 Nov 1 #45
She might even become the next Mrs. Musk WarGamer Nov 1 #49
Are you suggesting... lame54 Nov 1 #54
She's still wearing her mourning stretchy pants. Timeflyer Nov 1 #55
I feel awful for the kids stuck in this situation nycbos Nov 1 #58
Mary Todd Lincoln wore black the rest of her life Rastapopoulos Nov 1 #62
And the search continues for a proper white wife as befits his republican high status? Norrrm Nov 1 #72
I think it was Stephanie Miller who said the other dy rurallib Nov 1 #79
They deseve each other. Joinfortmill Nov 1 #83
Disgusting, I kind of feel bad for his Wife. ArnoldLayne Nov 1 #84
A Poem From Marcus Bales diane in sf Nov 1 #86
Erika says the comparisons between Charlie and JD are running neck and neck. Efilroft Sul Nov 1 #92
No monogamy no cry Tetrachloride Nov 1 #99
She's been dressing more like a couch over the past 4-5 weeks. Hmmm...lol. n/t CincyDem Nov 1 #103
Vance's boss is also an unfaithful spouse. Probably why the GOP has lowered the 'family values' banter RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Nov 1 #109
If she pressed her boobs into him any harder C_U_L8R Nov 1 #111
They'd merge and form Donald Trump. nt mr715 Nov 1 #112
"Normalize Indian Hate" 2na fisherman Nov 1 #114
This whole thing has been weird to me from the beginning MerryBlooms Nov 1 #121
My husband died in 2002, I still dream of us. MerryBlooms Nov 1 #122
Yeah, there was no love between the widow Kirk and Charlie Farmer-Rick Nov 2 #138
Poor Usha might end up a political liability for her very ambitious and opportunistic husband, Ocelot II Nov 1 #128
The photo where they're kissing is actually a lot hotter. Sogo Nov 1 #133
I'm wondering if they had an existing affair. NH Ethylene Nov 2 #139
Hugging is ok but the rubbing up and down is questionable. twodogsbarking Nov 2 #140

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
3. She is over-sexed.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:38 PM
Nov 1

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Her hands on his head pulled him in, but sure looks willingly.

At another mourning/honouring event she has worn a sheer blouse.

Edited to add that I was fooled by an AI image and I've withdrawn one specific point about a kiss.

Swede

(38,223 posts)
6. And once again, it is the hypocrisy of these phonies that leads us to mock them.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:50 PM
Nov 1

Christian my ass.

CrispyQ

(40,616 posts)
89. If you pause the video when she's got her hands in his hair & his face is in her hair, he's smiling. It's very obvious.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:52 PM
Nov 1

There are ways to deflect overly intimate come-on's & he didn't do anything. He walked right into it & enjoyed it.

Irish_Dem

(79,449 posts)
90. He wasn't in the least bit surprised or taken off guard, was he?
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:54 PM
Nov 1

I wonder if it was planned in advance.

CrispyQ

(40,616 posts)
94. I definitely think Kirk planned it. And he definitely enjoyed it. Was his wife in the audience?
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:59 PM
Nov 1

There's a pic going around of their wedding, a Hindu wedding & he's got a red dot on his forehead & I wonder if he wasn't anything like this back when they married & she's horrified at the man he's become? "Her children." I will never forget when he called their kids that. WTF? She doesn't deserve to be treated like this.

Maru Kitteh

(31,199 posts)
96. We might find out if she deserves him or not. I'd love to assume she's an actual human
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:07 PM
Nov 1

with feelings and a conscience, but actions vs. words (or total lack of words).


Attilatheblond

(8,175 posts)
102. Usha Vance knows how to pick 'em. Clerked for Kavanaugh pre his SCOTUS stint & also John Roberts
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:25 PM
Nov 1

Newsweek July 16 and July 18, 2024
https://www.newsweek.com/usha-vance-supreme-court-jd-vance-donald-trump-republican-party-1925645]

It did not take long for attention to turn to Usha Vance, who was most recently a corporate litigator at a firm which represents clients in the entertainment, technology, energy and health care industries, according to her LinkedIn profile.

She resigned from that position shortly after JD Vance was announced as Trump's running mate, according to multiple reports.

However, some of her previous roles quickly started gaining some scrutiny, notably her clerkships for Brett Kavanaugh before he was a appointed to the Supreme Court and the current Chief Justice John Roberts. Both men make up part of the highest court's 6-3 conservative majority.


Not excusing JD's behavior and recalling how HAPPY Trump looked when Erica leaned into him, full body contact, at that memorial for Charlie. Both men have questionable response to the very friendly widow, but Usha seems to lack some judgement about who she picks to be around.

CrispyQ

(40,616 posts)
108. Thanks. I didn't know this about her.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:55 PM
Nov 1

She's either a lot like them, or she's about to learn a hard lesson, or both.

Irish_Dem

(79,449 posts)
98. Exactly, it looked all planned in advance to me too.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:13 PM
Nov 1

1. The photographer got too good of a shot for it to be random.
2. Vance doesn't look in the least surprised or taken aback.
3. The two have a comfort level and seem to be used to intimacy with each other.

Was this planned to force Vance's wife to file for divorce?
To humiliate her?

CrispyQ

(40,616 posts)
107. He's certainly cowardly enough to do that.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:52 PM
Nov 1

Someone on social media suggested Kirk may want the VP spot but I don't think so. I think she's pegged Vance as the spineless worm he is, & she can run the presidency or at least have more say as First Lady than as VP. Just my opinion based on the little I've read about her.

Irish_Dem

(79,449 posts)
110. I agree totally. She appears to be manipulative and quite ambitious.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:07 PM
Nov 1

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When I saw how she comported herself disgracefully at her husband's funeral service
I knew she was the brains behind the Kirk scam.

And then more confirmation by all of her posts requesting money, etc.

She has identified Vance as her next target, and yes she will be the one running the US
and world once Vance is in office. And scamming the US taxpayer and US Treasury.

I think this latest stunt is designed to get Vance's wife to file for divorce.
Vance is going to regret this day for the rest of his life.

I wonder if Vance understands the extent to which he is being played.

ETA I give her credit, she rapidly parlayed her sudden rise to power very well.
She lacks subtlety of course, but for the MAGAs, the more ham fisted the better.

CrispyQ

(40,616 posts)
123. A Kirk/Vance marriage would solidify Trump's base behind Vance.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 06:22 PM
Nov 1

Right now, I'm not sure he can count on enough maga to win a primary. The sad thing is, the nastier he is to Usha, the more they will like him.

Irish_Dem

(79,449 posts)
125. Yes she grasped this fact soon after Kirk was killed, the Kirk brand was valuable.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 06:32 PM
Nov 1

She realized Kirk was worth more to her dead than alive.
In terms of power and money.

Yes right now the public is being manipulated to hate Vance's current wife.
And to welcome his divorce and remarriage to the second wife.
The new MAGA Dragon Lady.

Smilo

(2,008 posts)
141. Nah, he's always been a scumbag
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 12:23 PM
Nov 2

she knows it, she has stayed with him all the way. And you just look at her work history - she's a scumbag too.

Irish_Dem

(79,449 posts)
115. Bingo. This is very obviously not their first intimate contact.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:43 PM
Nov 1

I think it was staged to make Vance's wife file for divorce.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
16. It's not sexist. Brits said US GIs (men) were over-sexed in WW2. Different from "hot for each other"
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:58 PM
Nov 1

When she wears a sheer sexy black blouse to memorial events, she is not "hot for" someone specific. She is over-sexed, needy, unsatiated.

Sure, it's an old expression and I have no idea about its currency. The WW2 phrase went "The GIs are over-sexed and over here." That usage also was not "hot for" someone specific.

I used it because I think it is applicable.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
41. The first applies and the second is looking increasingly likely.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:22 PM
Nov 1

Hypocrite? Philanderer? Player? Blue balls? "Couch fucker" could apply too, though the source of that meme is apocryphal and not strictly true as I remember the analysis.

The couch is suing for divorce over alienation.

swong19104

(576 posts)
52. GIs in WW2
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:45 PM
Nov 1

was 80 years ago. Modern vernacular probably doesn't describe either a man or a woman as "over-sexed". However, I think a common term today is "player," and "cougar" specifically for (older) women.

As for Erica wearing pleather pants, sheer blouses and the like, well, people have their own taste for what is proper for themselves. I'm not to judge.

On the other hand, since TPUSA and the right so frequently judge others (especially those of us on the left, as well as people from other nations/cultures), I think it's fair to judge her based on their own set of criteria of what is acceptable for women to wear.

regnaD kciN

(27,430 posts)
91. The pleather pants...
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:56 PM
Nov 1

…were obviously to entice Vance by reminding him of his favorite sofa.

ShazzieB

(22,158 posts)
24. I haven't heard that phrase in years.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:02 PM
Nov 1

I don't love it, especially applied to a woman. The overtones of slut shaming are distasteful.

ShazzieB

(22,158 posts)
53. More like misogyny.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:46 PM
Nov 1

Slut shaming is something that is usually aimed at women and girls:

What is slut-shaming?

Slut-shaming is accusing someone — usually girls and women — of being “too sexual,” and using that as an excuse to humiliate, bully, or harass them. The reason slut-shamers target people is to make themselves feel more powerful by putting other people down.

Examples of slut-shaming include:
○ calling someone a “slut,”
○ demeaning someone for wearing revealing clothes (regardless of what they’re actually wearing),
○ spreading rumors about someone’s sex life,
○ trash-talking someone for having sex (regardless of what’s true),
○ victim-blaming someone for a sexual assault, and
○ yelling at someone for going to a sexual health care center.

Slut-shaming can happen online or IRL; directly or behind someone’s back; from people you know or don’t know. Slut-shaming comes from the myth that sex is wrong, dirty, or immoral, especially if you’re female. That’s why slut-shaming also is a cruel form of sexism. The main message is: It’s not okay to enjoy sex or be sexual if you’re female or feminine.

Source: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/blog/what-is-slut-shaming

Sure sounds like misogyny to me, and I'm not comfortable seeing any woman slut shamed, including the widow of a RWNJ asshole?

Response to ShazzieB (Reply #53)

BeerBarrelPolka

(2,173 posts)
63. I'm VERY comfortable using the word
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:05 PM
Nov 1

if it fits. I was married to a christian woman who had no problem sleeping with several different men at the same time. It's misandry to try to defend her.

ShazzieB

(22,158 posts)
126. Hmmm.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 06:51 PM
Nov 1

Well, as far as I'm concerned, objecting to slut shaming on general principle has nothing to do with defending something a particular person has done. If a person has cheated on someone they are in a relationship with, they may well deserve to be criticized for their actions of lying, cheating, and not honoring their commitments.

Exqmple: an aunt of mine was married to a man who cheated on her openly and blatantly for many years. (Yes, she should have left him a lot sooner than she eventually did, and I don't really understand why she didn't. But that's a whole different conversation). Did he do that because he was "oversexed" (whatever that even means)? I don't think so. I think he did it because he was a lying, cheating scumbag who had no respect for the vows he made at the altar. He did it because he felt like it and because he could.

Slut shaming is a different thing from holding someone responsible for specific behavior like cheating on a partner. It involves holding women to a different and stricter standard than men are held to and policing women's behavior in a much more judgmental way, and it includes things like blaming women for any undesired attentions they receive from me. If the distinction is still not clear to you, I recommend reading the article I linked to in my last post. It lays the whole thing out pretty clearly, I think. I guarantee you every woman reading this knows exactly what I'm talking about and most of us have personally experienced slut shaming.

I could go further and explain why objecting to the misogynistic act of slut shaming has nothing whatever to do with misandry, but I am simply too tired to go on any longer. Peace out.

BeerBarrelPolka

(2,173 posts)
135. I don't need to read anything
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 11:23 PM
Nov 1

Some women are indeed sluts and it's not misogyny to call them that. If you can't understand that, then you are defending, hence that is misandry.

Men are called ALL sorts of names when they cheat so save me the lecture. And men are insulted even on here on a daily basis. It's very common to read about their small "size" to explain their behavior. That is misandry plain and simple. But we are supposed to accept that.

So I call a spade a spade. Yes, there are sluts out there. I have no idea whatsoever if Kirk's widow is one. But they are most definitely out there. And the term slut shaming is just one way to defend and empower them and that behavior.

ShazzieB

(22,158 posts)
142. Wow.
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 03:10 PM
Nov 2

You've obviously got your mind made up, and I'm officially noping out of pursuing this issue any further here and now. Sorry I spent so much time trying to clarify what slut shaming is, because it was obviously a waste of effort and energy. But maybe someone else will read this conversation and learn something. Who knows?

By the way, I don't care for those "size" jokes, either, and I don't participate in them, because I think they're silly. But from what I've seen, men post comments like that at least as often as women do here at DU, so your beef is not with me. (I don't use any other social media these days, so all my comments here are about DU culture, not the internet at large.)

I'm also not a fan of comments that equate qualities like courage with the ownership of testicles. I'm pretty sure there are people of just about every gender here at DU, and I feel those comments are disrespectful to cis women, trans people, intersex people...basically anyone without "standard issue" male genitalia, WHETHER THEY ARE MEANT THAT WAY OR NOT. In the 21st century, i don't think we should be equating character traits with genitalia of any kind. Not because it has anything to do with either misandry or misogyny, but because genitalia have nothing to do with the kind of person someone is.

I imagine a lot of us have a list of pet peeves regarding certain types of comments that bug us. But it's not possible to control other people's behavior and trying to do so is exhausting, so I mostly just roll my eyes at those things, keep scrolling, and take comfort in the fact that I know most people of every gender here at DU really do have a respectful attutude towards everyone else. It's one of my favorite things about this place.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
31. Andrew Tate, Sean Puff Daddy Combs, Harvey Weinstein over-sexed, as was Jeffrey Epstein. . . . nt
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:12 PM
Nov 1

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Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
48. At the White House with tRump
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:34 PM
Nov 1

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https://mississippitoday.org/2025/10/15/vice-president-jd-vance-and-erika-kirk-to-speak-at-ole-miss-for-turning-point-event/

Erika Kirk listens as a military aide reads the citation before President Donald Trump posthumously awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington. Credit: AP Photo/Alex Brandon




Melon

(983 posts)
64. I believe it's an AI. I saw it a week ago. It was added into the same video. It was being dismissed in comments.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:06 PM
Nov 1

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
69. Thank you for confirming image existed. I have come to the same conclusion. I apologize for being fooled. . . nt
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:10 PM
Nov 1

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
66. I apologize. I definitely saw a pic but on reviewing a video, I conclude that the pic I saw was AI crap.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:07 PM
Nov 1

I looked at CBS and PBS videos of the event and the embrace did not include a kiss on the lips. I also was unable to find a still picture despite multiple search terms.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
71. I apologized. Perhaps you should apologize to me for your personal attack. I was not only person to see the image. . nt
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:12 PM
Nov 1

electric_blue68

(25,644 posts)
117. I have No Regard for him, and probably little regard for her; but "over-sexed"? Would you call a man "over-sexed"?
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:57 PM
Nov 1

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
118. I did. In this thread. The Brits did too (but not in this thread though I and others mentioned them). . . . nt
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:59 PM
Nov 1

erronis

(22,510 posts)
19. Well, he ho'd up good for Thiel and then for trump. Breaking up with the couch and his poor wife.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:59 PM
Nov 1

NoRethugFriends

(3,646 posts)
74. Seriously? If she's not embarrassed just being married to him
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:20 PM
Nov 1

Then I don't think anything could bother her

Irish_Dem

(79,449 posts)
88. Add it to the list of public humiliations.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:52 PM
Nov 1

If she has any pride and self respect, it must be humiliating.

barbtries

(31,098 posts)
82. his very existence i would think
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:41 PM
Nov 1

humiliated her years ago. when he decided to let his racism fly and go full fascist and anti-immigrant.

hlthe2b

(112,652 posts)
4. Anyone who tries to claim that is innocent and platonic doesn't know body language...
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:44 PM
Nov 1

Stroking his hair in a "platonic hug?" Umm, okay
Clasping her so tightly with both hands, including one pressing her waist to your... umm, whatever?

Betcha working on one's own career, rather than giving it up for a chubby-faced "el-Macho-wannabe," might seem a reasonable alternative--especially given the fight you would have to retain any control over your children, eh, Usha? Hey, put me on the jury, and I'd give you full custody, but the political forces are going to be devastating to fight against.

LuvLoogie

(8,474 posts)
11. JD dumping Usha and hooking up with Kirk would solidify his MAGA support 100%.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:53 PM
Nov 1

She should just leave now with her children for their own safety.

Hekate

(100,131 posts)
57. His brand of Christianity does not permit divorce -- one reason I think she's wise to not convert
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:59 PM
Nov 1

When JD converted to Roman Catholicism, it was to a very conservative type, and I think under the influence of Opus Dei.

I hope Usha packs up the kids and gets far away from this snake.

Blue Full Moon

(3,113 posts)
75. Annulment is though
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:22 PM
Nov 1

But when have they ever followed their own rules? It applies to others and not them.

rurallib

(64,526 posts)
76. I had a Catholic friend that was married 10 years with two kids
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:24 PM
Nov 1

He wanted out to marry his girlfriend. So for a price the church gave him an annulment.

So many things are for sale for the right price.

GopherGal

(2,782 posts)
132. I would think he could get a discount on an annulment
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:19 PM
Nov 1

given her Hinduism. That should make it easier to declare the marriage null and void.

The decision by any woman to remain in a marriage after public disrespect is something the woman (be she Usha, Hillary, Ivana, Marla, or Melania) doesn't really owe the public an explanation for, I suppose.

hlthe2b

(112,652 posts)
13. Do you honestly believe she'd be allowed to leave with her children? Where? India? Modi would back HER?
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:57 PM
Nov 1

I don't think so.

Vance could not afford to have his children stripped from him if he is to keep up the pretense of a "good Catholic/good father"...

BeerBarrelPolka

(2,173 posts)
28. He's too fresh
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:07 PM
Nov 1

to be considered a good Catholic, and the evangelicals LOATHE the Catholics so he isn't making any MAGA friends there.

hlthe2b

(112,652 posts)
38. He's been Catholic about as long as I've been 20 pounds underweight (never)...
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:17 PM
Nov 1

It is all a calculated move.

GoCubsGo

(34,641 posts)
70. Erika Kirk was Catholic longer than he was.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:10 PM
Nov 1

She was raised Catholic, after all, and "converted" when she got into college, or thereafter. She is an opportunist, just like JD, who I always assumed was linked to Peter Theil, with his marriage to Usha being a cover.

Response to Swede (Original post)

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
44. I'm Not Your Stepping Stone... Or Is He?
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:27 PM
Nov 1

She got the mils from the first, now it's time to Level-Up!

BannonsLiver

(20,201 posts)
10. They're totally boning.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:52 PM
Nov 1

JD knows he can’t compete in a GOP primary with Usha. This is all part of the process of evolving for 2028. They’ll announce a trial separation in the new year and he’ll be fully involved with Erikkka by the one year anniversary of Chuck’s dirt nap.

The joke will be on him when Dump cancels the 2028 GOP primaries and anoints Don Jr as the nominee. There’s no scenario where the Trump family voluntarily hands over the keys (power) to an outsider.

miyazaki

(2,591 posts)
116. They'll be the new Turning Point power couple.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:49 PM
Nov 1

Last edited Sun Nov 2, 2025, 03:58 AM - Edit history (1)

The country will reach new heights of mass psychosis.

Irish_Dem

(79,449 posts)
131. She will kick Vance to the curb as soon as possible. And grab all the power she can.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 07:01 PM
Nov 1

I wonder if Vance realizes what he is walking into?

Pisces

(6,155 posts)
14. This is the new power couple. He will leave his wife tearfully because they are on different spiritual paths.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 01:58 PM
Nov 1

They will say they connected on loss and religion and have a whirlwind romance/wedding just in time for the Presidential election. That is if Trump moves aside.

Must be terrifying for Usha to see the change in her husband due to power and ambition.

Pisces

(6,155 posts)
21. The way he's been treating her in public, I can't imaging she has warm and fuzzies for him.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:00 PM
Nov 1

-misanthroptimist

(1,564 posts)
73. Not really much help, was it?
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:19 PM
Nov 1

All I've really learned is that there are news sources that you still trust. That's really of very little use to me, right?

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
77. Perhaps you have learned to temper your cynicism. Or not. Don't buy into tRump-Project2025 playbook
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:27 PM
Nov 1

Yes, there are many non-credible sources. No, not all sources are non-credible. There are credible sources.

Throughout this sub thread you have not provided even a hint of evidence for your baseless conjecture. I doubt you ever will because not only is there no credible evidence for your conspiracy theory but this is the first I've heard/read/seen anyone promote it.

The fascist playbook, as explained by Hannah Arendt, is to spread lots and lots of lies, ... not to get you to believe them, but to get you to believe nothing. Don't play their game.

-misanthroptimist

(1,564 posts)
85. Well...perhaps I can help you even more.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:47 PM
Nov 1

The "?" denotes a request for information, not a statement of fact or even a belief. Go forth with this new found knowledge and act accordingly.

You're welcome.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
87. The question mark is why I said "conjecture". Your cynicism is why I explained that there are facts. . . . nt
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:50 PM
Nov 1

-misanthroptimist

(1,564 posts)
93. Pity to be unable to accept that you made a mistake.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:58 PM
Nov 1
conjecture /kən-jĕk′chər/
noun

Opinion or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork. An opinion or conclusion based on guesswork.
"The commentators made various conjectures about the outcome of the next election."
An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.


I made no conjecture. I asked a question.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
100. Your mistake. Premise of your "question" is a cynical conjecture with NO evidence. Still no evidence.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:18 PM
Nov 1

"Just asking questions" is a very underhanded ploy to inject bogus ideas and then avoid taking responsibility for them.

You threw some nonsense into the thread in the form of a "question" and all you have left is nitpicking about the meaning of "conjecture". You have not provided any basis for your cynical "question", which you followed up with cynical surmises about credible media. It's your mistake.

-misanthroptimist

(1,564 posts)
104. Words have meanings
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:33 PM
Nov 1

You, not I, used the word "conjecture", and you used it wrongly.

Further you are ascribing motives to me with zero evidence. The intelligent way to find out my motives is to ask me. You've jumped to wrong conclusions based on Zorb knows what.

Calm down and reevaluate your position.

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
105. You injected cynical nonsense into this thread with not a shred of evidence. I stand by my posts. . . . nt
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 04:36 PM
Nov 1

fujiyamasan

(1,141 posts)
137. Stranger things have indeed happened
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 01:20 AM
Nov 2

And in all honesty, there’s no honor among any of these criminals. Vance is clearly ready to throw his brown wife and mixed race kids under the bus for the MAGA crowd.

But unless there’s a shred of proof, it’s a ridiculous (albeit very amusing), conspiracy theory!

littlemissmartypants

(31,472 posts)
22. I read somewhere...
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:01 PM
Nov 1

That Charlie didn't even live with her and had his own apartment "close by."

Former beauty queens don't stay single for long. Especially when they still have their looks to fall back on.

IronLionZion

(50,739 posts)
37. Church hug is supposed to leave room for the Lord in between.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:17 PM
Nov 1

Erika's got a hot pocket for JD. A blonde Christian widow needs to be comforted.

Usha can't even make him sleep on the couch because he'll ....

niyad

(129,344 posts)
42. Thank goodness there will be alcohol at our event later. Sorely needed,
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 02:22 PM
Nov 1

after that. Glad I had not yet eaten!

nycbos

(6,677 posts)
58. I feel awful for the kids stuck in this situation
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:00 PM
Nov 1

They’re completely innocent, and probably are gonna need therapy for the rest of their lives

Rastapopoulos

(722 posts)
62. Mary Todd Lincoln wore black the rest of her life
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:05 PM
Nov 1

Besides that, Mrs. Kirk, how did you enjoy the rally?

rurallib

(64,526 posts)
79. I think it was Stephanie Miller who said the other dy
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:31 PM
Nov 1

that Erika Kirk is wearing tight black leather pants so she can look more like a couch

Totally broke me up.

diane in sf

(4,211 posts)
86. A Poem From Marcus Bales
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 03:49 PM
Nov 1

Marcus Bales
2h
“Mrs. Kirk
When Mrs. Kirk entwined with JD Vance
And ran her jeweled fingers through his hair
While showing off those skin-tight leather pants
That grieving widows are so well-known to wear,
Her womanhood presaging its debouch
If JD wants to take her for a couch.
And Usha in the wings can only watch
Him put his hands upon her tiny waist
And pull her yet more tightly to his crotch,
A spectacle that's everything but chaste.
And sleeping on the sofa, you'll recall,
For JD's not a punishment at all.
You do not have to watch the video twice
To see how Mrs. Kirk embraces vice.”

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,731 posts)
109. Vance's boss is also an unfaithful spouse. Probably why the GOP has lowered the 'family values' banter
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:02 PM
Nov 1

with these two philandering cheats.

2na fisherman

(220 posts)
114. "Normalize Indian Hate"
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 05:41 PM
Nov 1

Usha should have divorced him when he so spinelessly defended the DOGE employee who said this. So he really doesn't give a shit if his wife and kids were the target of racism. How can she remain married to him when he has no moral compass? His own kids must hate him too.

MerryBlooms

(12,132 posts)
121. This whole thing has been weird to me from the beginning
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 06:11 PM
Nov 1

When my husband died, I could barely get my shit together enough to leave the house. Yet, she's performing on stages, and shit? Her kids are littles, mine were high school... Mine died of aggressive quick cancer at home. Her, horrible violence. How is she able to go out is leather or plether pants, on stages, leave her kids and just be out there!?! I don't relate to any of this bs. I get we grieve differently, but this is bizarre to me.

Farmer-Rick

(12,410 posts)
138. Yeah, there was no love between the widow Kirk and Charlie
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 09:32 AM
Nov 2

You could tell how they acted towards each other. It was strange that she was older than Charlie. She was 30 and he was 25 when they met. A little grooming going on there?

Despite all the crap that came out of Charlie's mouth, Erika was the boss in that family. They may have pretended Trad wife and master husband. But behind the scenes, Erica got what she wanted.

But out with the old and in with the new. Charlie's dead, and she seems almost gleeful. Of course a Trad wife has to have her next meal ticket lined up. But damn, she slipped into those leather pants quickly. When my spouse died, it took years before I could even think about someone else.

But she better be careful. She's playing with fire. Nazis liked their Trad wives to wear leather too. The only person who ended up dead at Charlottesville Nazi rally was a white woman. Nazis don't protect their own women. They hate them all.

Ocelot II

(128,864 posts)
128. Poor Usha might end up a political liability for her very ambitious and opportunistic husband,
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 06:54 PM
Nov 1

where a very white, very blond, very Christian woman like the Widow Kirk might be more favorably received by the MAGA base than a brown Hindu wife and her brown-ish children might be.

Sogo

(6,963 posts)
133. The photo where they're kissing is actually a lot hotter.
Sat Nov 1, 2025, 08:26 PM
Nov 1

It has the feeling of a really intimate moment....

NH Ethylene

(31,278 posts)
139. I'm wondering if they had an existing affair.
Sun Nov 2, 2025, 09:41 AM
Nov 2

This looks like familiarity.

I'm also wondering if the super ambitious, yet unpopular Vance will divorce his wife and marry Kirk to boost his popularity for a presidential run.

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