Sara Haines Has a Sharp Reaction to JD Vance’s Defense of Trump
What To Know
- JD Vance appeared on The View, where Sara Haines questioned how his Catholic faith aligns with his support for Donald Trump.
- On the Behind the Table podcast, Haines expressed disappointment that Vance’s answers lacked depth.
- Haines emphasized that her question about faith and complicity came from a personal place.
On Tuesday, June 17, Vice President JD Vance stopped by The View and sat behind the table for the grilling of his life. Among the topics discussed was his Catholic faith and how it squares with some of President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and policies.
When cohost Sara Haines asked the VP about his faith, a central theme of his memoir, and how he reconciles it with some of President Donald Trump’s rhetoric that critics argue conflicts with Christian teachings. And in response, Vance said, “I would say fundamentally that one of the things I underappreciated about Donald Trump is that so many of the things that people said about him weren’t actually true.”
On the podcast Behind the Table, hosted by executive producer Brian Teta, Haines got the opportunity to expand her thoughts on the question and Vance’s seemingly non-answer.
“So, I read the book, and he showed up the way I thought he would. I mean, I don’t know how to answer it any better. He’s a good politician,” said Haines.
“For anyone who has thoughts about him, he’s very kind in person; he carries himself a certain way…all those things,” explained Haines. “I don’t know how much I learned in that interview or even had clarification in that interview. I kind of think the answers made sense for who he is. The explanations didn’t live up to what you hoped for, and the thing I wanted to know the most, I didn’t really hear.”
Teta went on to explain that even though they received a lot of negative criticism from non-fans of the show regarding the segment and how everyone was just “reading what producers gave them,” Haines invested quite a bit of time and energy on the segment. And her question on faith “came from her heart.”
“I’m not a political pundit. I don’t come from a political world. I’m kind of a little nerdy on what I seek out to read or care about, so it’s not necessarily the best stuff to produce on TV,” said Haines. “I say that because I always ask myself before an interview, ‘If I had one question with this person, what would I want to know?'”
“For me, JD Vance and a book on faith, the question came to me early about reconciling his participation and decisions and the things he’s complicit in with a Christian faith in general. But the book spoke at length at how deeply faith-based he is. More so, the impact he wants to have on his kids. And I think anyone who is a parent can relate to loving your children,” said Haines.
“That has been a lot of the problem that comes home to me in questions, and I was just curious how JD Vance, for what he himself had said and done, but even more so, as he stands next to President Trump, what he’s either not spoken up about or said, because you can’t get a more pure human than Jesus Christ,” said Haines. “And as someone who really tries to act and speak in a way that honors that example, as a Christian, as a mother, as a daughter, all the things, I don’t know how he does what he does. And writes what he writes.”
“Something is missing. It doesn’t track,” said Haines.
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Uh Huh. And I wonder how Haines reconciles Her Faith. With the rampant attack her and the other “ ladies” made on young men seeking God and Faith ? Oddly enough this site ( even after I challenged them here twice) didn’t have an article on that show ! But the NY Post had the transcript of the show. And the “ladies” were in full blown attack mode !! Making some of the most strange and perverse assessments I’ve ever read ! Essentially saying that young men turning to God and Faith were somehow abandoning young women. And that young men are afraid of “women of power”. I wonder if Haines has any realization at all that the traditional family is the primary target of satan and his agents ? If not she Should ! Heard a great preacher once say: So goes the family, so goes the Church, so goes the Nation. Satan knows if he can undermine the traditional family which God cherishes by the way that then the Nation itself will eventually become a Godless nation. They will have the perverted gods with a little “g”. But not the Lord God Almighty. She’s trying to be abstract but she’s questioning Vance’s faith. Well if she’s gonna use her TV platform to do that. I think it’s fair to ask her if maybe some of Her faith is misplaced ? She did have one thing absolutely right. And that is no one is perfect but Jesus Christ ! A sincere Amen to that ! I’m certainly not, I’m very far from it. Remove the beam from your eye first then you can see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.
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Yeah, I wonder how he reconciles his 'deep' faith with his support for someone who so egregiously goes against everything that Christianity (and the Catholic faith) stands for.
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Jena no sarcasm here. But you are treading on very dangerous ground ! You once told me on here that you are a Christian. By challenging Vance’s faith you are placing your own in question. Sara did that by challenging his faith. For what ? To score points in popularity perhaps ? Your Christian faith, my Christian faith, Sara’s Christian faith, are to be judged by God ONLY !! Even the show went on very dangerous ground for criticizing young men reaching out to God and Faith. As Christians we should Rejoice anytime we see people searching for God !!Be it young men, young women, or Both !! That’s a Great thing not a bad thing ! But they wanted to amplify the “women of power” narrative. Well ain’t None of us male or female nearly as powerful as God !! We ALL better remember that ! And for the record I’m an extremely poor example of a Christian! Tons of spiritual work to be done on Me !!
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