JD Vance: Greene ‘did nothing wrong’ by attending white nationalist conference

Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance (R) defended Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and said she “did nothing wrong” when she attended a white nationalist conference.

“The accusation against Marjorie is pretty simple: that she appeared at a conference where somebody said something bad. And I asked, ‘Did she say something bad at the conference?’ I actually watched her remarks. I agreed with nearly every word that she said,” Vance said on Monday during an Ohio GOP Senate debate when asked why he promoted Greene’s endorsement. 

Vance said the Georgia Republican was his “friend” and that she did “nothing wrong” by appearing at the conference.

“There’s no business in the world that asks you to stab your friends in the back like politics. I absolutely refuse to do it to Marjorie Taylor Greene. She is my friend, and she did nothing wrong,” Vance said. “She said nothing wrong, and I’m absolutely not gonna throw her under the bus or anybody else who’s a friend of mine.”