Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance, the GOP vice presidential nominee running alongside former President Donald Trump, is downplaying racist “jokes” by a performer at a recent Trump rally, scoffing at the idea that the bigoted remarks reflect poorly on the campaign one week out from Election Day. In a recent interview with an NBC News reporter, Vance dubiously claimed that he hadn’t “seen the…
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