Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post presents a transcription of statements that Republican Vice Presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance (Ohio) made in a recent television interview about his wife and their interracial marriage.
This transcription is from an auto-generated transcript of a portion of the YouTube video of Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue in the September 30, 2024 Jimmy Kimmel Live, a United States nationally televised late night talk show.
This post also presents all of the comments from that video's discussion thread which refer to J.D. Vance's statements about his interracial marriage and interracial marriages in general. (retrieved as of October 1, 2024 around 1:30 PM EDT).
The content of this post is presented for information, socio-cultural, and political purposes.
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Thanks to Jimmy Kimmel Live and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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TRANSCRIPT FROM THE PORTION OF THE J.D. VANCE PORTION OF THAT JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE YOUTUBE VIDEO
Pancocojams Editor Note: This transcription includes my addition of punctuation, capitalizations, and spelling corrections.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPt3N2p-qss "Trump’s Weekend of CRAZY Outbursts, He Calls Kamala Mentally Impaired & Tim Walz vs MyPillow Mike", Jimmy Kimmel Live, September 30, 2024
Time stamps in the auto-generated English language transcript: 8:46- 9:10
JD Vance:
"When I was in law school I met this person that I thought was the most beautiful, most lovely, smartest, kindest, human being in the entire world. And because I grew up in a country that didn't teach us to see skin color first and foremost, I fell in love with a person who wasn't the same skin color as me. And that's a cool thing that could only happen in the United States of America."
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Jimmy Kimmel's remarks about these comments occur from 9:11-9:22 in that Jimmy Kimmel Live video.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THESE REMARKS
JD Vance spoke about his interracial marriage and other interracial marriages at his campaign town hall that was held in Monroeville, Pennsylvania on September 28, 2024. (Monroeville is a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsHmZi3Y_Ok "Full Remarks: JD Vance at Monroeville, Pennsylvania, town hall" published by WAAY 21, September 28, 2024 (C-Span video).
Also, click https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/09/28/jd-vance-christian-nationalism-lance-wallnau/ for a Washington Post article about that town hall. (subscription needed.) That article's heading indicates that "The live event was hosted by Lance Wallnau, who has blended hard right politics with Christian supremacy and who has demonized Kamala Harris".
JD Vance's campaign visit to Western Pennsylvania on September 28, 2024 is much more widely known because after that town hall he and members of his staff weren't permitted to have a campaign meet and greet inside a nearby Primanti Bros restaurant. https://triblive.com/local/j-d-vance-apparently-turned-away-from-primanti-bros-in-north-versailles/ "JD vance Apparently Turned Away From Primanti Bros in North Versailles" by Triblive, Jack Troy, September 28, 2024
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD OF THIS SHOWCASED JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE VIDEO
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPt3N2p-qss "Trump’s Weekend of CRAZY Outbursts, He Calls Kamala Mentally Impaired & Tim Walz vs MyPillow Mike", Jimmy Kimmel Live, September 30, 2024
-snip- Total # of views as of October 1, 2024 at 1:29 PM EDT = 1,684,053 Total l # of comments as of October 1, 2024 at 1:31 PM EDT = 2, 718
1. @HylianFox3
"Does JD Vance seriously believe that interracial couples
aren't a thing in other countries?
Never mind the fact that it used to be very much illegal in
the USA..."
Reply
2.
"@HylianFox3 I think he would be fine with Link marrying
Zelda, but Mipha? No way. ๐ฅฐ๐คฃ"
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This comment refers to characters in an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the
Nintendo Switch and Wii U.”
Here's a description of the characters who are mentioned in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda and from a fandom.com page:
"The series centers on the various
incarnations of Link, a courageous young man of the elf-like Hylian race, and
Princess Zelda, a magical princess within the bloodline of the goddess Hylia,
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“Mipha, like all members of her race, is a humanoid dolphin being
half-human and half-fish”. https://zelda.fandom.com/wiki/Mipha
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3. @ydne
"As Gavin Newsom said America said during the fight, in the
late 1960s to get interracial marriage, they'd get interracial marriage
"whether you like it or not."
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4. @Pretzil43
"His poor wife was the first international student at the
University who was too slow to think of that excuse when he asked them out."
5.
"As a canadian, i had no idea that interracial marriages only
happen in the usa...thanks mr.vance for the information ๐
from a proud member of canadians against tRump"
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6. @Jasonslittlesister1
"As a European citizen I finally know the truth, thanks to Mr
JD Vance! I always wondered why there are so many interracial marriages in our
countries: They're all Americans! ๐ฎ๐ and I always
thought they're our own people!
How (tr-)dump of me!"
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7.
"Loving V Virginia must have slipped JD's greased mind."
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Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia for information of Loving V Virginia. Here's the first sentence of that Wikipedia page" "Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil
rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled that laws banning
interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of
the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.[1][2]"...
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8. @Kellendras1
"He's such a weird guy"
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9. @jaygray7102
"As another Canadian.....I guess we're just not
"cool" as in "hip",
as opposed to freezing our asses off"
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10. @JimmyVermeer
"As a Canadian with interracial friends, I can confirm the
USA isn't the only place where people fall in love with people of other races."
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11. @Boobalopbop
"People only marry people of other races in America? Well I am black, my husband is German. We are married with 2 kids in Germany.
What’s sad is that that was obviously a prepared statement. So he truly believes that mixed race couples only happen in the US and that’s what makes it special. Wow."
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12. @treetopjones737
"On top of him attacking Harris for being biracial. Wonder how his wife feels about that ( they have kids )."
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13. @henrynewton8809
"I guess shady has never heard of Canada, where mixed marriages are happening all the time, no big deal.
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"Shady" is an insulting nickname that some Americans have coined for JD Vance as a play on the initials of his first and middle name which he uses in place of those names. Here's a definition of "shady person" from https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Shady%20person [Note that this definition of "shady" is an adjective from African American Vernacular English].
"Shady person (noun) backstabbing ,mischievous,sneaky,and
suspicious.
A shady person took my word and used it for theirs.today
......
by Pink warrior June 13, 2018"
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Calling JD Vance "Shady" also suggests that he is slick, fake, and not to be believed. The nickname "Shady" for JD Vance is a way of "throwing shade" at that politician. Here's a definition for the phrase "throwing shade" from https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/throwing-shade/:
"Throwing shade is a subtle way of disrespecting or ridiculing someone verbally or nonverbally".
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Additional insulting nicknames for JD Vance are found in this compilation of comments from the discussion thread of that Jimmy Kimmel Live video..
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14. @BlairTindall86
"Vance's little diatribe about meeting his wife was so weird. Firstly, he says that he grew up in a country that doesn't teach you to see skin colour first. I'm sorry, but what country is he talking about? Secondly, him saying that that's a "cool thing" that can only happen in America is just so bizarre. Does he think that mixed-race couples just don't exist in other countries?"
Reply
15.
"Probably. Has he ever been out of the country?"
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16. @FionaKelleghan111
"@DeloresSimpson-go7yf His golf course in Scotland. The northest place in Europe, men tell me Sir, Europe has the best whites, the best blondes, Europe, especially the higher you go in the North. Beautiful girls, I just kiss them, it comes naturally. No golf courses like them in the world. Other billionaires, nothing like it, the golf servants talk a little weird but I have interpreters at my Scotland places. ๐ ๐คฆ ๐"
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17. @FionaKelleghan111
" @DeloresSimpson-go7yf Oh gosh, my bad, I was talking about Trump. Now, Vance? Somehow I suspect he's never been to India..."
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18. @simonagree4070
"But did she like beer, J.D.?"
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19. @mynameiseve.1
"Biracial love is only possible in America? Huh๐ค"
20.
" "Interracial relationships only happen in America'' - JD Vance. ๐
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21.
"Seriously? JD thinks there are only interracial marriages in the US?"
22.
"My goddaughter is half Ghanaian and half Polish.
23.
"As a white guy married to an Indian lady I'm proud to be a trailblazer for interracial marriage here in the UK while the US (in the form of Junior Dump Vance) leads the way in tolerance, rationality and truth."
24.
"I grew up in the UK and live in Australia, and guess what?
Not everyone marries someone with the same skin color in those countries either!
So, America isn’t the only country that does those things. And, one of my best friends (a white Australian) has a Japanese wife that he married in Japan. Who knew?"
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25. @cherylj7460
"He said that? Vance is weird."
26.
"Hey JD Canadian guy here with European heritage married to an amazing Japanese woman I met in Japan. What was that again about only in America?"
27.
"My British daughter is married to a Japanese guy so chalk
that one to either the U.K. or Japan I guess."
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28. @peterbyrne-h8e
"I hate to disagree with anything that the erudite, brainbox that is JD Vance, aka Coucho says. But I am fairly certain that here in England, there are one or two married couples of different ethnic backgrounds. I of course could be wrong.-Peter-UK."
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29. @charlesnunya2347
"can someone fact check that people of different skin tone can only get married in the US? lol wtf is he talking about"
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30. @cdg-hzg
"Actually, interracial marriage is fairly common in most European countries."
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31. @Jasonslittlesister1
"I can't wait for Gov. Coach Walz to talk about other countries having interracial marriages tonight! And to ask Mr. Vance how many of his & Donald's Proud Boys Fans were at his wedding as dear guests... ๐"
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32. @QitKate
"Only in America can you have biracial relationships… uhu… the world is doomed if JD vance becomes vice president. Not only because trump will be president. It opens the door to him becoming president. And I honestly don’t know who is worse, vance or trump."
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33. @Over.It.999
"He doesn't speak like I would expect from a Yale Law School grad, or an author. He also said the immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, that he's defaming are from Haitia"
34.
"Writing from the UK. Yes Mr Vance, interracial relationships are totally unknown here and throughout the rest of Europe. They only happen in the U.S. ๐๐คฆ♂️"
35.
"JD, as a non-American, I have never seen a country so obsessed with skin colour as America. What alternate universe do you live in??"
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36. @Al69BfR
"8:48 Is JD talking about the same US where interracial marriage wasn’t allowed for his parents all over the US until 1967?"
37.
"Vance saying we live in a country where the color of one’s skin makes no difference doesn’t know his supporters very well."
38.
"Yeah, Shady Vance, and here in the rest of the world we don’t have electricity yet and still use carts pulled by horses."
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39. @zeddy_me
"Just two words for you JD Vance: Bob Marley."
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40. @lililasagna1073
"jdv fell out of a ๐ฅฅ ๐ด head first."
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41. @marcromain64
"I think the key difference is that political candidates in other countries don't even have to make it an issue, or even can make it an issue. The American obsession with race is not shared in every multi-ethnic nation, and not even in countries that have significantly smaller proportions of ethnic minorities."
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42. @UserNameWasCensored
"Race??? Are you serious??? We're all of the same race.
Technically we're called homo sapiens sapiens."
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43. @ll7868
"I'm Metis, it means mixed blood, mom's side is
Sioux/Blackfoot, dad's side is Welsh/Irish. Metis people are the definition of
interracial diversity and we've been recognized as our own First Nations
sub-group.
Technically people have been interracially mixing since
before Homo sapiens evolved, our ancestors mated with Neanderthals, Cro-Mags
and Homo heidelbergensis and modern folks still carry those genes in their DNA.
Different cultures can have different blood types even though they can share
the same skin color or be different skin tones and same blood types like the
Caucasian Germanic hunter/gatherer tribes that divided into light skinned
Nordic people like the Danes and Celtic Vikings and darker skinned Mediterranean
folks like the Portuguese and Spanish. In the end all humans originated from
the same genetic lineage, the only reason to think of humans as different races
(as opposed to cultures) is if you're trying to deny the fact of evolution and
put one above the others."
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44. @johncatty6560
R
" @UserNameWasCensored "Race??? Are you serious??? We're all of
the same race. Technically we're called homo sapiens sapiens."
I was looking for this comment."
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45.
" @johncatty6560 ใใใใใคใใณใๆฅๆฌใซๆญ่ฟใใใใใซ่จใฃใไพต็ฅ่
้ใซใ่จใฃใฆใใใพใใใ？"
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Google translate from Japanese to English
"@johncatty6560 Would you also say that to the invaders Biden
told to welcome to Japan?"
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46. @danielpeters6937
"Yeah, such a weird thing to say. Like what? This isn’t the 1960’s, you can
literally love whoever you want and not be judged. Him bringing it up, seems like maybe it’s a
problem and he’s going against the non existent grain. Who knows๐คท๐ป♂️ I just know
I’m not voting for either of those clowns.
Trump literally picked the one candidate worse than him, this will be an
easy day in November for the same people."
47.
"Do you know what I've always found odd? We know that
in-breeding leads to health deflects, and that diversity leads to strength -
that's why incest isn't seen as a positive thing. We also know that when we
breed dogs like this, they end up in ill health and weak. And yet there are
people who think that there should be more in-breeding and less diversity. Do
they want to weaken our human race? Why?"
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48. @sheriheuettnitsche-zini2977
"I have the most colorful family ever! We are very lucky and thankful we have a whole bunch of lovely
colorful people!!"
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49. @kurtsnyder4752
"9:23 Hey JD, that don't
only happen in the U S of A, it happens in the UK, for David Bowie and
Iman, for just one example."
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This comment has an incorrect time stamp.
50.
"So it can only happen in America that someone can marry
someone of a different skin colour? Really?! Growing up in England in the early
1960s, our next door neighbours were an interracial (b&w) couple. In 1970,
my sister and I moved to Germany, where my sister later married a black man
from Ghana. While doing a retraining course, I befriended a woman, who was
married to a black man and has a biracial daughter. Those are just a few
examples I have personally seen/experienced. It's not just possible in the USA,
Mr. Vance!"
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51. @marcromain64
"And to think that there are countries where people neither
think about such things nor consider them worth talking about because they are
absolutely everyday occurrences."
52.
"@marcromain64 That was certainly the case for us. I grew up
with people of all races in three different countries. It was perfectly natural
to us to see people with different nationality, skin-colour, language,
traditions, beliefs. I only start to think about it when I see how others react
or when I hear comments like the one Vance made here."
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53. @padiose
"Vance seriously said biracial relationships only exist in
the US? As a European, I am laughing hard. Has he never travelled anywhere?"
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54. @victorhoisington5603
"I was born in Singapore of Chinese and Indian parents. Colloquially, I was called a 'Chindian'. I
am blessed because of my 'mixed blood' and multi-ethnic background. The world
would be a better place if people inter-mixed, breaking down the artificial
concept of 'race'."
55.
"Man... My white friend Mike is going to be really confused
when he finds out he isnt allowed to be married to a Singapore woman while
living in Singapore. Their poor daughter."
56.
"I live in Australia and my wife is Indian-French-Chinese,
and my daughter who’s a mix of us, married a guy whose mother is from the
Phillipines, didn’t get the memo. Only in Amurica?"
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57. @thepctoolbox
"Can only happen in America? Vance has obviously lived a
sheltered life and not visited most of the countries in Europe."
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58. @e.458
"Americans, you really have to start fact checking your
"only in America" statements! It's getting ridiculous!"
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59. @annylaurie422
"Shady is such a hypocrite. He hates Haitians and anyone else
that is not white and “Christian” "
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60. @mammawlee
"That's not true. There are certainly other countries with
more than one 'skin color' Such as
Jamaica
๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ
๐ฏ๐ฒ
๐ฏ๐ฒ"
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61. @mjrippe
"I have to say that if we all looked for the similarities
instead of the differences, this world would be a better place."
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62. @vincenthernandez2242
"Vance thinks interracial couples only exist in the US ๐"
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63. @terireed3740
"Who was JD trying to convince about the skin color?? Himself
maybe.. I actually doubt that but probably Trump and the Kool-Aid klowns"
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64. @davilmalefant
"Biracial marriages can only happen in the United States!
(Nobody tell the people in biracial marriages from other countries.)"
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65. @shahindranmoonieya4742
"somebody please tell vance that inter racial marriages are
commonplace in South Africa, even in the aprtheid years when it was
illegal! My mother is white and my
father is black, nothing unique about
that in my Country."
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66. @caroleappling2007
"Which multiverse America is J D living in?"
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67. @k.a.stensson
"What? JD Vance thinks that "different skin color
relationship" as he calls it, only happens in USA? lol... ok... don't know
what to say to that.. ๐คฃ"
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68.@r1konTheAutomator
"9:00 - WHOA LOL! So wait..this person
just said out loud in front of people that interracial relationships can only
exist in america?"
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69. @joannmay-anthony1076
"I feel so bad for Vance's wife"
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70. @markdcmountp
"It’s so sad that JD Vance has made his
wife nothing more than a prop to try and prove he has good morals when we know
through all his other actions that theirs nothing further from the truth..๐"
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71. @Montesama314
"Vance hopefully learned that interracial
marriage is a thing outside of America before the next debate."
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