California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and other Democrats are trolling Vice President Vance over a post on President Trump’s alleged birthday note to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Back in July, Vance criticized what he called a “complete and utter bulls‑‑‑” Wall Street Journal report on a “bawdy” birthday note Trump allegedly wrote to Epstein over two decades ago.
“Forgive my language but this story is complete and utter bulls‑‑‑,” Vance said on the social platform X at the time. “The WSJ should be ashamed for publishing it.”
“Where is this letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before publishing it? Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?” he added.
On Monday, House Oversight Committee Democrats quickly released the birthday present image and message Trump allegedly wrote to Epstein, revealing a drawing the White House had denied existed.
“This aged nicely,” Newsom said in a post on X Monday featuring a screenshot of Vance’s old post.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) also posted a screenshot of Vance’s old post on X, captioning it “Well,” alongside an emoji with a face rolling its eyes.
“RELEASE. THE. FILES,” she added.
The official X account for the Democratic Party also went after Vance for the old post, reposting it alongside the image the House Oversight Democrats released.
“Found the letter for you, @JDVance,” the Democrats said on X Monday.
The Hill has reached out to Vance’s office for comment.
“The Democrats don’t care about Epstein. They don’t even care about his victims. That’s why they were silent about it for years. The only thing they care about is concocting another fake scandal like Russiagate to smear President Trump with lies,” Vance said in a post on X Monday evening. “No one is falling for this BS.”
