Outrage erupts over JD Vance’s ‘middle school’ joke: ‘How terribly far we’ve fallen’

Vice President JD Vance sparked a wave of backlash Tuesday after appearing to use being gay as a punchline in a joke about Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.Speaking at a campaign event in Tyler, Texas, for Ken Paxton, Vance responded to someone in the crowd who shouted that they loved him.“I love you too, sir,” Vance said. “In a totally platonic way, to be...