Vice President JD Vance went blank during a speech in Iowa on Tuesday, prompting at least one outlet to compare him to his White House superior.
Vance was in Des Moines to campaign for GOP Rep. Zach Nunn. But when he attempted to attack Nunn’s probable Democratic opponent, state Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott, he got lost in his notes and could not come up with her name. It became so awkward that he needed Nunn to help him finish the thought.
“When I see Iowa farmers who need to get that E15 to market, what is, uh, this, what is, uh,” Vance stammered. “... Zach, you’re gonna have to help me out with her name here. I lost my page here.”
Nunn could be heard answering the vice president as he turned pages. “OK, all right, there we go,” Vance continued. “Sarah Trone Garriott. ... I’m on the wrong page here.”
The crowd erupted in boos, but it was unclear if they were aimed at Vance’s blunder or Garriott.
“Like president, like vice president,” The Daily Beast remarked about Vance’s gaffe, adding that the vice president “is starting to take after his geriatric boss.”
The outlet compared Vance’s struggles to Trump’s recent stumbling over large, handwritten notes about the controversial White House ballroom.
