'I'm Not Going To Apologize For Posting A Joke': JD Vance Defends Miss Teen USA Tweet

last night after CNN released a small clip of the Harris interview you on Twitter posted a clip from a Miss Teen USA beauty pageant from 2007 Caitlyn Upton and you wrote I have gotten a hold of the full kamla Harris CNN interview now this thing that's surfaced around the internet for a few years um she had you know she struggled answering a question back in this beauty pageant I'm not sure you're aware in 2015 Caitlyn Upton did an interview at New York Magazine about all the social media attention this clip got and she said I definitely went through a period where I was very very depressed but I never let anybody see that stuff except for people I could trust I had some very dark moments where I thought about committing suicide so when you posted this last night were you aware that the woman you were posting a picture of had contemplated committing suicide for the attention it received no certainly not John and my heart goes out to her and I hope that she's doing well look I've said a lot of things on camera I've said a lot of stupid things on camera sometimes when you're in the public eye you make mistakes and again I think the best way to deal with it is to laugh at ourselves laugh at this stuff and try to have some fun in politics I posted a meme from 20 years ago and I think the fact that we're talking about that instead of the fact that American families can't afford groceries or Health Care uh young families can't afford to buy a home to raise their families in those are the real crisis that we should focus on and there's nothing that says that we can't tell some jokes along the way while we deal with a very serious business of bringing back our public policy politics has gotten way too lame John way too boring you can have some fun while making a good argument to the American people about how you're going to improve their lives okay I just want to be clear though you said you didn't know would you like to apologize to Caitlin up for posting that last night given what you've now learned John I I'm not going to apologize for posting a joke but I wish the best for Caitlyn I hope that she's doing well and again what I'd say is one bad moment shouldn't Define anybody and the best way to deal with this stuff is to laugh at ourselves