Awkward: J.D. Vance Asked About Tweet He Deleted Bashing Trump

CNN's Dana Bash asked Ohio U.S. Senator J.D. Vance about a tweet he deleted to "fellow Christians" after the Access Hollywood tape became public. At the time, Vance was appalled, but just like a few of his Republican colleagues, he's OK about it now.

"I want to ask about what we saw this past week, and it's going to continue this week, the trial in New York," Bash said. "Adult film actress Stormy Daniels testified about her allegation of a sexual encounter with Donald Trump."

"Now, after the Access Hollywood tape in 2016, you tweeted, quote, 'fellow Christians, everyone is watching us when we apologize for this man, Lord help us.' Now, you've since deleted that tweet."

"Do you still feel that way about Donald Trump's sexual indiscretions?" Bash asked.

"Well, first of all, Donald Trump is not on trial for sexual indiscretions," Vance said. "This is a sham trial where they're saying his misdeed is that he violated the law, that he committed a crime. You can't throw somebody in prison in the middle of a presidential election because you think that he did something bad 10 years ago."

"So I think we have to separate these arguments from the actual criminal trial that's attempting to, in my view, Dana, interfere in a presidential election," he continued. But look, my view on Donald Trump, I've been very clear on this is, look, I was wrong about him."

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