JD Vance Slams ‘Insane’ Backlash Over Sydney Sweeney Ad

Digital Phablet – JD Vance supports Sydney Sweeney amidst controversy, poking fun at liberals for their outrage over an American Eagle jeans advertisement.

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Vice President JD Vance weighed in on the debate surrounding the Sydney Sweeney ad for American Eagle jeans, smiling as he told liberals to stay angry.

“My advice to Democrats is to keep labeling everyone who finds Sydney Sweeney attractive as a Nazi,” Vance said jokingly during Friday’s episode of the conservative “Ruthless” podcast. Clearly, that’s their strategy.

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 31: U.S. Vice President JD Vance (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP)

Vance added, “It’s quite revealing about the Democrats—they have a typical all-American gorgeous girl in a standard jeans ad, aiming to sell jeans to American youth. Yet, this has driven them into a frenzy. It’s like, ‘Did you learn nothing from the 2024 election?’

“One lesson I thought they might take is to be less crazy. But what they seem to have learned is to call people Nazis just because they think Sydney Sweeney looks good,” Vance told the hosts of “Ruthless,” who recently signed with Fox News. “Brilliant strategy!” Especially since winning over young American men is crucial for midterm success.

“Much of the Democrats’ approach seems to revolve around hostility toward fundamental American values. They can’t help but overreact when they see a pretty girl in a jeans ad,” Vance remarked. “It reveals far less about the ad than about their own paranoia.”

The controversy over the American Eagle ads featuring Sweeney ignited online because many interpret the pun involving “genes” and “jeans” as having eugenicist or racist implications to prioritize her white background. However, CNN White House producer Alejandra Jaramillo pointed out that “no leading Democratic officials have commented on this ad yet.”

The campaign was intended to be playful, focusing on wordplay. In one commercial, Sweeney states, “Genes are passed from parents to children,” then looks into the camera and adds, “My jeans are blue.” In another scene, she stands in front of a sign saying, “Sydney Sweeney has great genes,” with “genes” crossed out and replaced with “jeans.”

This week, White House spokesperson Steve Cheung described the reactions as “cancel culture gone too far.”

“This twisted, foolish, and dense liberal thinking is a significant factor in why Americans voted the way they did in 2024,” Cheung tweeted. “They’re tired of this nonsense,” he added, sharing a screenshot of an MSNBC opinion piece titled “Sydney Sweeney’s ad reflects an unchecked shift toward whiteness.”