GOP vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) told YouTube host Shawn Ryan recently that U.S. support for NATO should come “with certain strings attached” – including ensuring that Europe doesn’t try and regulate Elon Musk.
“The leader, I forget exactly which official it was within the European Union, but sent Elon this threatening letter that basically said, ‘We’re going to arrest you if you platform Donald Trump,’ who, by the way, is the likely next president of the United States,” Vance said while on the show late last week. He added:
So what America should be saying is, if NATO wants us to continue supporting them and NATO wants us to continue to be a good participant in this military alliance, why don’t you respect American values and respect free speech? Excuse me. It’s insane that we would support a military alliance if that military alliance is going to be pro-free speech. I think we can do both. But we’ve …