Yeah, he’s a bigot. Everything he says, the way he snidely talks about underrepresented groups, the disrespect he shows his own family, all done with a glib goading smile that begs for outrage.

I’m not sure why the author felt the need to sanitize Trump’s antisemitism at the same time as illustrating Vance’s, especially when he pretty much describes them the same way. Vanity driven by fear of turning away supporters vs. political cravenness for fear of losing the base. Don’t see much difference when it comes out as hatred for minorities.

Trump has always struggled to denounce anti-Semitism, whether asked to comment on Kanye West or the tiki-torch carriers in Charlottesville. But that always seemed a product of his vanity; he couldn’t stand to speak ill of acolytes. Vance’s refusal or inability to denounce anti-Semitism is more craven—and therefore more disturbing. He’s clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid.