Without evidence, the Republican vice presidential candidate tried to cast doubt on his opponentā€™s obvious momentum: ā€œIf you talk to insiders in the Kamala Harris campaign, theyā€™re very worried about where they areā€

Youā€™ve heardĀ Donald Trump cryĀ ā€œfakenewsā€ too many times to count, and now his running mate is claiming ā€” without evidence ā€” that the media is using ā€œfake pollsā€ to show Vice PresidentĀ Kamala Harris is in the lead in the presidential race.

In an interview onĀ Fox News Sunday, Sen.Ā J.D. Vance alleged that ā€œThe media uses fake polls to drive down Republican turnout and to create dissension and conflict with Republican voters.ā€

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    While I would hope so, Iā€™ve known more than a few vets. A few are fairly moderate to liberal, but a whole bunch are MAGAts. Maybe thatā€™s just because I do as many 2-gun competitions as I can, and the MAGAt vet-bros are self-selecting to be there because they didnā€™t do enough run-and-gun when they were in the military, IDK.

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      yeah I can see that self selecting is to blame. Most of the Vets I know after I got out that are more liberal you canā€™t even tell they are a Vet. It the people that make the military their core identity. Like the idiots that wear tactical gear and special forces t-shirts. Like the last thing I ever want to see is a plate carrier or ruck again lol. Those combat ball caps they sell at the VA are so cringe itā€™s worse when they are under the age of 70 wearing them.

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        Like the last thing I ever want to see is a plate carrier or ruck again lol.

        Ha, and I do it for fun. But I think that the plate + carrier loadout I wear in two gun is a lot lighter and less restrictive than the IOTV and full combat load. I also donā€™t have people shooting at me or have to worry about frag, because 2-gun in fundamentally a game.

        But even most of the vets Iā€™ve known outside of that were generally more conservative than the general population. It could be the area Iā€™m in; Iā€™m in the deep south. But even when I was Illinois, the people that I knew were vetsā€“and not the vet-bro stereotypeā€“trended more conservative than not.

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          lol you do you I guess Iā€™m just not high speed, lol Were they active duty or retired? Also I noticed that Guard skewed more conservative than AD but donā€™t know why. Honestly i think that might be my dad was republican so I guess I am too but that would align the same with civilian population.