Vice President JD Vance poses with Blaze TV host Steve DeaceSteve Deace, X

Steve Deace, the host of an eponymous show on the rightwing platform Blaze Media, has built a brand around his brash and provocative personality. Deace has entertained his 52,000 YouTube viewers and 274,000 X followers by calling for violence against drag queens and LGBTQ people and ranting that the Democratic party is controlled by Satan. Those comments fit right in with those of the some of the guests his show hosts, who regularly dabble in antisemitism and argue that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

But just this week, Deace’s track record of extremist rhetoric and guests did not stop Vice President JD Vance from posing for a photo with him. The circumstances of the picture were unclear; Deace posted it on X with the comment, “Had to make a quick stop by the West Wing this morning.”

Deace‘s track record of extremist rhetoric did not stop the vice president.

The extremism watchdog group Right Wing Watch has helpfully rounded up some of Deace’s most colorful and violent statements from his last decade-plus of broadcasting. In February, he announced his intention to “punch Pride Month right in the balls.........

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