‘Felt Like I Was Being Kidnapped’

On Tuesday’s episode of his One factor Went Incorrect podcast, the Jersey Shore star addressed his take a look at Trump’s rally after he was roasted by followers on-line. Vinny moreover detailed his political beliefs and outlined why he doesn’t have in mind himself to be a stereotypical Trump supporter.

“Within the current day is an fascinating day on account of ultimate evening time I attended the ‘pro-Israel Nazi’ rally. I was getting confused,” Vinny, 36, began. “There was the Jewish flag, after which on the other facet, there [were] swastikas. It was barely little little bit of an oxymoron what I suggest?”

“I attended the Trump rally in MSG, Madison Sq. Yard. It was pretty cool,” he continued. “There [were] quite a few good audio system there. Clearly, you guys know what it was, and yeah I assume some individuals are shocked that I was there. Some individuals will not be shocked that I was there. I didn’t assume it was sort of going to globally make rather a lot noise. I believed that it might merely sort of be an element that individuals are like, ‘Oh that’s irrespective of.’”

“I imagine that people who hate him rather a lot, they cling on to irrespective of they’ll to hate him and to go viral for hating him and I was that viral issue of the second,” he added.

The MTV star well-known how there are “not hundreds” of celebrities who attend Trump rallies, nevertheless he decided to handle see the “lineup of these very good people,” he’ll see them at Madison Sq. Yard, together with that the world is simply “10 minutes away” from the place he lives.

He added that whether or not or not people “want it or not,” he believes that the event featured a “historic lineup” of audio system, naming Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tulsi Gabbard, Elon Musk, Dana White, and Tucker Carlson.

Vinny acknowledged he went as “a each day man,” noting that although he’s on a actuality current he’s “not a Hollywood man.”

“People are allowed to have political opinions and picture in a number of points,” he acknowledged. “It doesn’t counsel that it’s best to hate them. It doesn’t counsel one thing it’s merely allowed. It’s merely what makes the world go spherical is disagreements and stuff like that.”

Vinny went on to elucidate the sort of Trump supporter he’s, claiming that he’s not in a “cult” and considers himself to be “Darkish MAGA.”

“I keep in rational thought; people talking about insurance coverage insurance policies, nevertheless respectfully disagreeing,” he acknowledged, using Tim Walz and JD Vance’s comparatively calm vice presidential debate for instance. “That’s the world I keep in, nevertheless it nonetheless could end up falling on the right.”

Vinny added that whereas he’s “not changing into a member of a spiritual cult,” he acknowledged he understands that there are Trump supporters who’re far more extreme, noting that he did see “plenty of folks like that” on the rally.

Sharing an occasion, Vinny acknowledged one Trump supporter he spoke to acknowledged he used to have a sandwich enterprise nevertheless “wanted to stop” after he was arrested for participating inside the January 6 riot.

“I’m not part of the religious cult,” he reiterated, together with that there are solely two candidates to pick out from.

“I don’t vote for as rather a lot as a result of the actual particular person on account of the actual particular person’s not God — not Kamala or Trump — they don’t appear to be God,” he acknowledged. “They merely characterize a gaggle of insurance coverage insurance policies that you just’re each in favor of in any other case you’re not. And likewise you solely get two alternatives.”

Vinny acknowledged that Trump wouldn’t be his “first different,” noting that his “first different” could possibly be others who spoke on the rally, with the very fact star naming Gabbard, RFK Jr., and Ramaswamy.

“I’m voting for the individuals who discover themselves endorsing Trump as rather a lot as I’m voting for Trump,” he added, after sharing that he’s a registered Neutral.

Within the meantime, Vinny moreover praised Musk, saying that identical to the Tesla founder, he’s “Darkish MAGA.”

“I’m not a MAGA man. I’m a Darkish MAGA. Darkish MAGA is totally totally different. Darkish MAGA is barely little little bit of a subset of MAGA,” he outlined. “It’s barely additional nerdy. It’s a lot much less religious, a lot much less culty.”

“It’s additional of equivalent to, ‘I imagine inserting a 30% tariff on China goes to reduce inflation by 7%.’ Widespread Trump supporters aren’t saying that,” he acknowledged. “They’re equivalent to, ‘Storm the Capitol!’ Not Darkish MAGA.”

He as soon as extra added that he feels that Darkish MAGA represents additional “rational thought, not a cultish religious, offended, outrageous political issue.”

Vinny detailed his political beliefs, sharing that he grew up Democrat and wasn’t “brainwashed into being a Republican.” He added that he studied political science at school.

He moreover revealed that’s the major election that he’s voting Republican, saying he voted for former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Vinny named some insurance coverage insurance policies that matter to him and what points him. He acknowledged he’s “afraid of World Battle III.”

“I imagine over the previous 4 years, there was crazy escalation on the earth and we’re f–king with nuclear weapons, bro,” he acknowledged. “The Middle East goes f–king crazy. Every time we see missiles shifting into all utterly totally different directions, it’s f–king terrifying. Russia and Ukraine are stopping, we forgot about terrifying that one was there’s one different one which broke out. North Korea’s becoming concerned now. China’s f–king going by off with Taiwan. That’s crazy, and this didn’t happen when Trump was president for 4 years.”

“Yeah, in actual fact, there [were] conflicts proper right here and there or irrespective of. I’m not going to say, ‘No wars the least bit!’ he added. “Nevertheless on that concern alone … that’s my No. 1 protection.”

Vinny then went on a rant about Dick Cheney, noting that the earlier VP has endorsed Harris, and subsequently he believes she’s “aligning” with Cheney’s “military-industrial sophisticated.”

Concluding his dialogue, he acknowledged, “In a nutshell, that’s sort of, as soon as extra, why I’d vote correct over left for this time spherical.”

“You may need the right to vote for whoever you vote for, and I’m not going to assault anybody who votes the other means,” he continued. “I’m not going to throw eggs at them, and I’m not going to say you’re a f–king warmonger or authorized because you’re on the facet of Dick Cheney. It’s equivalent to, ‘You do you. Imma do me.’”

Vinny did observe, nonetheless, that he was “hoping to find a very good MAGA girl” on the rally.

“Guys, don’t hate me. It’s okay,” he concluded. “We could have utterly totally different opinions, and , subsequent time spherical when there’s a larger candidate [who] I think about in further of their insurance coverage insurance policies which will end wars and restore the financial system …”

Vinny and his cohost, comedian Mike Figs, moreover shared their concepts on Tony Hinchcliffe’s controversial joke about Puerto Ricans that he made all through Trump’s rally.

In his set on Sunday, Hinchcliffe acknowledged partly, “Republicans are the event with the good humorousness. I have no idea for individuals who guys know this, nevertheless there’s truly a floating island of garbage within the midst of the ocean correct now. I imagine it’s known as Puerto Rico?”

His suggestions, understandably, angered and offended many Puerto Ricans and Latin People basic.

Vinny launched up the topic, saying that his “spicy Latinas are offended as we communicate,”

“So I’m a comic book ebook. I do comedy every evening time so I’m certainly not gonna clutch my pearls at a joke,” he outlined. “I’m additional upset on the Trump advertising marketing campaign for even inserting an insult comic up at Madison Sq. Yard in entrance of a holy Southern conservative crowd at 1:00 p.m. on the Lord’s Day, on a Sunday. I don’t even see the revenue [of] it.”

“Tony’s going to do what Tony does. If this was inside the context of Kill Tony, the set would have been a thousand cases worse, and nobody would have batted a watch fastened,” he continued referring to Hinchcliffe’s comedy podcast, “nevertheless taking out Tony, the insult comic, after which inserting him on the prime, it was a weird placement. I was there, it was nowhere even near the other audio system and s–t.”

Vinny added whereas he believes Edgelord comedy is “making a comeback,” in MSG, it felt that “we’ve got been codeswitched into like, ‘Are we watching identical to the Tom Brady roast?’ Are we watching the Al Smith dinner like Jim Gaffigan merely did?’”

“By the way in which by which he did a larger job of being edgy nevertheless not giving the world bait to be like, ‘That was truly the worst racist issue I’ve ever heard,’” he well-known.

Vinny acknowledged some people inside the room laughed, whereas others didn’t. “It was additional of equivalent to, ‘What’s occurring?’ ‘Is that this okay?’” he added.

However, he acknowledged he didn’t assume the response could possibly be as huge as a result of it was.

“I didn’t perceive it was going to be this complete full eruption into your entire world to the place that’s all they’re talking about,” he outlined. “All they’re talking about is that, and seeing me!”

Figs, who’s half Puerto Rican, moreover weighed in, saying that as a comic book ebook and a fan of Hinchcliffe he “thought it was all humorous.”

However, he agreed with Vinny that he felt that the Hinchcliffe mustn’t have been positioned first.

Vinny well-known that he wasn’t sure why Hinchcliffe talked about Puerto Rico in its place of 1 different nation like Venezuela or Mexico, which is “on matter” with Trump’s narrative about immigrants.

He moreover questioned why the advertising marketing campaign had Hinchcliffe to begin with and the way in which his attendance benefitted the event.

Vinny ended the virtually 40-minute dialog by noting that he doesn’t assume he could “persuade” any undecided voter by endorsing Trump.

“The funniest half about me. It’s like, ‘What undecided voter am I going to steer?’” he acknowledged. “You assume any particular person doesn’t know who to vote for at this stage, they often’re waking up, they often’re like, ‘Okay, Vinny from Jersey Shore is endorsing Trump, I imagine I’m going to vote for him.’”

“The complete world thinks I’m a f–king fist-pumping idiot,” he continued. “If one thing, Kamala must perhaps be paying me for, , going to that Trump rally on account of then they’re like ‘Oh, I’m not voting for whoever that man votes for.’”

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