J.D. Vance is taking Daniel Penny, the Man who Killed Jordan Neely on the NYC Subway, to the Army-Navy Football Game

“Some people view Penny as callous and his actions as criminal on the day he met Neely, who was screaming and acting erratically,” NBC said. Janelle Griffith And Erik Ortiz write. “Others suggested that Penny was selfless in her efforts to protect other passengers.”

Others, the vice president-elect has made clear, like Vance.

On the day Penny was acquitted, Vance praised the decision, saying he “didn’t talk much about this case for fear of (negative) impact on the journey.” “But,” he said continue about X, “thank God, justice has been served in this case. It was a scandal that Penny was prosecuted for in the first place.”

Vance’s warm invitation to the Army-Navy game came as others on the right also embraced Penny.

Last year, Florida governor Ron DeSantis posted a link to Penny’s legal defense fund, reads, “We must defeat the Soros-funded DAs, stop the Left’s pro-crime agenda, and reclaim the streets for compliant citizens comply with the law. We stand with good Samaritans like Daniel Penny. Let’s show this Marine… America has his back.” Another former Republican presidential hopeful, Nikki Haley, want Governor of New York Kathy Hochul to forgive Penny, saying the move would “allow people like Penny, who were actually very brave in that situation, it would let them know that we have their back.”

Charlie Kirkright-wing commentator at the head of Turning Point USA, has many times is introduced considers Penny a hero.

As for Vance, this is not the first time he has praised a vigilante whose actions have divided the country.

Back in 2021, when Vance was an Ohio Republican Senate candidate, he protect Kyle Ritten’s housewho has was recently fully acquitted on all charges after he shot and killed two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and injured a third during the city’s Black Lives Matter demonstration.

In an interview with Newsmax’s Greg KellyVance said that instead of treating Rittenhouse like a “17-year-old kid raised by a single mother” and “made the right decisions and decided to be a positive force in his community” , he was “slandered and lied about.”

“It’s not just about Kyle Rittenhouse,” Vance said at the time. Instead, he continued, the issue is what kind of “youth we want to raise in our community. What qualities do we want our leaders to develop?”

Rittenhouse, Vance added just days after his acquittal, was demonstrating “basic manly virtues.”