# Vance regarding Musk

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vance-regarding-musk/1016051>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 24, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vance-regarding-musk/1016051 "2025-03-24T17:15:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vance-regarding-musk/1016051/1 "2025-03-24T17:15:29Z")

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Did vance really get caught trash talking muskrat on a hot mike or leaked recording?  
I did try to search it, but came up empty.

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**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vance-regarding-musk/1016051/2 "2025-03-24T22:03:28Z")

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> **[Is 'leaked' JD Vance audio on Elon Musk real? What to know](https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-elon-musk-leaked-audio-ai-misinformation-2049488)**
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> Vance's communications director took to X to publicly comment on the video.

> William Martin, the vice president’s communications director said in a post on X that the audio recording is fake. He wrote that it was, “Most certainly not the Vice President,” along with a link to a post which has since been deleted.

So it’s probably real. Whether it is or not, the sentiments expressed — whininess, pettiness and a sense of aggrievement — seem perfectly consistent with everything going on in this malAdministration. And they call _liberals_ snowflakes.

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**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vance-regarding-musk/1016051/4 "2025-03-25T05:14:18Z")

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According to 404 Media, the audio is likely fake, and AI generated.

> **[Viral Audio of JD Vance Badmouthing Elon Musk Is Fake, Just the Tip of the AI...](https://www.404media.co/viral-audio-of-jd-vance-badmouthing-elon-musk-is-fake-just-the-tip-of-the-ai-iceberg/)**
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> AI-generated audio of Vance saying Must is “cosplaying as a great American leader” has been played more than 2 million times on TikTok alone.

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**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vance-regarding-musk/1016051/5 "2025-03-25T06:25:55Z")

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I sort of thought it was fake. I’m very progressive, anti trump/musk etc. To me, though, some of the wording just sounded like stuff I wish we’d catch vance saying. ~sigh~ A woman can dream.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vance-regarding-musk/1016051/6 "2025-03-25T06:45:28Z")

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**Moderating**

> [@OttoDaFe](#):
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> Whether it is or not, the sentiments expressed — whininess, pettiness and a sense of aggrievement — seem perfectly consistent with everything going on in this malAdministration. And they call _liberals_ snowflakes.

> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> That, and contradictions don’t mean jack squat to his supporters, anyway.

Since the factual aspect of the question has been adequately addressed, and we’re already getting political comments like these, let’s move this to P&E so that the political implications of the audio can be discussed, as forcing this topic to remain purely factual is going to end the discussion right here.

Moving from FQ to P&E.

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**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vance-regarding-musk/1016051/7 "2025-03-25T19:28:02Z")

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Snopes declared it fake. [https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vance-musk-audio/](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vance-musk-audio/)