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Union and Harvey seem to be under the impression that they’re audience conduits instead of coddled suckers.

To her, he was always “AC,” the baby of the family who was hopelessly coddled by their mother after he temporarily lost his ability to talk after a childhood surgery.

Yep, Vance's "defense" of his boss is to paint him as a thin-skinned bully who needs to be coddled with flattery.

In a post on X, he added: "My job is to advance America's national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism."

"My job is to advance America's national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism," he said.