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'Ridiculous!' Republicans clash on CNN in aftermath of J.D. Vance's latest interview

A conservative shouting match erupted on CNN Monday morning as panelists argued about a confusing comment from Donald Trump's running mate Sen. J.D. Vance and one Republican's controversial take.Matt Gorman, former advisor to Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), started screaming when David Frum, onetime speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, suggested there was a dark motive behind Vance's attacks on Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN)."It's not nice, it's not true," Frum said. "But what he's trying to suggest is that Tim Walz is a sexual deviant.""What are you talking about?" Gorman roared. "That's ridiculous!" Vance made a comment that spurred this exchange during a CNN interview with anchor Dana Bash over the weekend which she found unconvincing. The Ohio senator pointed to a moment when Walz, on stage for the announcement he would be Vice Kamala Harris' running mate, turned with his hand extended and found himself facing his wife."When I had just been announced as the V.P. nominee, I gave my big speech and I saw my wife and I gave her a big hug and a kiss because I love my wife and I think that's what a normal person does," Vance told Bash. "Walz gave his wife a nice firm midwestern handshake and then tried to sort of awkwardly correct for it."Bash shook her head as she recounted the comment Monday morning and said, "I can't believe we're having this conversation."She then argued Walz, who famously dubbed the MAGA right "weird," had simply not realized his wife was standing next to him and Vance was unsure how to respond to a significant change in Democrats' campaign tactics. "Democrats for so long have brought a sort of a knife to a gunfight when it comes to the rhetoric of Donald Trump," Bash said. "They're trying to be more in that space."Frum sought to explain Vance's underlying meaning and, in doing so, triggered Gorman's rage. "The man spends way too much time online," said Frum. "A lot of what he says is going to be incomprehensible to you unless you participate in or have some acquaintance with this strange underworld."ALSO READ: Trump's insatiable ego is destroying the former presidentFrum points to Trump's son Donald Jr. and the messaging he sends on Twitter, arguing it appealed to "the lava coming up from the ugliest parts of American life."Vance recently attacked Walz on the same site, writing, "He and Kamala Harris want to take children away from their parents if the parents don't like sex changes."On Truth Social, the social media site owned and dominated by Trump, MAGA supporters such as conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer and the fake news site Gateway Pundit share false claims that Walz passed legislation protecting pedophiles and calling him "Tampon Tim." Frum urged Vance to step away from the screen, arguing the Ohio Republican was above such social media spaces. "Everything is couched as a personal attack of the most vicious kind," said Frum. "That's why people think he's weird; he's so brilliant, he's so capable, so why is he so filled with rage and contempt?" Watch the video below or click here.