Vice President J.D. Vance on Tuesday slammed the recent voting pattern of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., saying it shows a unique level of “pettiness” to go against President Donald Trump again.

Earlier in the day, the Senate confirmed Elbridge Colby by a vote of 54-45 to be undersecretary of defense for policy, with McConnell the lone Republican to join the Democratic opposition. Democrats Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Mark Kelly of Arizona and Armed Services Committee ranking member Jack Reed of Rhode Island went against the majority of their party to support Colby.

“Mitch’s vote today—like so much of the last few years of his career—is one of the great acts of political pettiness I’ve ever seen,” Vance posted on X.

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