Vance could’ve said “Trump and I disagree on this particular point”. This is what Dick Cheney said when asked about W. Bush’s position on gay marriage, and he is not exactly what I would consider a moral paragon. He does, however, draw the line at overthrowing the government by force, which apparently Vance doesn’t. So I don’t give Vance any slack for defending Trump. You don’t have to play the cards you are dealt. You can always fold, and when the hand was dealt by a man whom you personally believe to be cultural heroin and a modern day Hitler, that is what any decent individual would do.