President-Elect Donald Trump isn't the only person on the Republican ticket who's referencing fictional serial killers during the presidential campaign and subsequent transition to the White House. The post JD Vance Favorably Quotes Fictional Serial Killer to Dunk on People Who Thought Trump Would Lose first appeared on Mediaite.

“In the words of Cormac McCarthy, ‘If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?’” Vance wrote. Vance attributed the words of wisdom to McCarthy himself, not the fate-obsessed contract killer he created in the 2005 novel, adapted by the Coen Brothers into a 2007 Best Picture winner.