Critics had receipts.

Vice President JD Vance has in recent months given voice to a rising skepticism in America toward Israel, leaving some Jewish Republicans uncomfortable, if not openly concerned, about the expected GOP frontrunner in the next presidential election.

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance urged Republicans to support his “very independent friend” Sen. Susan Collins during his Monday visit to Maine — as Collins skipped his rally citing an unspecified scheduling conflict.

It sounded like a compliment. But was it?

Vice President JD Vance tried to make inroads with Jewish Republicans. Not everyone is sold. Vance’s closed-door speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership summit Monday night went a long way in alleviating top pro-Israel donors’ concerns about his support for the U.

El-Sayed said he has invoked Usha Vance in attacking the Trump administration to point out the “hypocrisy” of Vance’s “political philosophy that says that some people are somehow more American than others,