Posted on 07/15/2024 12:27:05 PM PDT by Morgana
Donald Trump has picked Ohio senator J.D. Vance as his running mate, choosing a grassroots favorite ahead of more seasoned political operators.
The former president left it until the last possible moment, using all his showman skills to leave the world guessing, before opting for 39-year-old Vance after the Republican National Convention had already begun in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Vance swept to national attention when he published his bestselling memoir 'Hillbilly Elegy,' in 2016, the year Trump was elected president.
He has been a senator for less than two years but has established himself as one of the fiercest defenders of Trump’s 'Make America Great Again' agenda, especially when it comes to foreign policy, trade and immigration.
The former venture capitalist and U.S. Marine had initially been critical of Trump.
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Every top possible pick had been initially crirical of Trump. Only possible VP pick I can think of who was never a Never Trumper is Carson. But he's too old to have been a good pick.
Well, he’s already made the first mistake of his second term and it hasn’t even begun yet. He should be picking warriors and he’s picking milquetoast metrosexual millennials. Not a good start.
Trump gave little thought to his cabinet picks and we saw how that worked out. This pick is of the same logic as Kamala. Pander to the base, at least that’s what he must be thinking. By why pander unless you are going to jilt the base?
JD is not conservative, libertarian, or even a populist. He is an opportunist with extreme poor political instincts. He will be a big government and corporatist hack driven by the latest poll. He won’t even have Trump’s back although he may have Thiel’s.
He will not reinforce votes from the base. Especially in all areas populated by briars and hillbillies which is where he was raised and but now thinks he has risen above. How could Trump make such a poor read?
Prepare for Trump to take his populism to the center.
Who said that???
I certainly didn't.
But I think he's made a mistake here concerning the future after he's gone.
Me too!
Before people start making disparaging and unwarranted accusations about the man, instead of watching The View and MSNBC, read his book.
JD Vance has a 100% rating from the National Right to Life Committee and a 0% rating from Planned Parenthood.
America is a nation not an economic zone. Indians can be productive in India for all I care.
Nope! Far too many women vote against abortion restrictions. Observe what happens when any republican makes a proposal to restrict abortions. Those women come out to vote! Senatore Linsay Graham single handedly fizzed the red wave in 2022 by proposing 15 week restrictions.
“Hopefully Vance doesn’t try to import more people from India like his family.”
You mean his wife? The uber-conservative Roman Catholic?
Good... Trump needs someone around who won’t kiss his ass.
I’ll be damned... Trump picked who he wanted for VP, not the choices every one else wanted.
(So long as he’s not a cackling moron or a DEI pick.)
Vance has a DEI wife. Her influence on him could be trouble for American workers of White European heritage.
I’d rather illegal aliens crossing the souther border than indian scammers getting here on h1-b visas. Though ideally we would have neither.
It’s amazing to me that because of supposedly who Trump chose as his VP, some of these comments seem to imply we’d be better off if Biden/Harris get another 4 years.
It would not matter who Trumped picked, some people on this forum would find fault with it.
Yes, hopefully he doesn’t want to allow a flood of people from India (no matter their religion).
I hope you don’t think that you’re going to be allowed to hang around here trolling our candidates for the next few months.
He’s lived the MAGA dream - who better to be able to convince others of how powerful the IDEAS are? And without the first reaction being, ugh I hate Donald Trump.
Trump has consistently said he is just the messenger, this is not about him. Now he’s put his future presidency on the line, betting that someone else can articulate MAGA as effectively has he can himself.
And to be honest, Trump’s style doesn’t appeal to everyone - no one’s does. JD has a different style, and I think people are going to find that it’s one that is very appealing to some of the groups that Trump needs and doesn’t do well with.
I’m excited for JD and for Ohio, living in Illinois I know it’s cut from the same cloth as the good redstate parts of the midwest and that itself will pull in votes from those who are sick to death of the coastal elites who think they’re smarter than the rest of us.
we need a guy with balls like trump to take us into the next 8 after trumps 4 years against these parasites congratulations!
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