Posted on 07/15/2024 5:47:28 PM PDT by conservative98
Back in 2016, JD Vance was riding on the success of his bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy, detailing his rags-to-riches story while growing up in Middletown, Ohio, under his Kentuckian-born family. The book resonated with many across the country by allowing them to view southern Appalachian, rural Americans through a more positive scope than they had ever seen before. Overnight, Vance became a media darling but was quickly criticized by establishment media for awakening a new understanding of Rust Belt culture, Appalachian values, and the struggles of economically disproportionate whites in the United States.
Meanwhile, the country was being taken over in a firestorm of political rhetoric never seen in politics, as entrepreneur and TV personality Donald Trump won the Presidency on the heels of a campaign on populism, nationalism, and pure Americanism. From November 2016, Trump changed the political landscape in ways that had never been tapped into, revealing the silent majority of rural voters that helped propel him and his supporters to heights, federal positions, and ideological shifts unlike any other movement in American history.
Fast forward to the present year, an election year, 2024. On the heels of his attempted assassination, the 45th President and 2024 Republican Party Presidential nominee, Donald Trump, selected now-United States Senator from Ohio, JD Vance, as his Vice Presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
How the GOP got to the Trump-Vance ticket is no mystery. On the scope of two back-to-back losses to President Obama at the hands of moderates John McCain and Mitt Romney, the Republican Party had to shift in a new direction. While hardly anyone could have predicted that the most globally impacting campaign in modern world history would be led by Donald Trump and figures such as Senator Vance, that is precisely what transpired.
Vance began to rightly correct himself about his feelings on Trump as he entered office in 2017. Like many, Vance had been told by the media, the left, and many pundits that Trump was the next coming of Adolf Hitler when it could not have been any further from the truth. Not only did JD Vance come to appreciate Trump, but he quickly identified with the American nationalism that his administration was advocating for.
From anti-interventionist foreign policy, which he supported due to his experiences as a United States Marine Corps veteran, to President Trump's advocacy for bringing American companies back home and enacting tariffs on countries not paying their fair share to the United States, Vance began to align himself with the America First movement.
He not only openly supported Trump as he witnessed his Presidency but was so inspired by the 45th President's policies and messages that he declared a run for the United States Senate in the midterm elections of 2022. After winning both the primary and general elections on the backing of President Trump himself, JD Vance, the under-forty-year-old, Appalachian-raised Ohio native, was sworn into the United States Senate.
Since entering the Senate's chambers, Senator Vance has been a symbol of America First policy and an outspoken Trump ally. A strong voice in an ever increasingly weak congress, Senator Vance spoke out on issues such as legal and illegal immigration, anti-intervention overseas, anti-foreign aid, and domestic issues with no fear or shame about him. He consistently looks for solutions like mass deportation, protectionist reforms on foreign economic affairs, and pragmatism regarding organizations such as labor unions in blue-collar America. During his tenure, Vance has been the unique and lone bulwark that the legislative branch of the United States government so desperately needed and one that understood the often-overlooked plights of everyday Americans in a way no other politician in Washington could have ever begun to have understood.
Witnessing this, Trump has chosen a man as good electorally as he is morally and ideologically. A proud Christian and social conservative, Vance can relate to the party's evangelical base by using pragmatic approaches to social policy while still attracting independent and minority voters. From his roots and experiences, the Senator from Ohio can also speak to everyday Americans to understand the struggles of the working class because they are his people. From East Palestine to the hills of Kentucky, Vance can talk to any American and relate to their story while not compromising his promise to put America First.
In the aftermath of his attempted assassination in Pennsylvania on June 13th, President Trump needed to pick a man who would be as loyal to him as they were electorally viable. With Vance, Trump is getting the entire package. Young, well-spoken, relatable, and cunning are all words that describe the Senator to a tee.
The GOP has nominated two men who truly understand the working class and average United States citizens in a way no President or Vice President has prior.
A Trump-Vance ticket is needed to give power back to the everyday American.
I realize that the Zeepers (closet NeverTrumpers) don’t want Vance, because he looks at Ukraine no differently than Trump, but if you notice, these people NEVER tell you who Trump SHOULD have picked.
Drew68
You made the following post on 11/26/2023. And you claimed Trump would go “libtard” So in light of picking JD today, my question is, still feel that way?
I copied and saved your post because you stated “feel free to mark this post”
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11/26/2023, 2:42:10 PM · 96 of 128
Drew68 to patriot torch
and you believe this because Donald Trump will return to the Whitehouse instead of Ron desantis?
I believe the chances of Trump returning to the White House are virtually nil.
But in the highly unlikely even he does return to the White House, here’s what’s going to happen. And feel free to mark this post.
Trump is gonna go full libtard. Yep! You heard it here first.
A lame duck from Day One, he won’t need his MAGA base anymore. They’re of no further use to him. Under the bus they’ll go. Jared and Ivanka will move back into the West Wing to ensure his administration is ridden of those embarrassing MAGA types just like they did the first time. After all, they’d like to once again be welcomed back into the Manhattan social scene that they were ostracized from. Ivanka has no use for Walmart-shopping Magadonians. She’s not one of them.
So now Trump starts working with Democrats. Why? Because even though he’s a lame duck, he still has the business empires that he’d like to pass down to his children someday. So he cuts deals to sign favorable legislation in exchange for the throttling back of the lawfare that’s been draining his pockets.
You don’t think Trump will sign an assault weapon ban? I think he’ll do it in a heartbeat if the quid pro quo is right.
There will be no retribution. No scorched-earth vengeance. There will be Trump shifting to the left to save his own hide. It’ll be Christmas for Democrats.
I was hoping Trump would pick for VP a non-politician like Flynn. But what I like about Vance is he’s a newbie pol. Here’s hoping he’s not been entrenched in the DC culture.
On July 15, 2024, during the 2024 Republican National Convention,
Trump announced that he chose Vance as his running mate via a post on Truth Social.
“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio.
J.D. honorably served our Country in the Marine Corps, graduated from Ohio State University in two years, Summa Cum Laude, and is a Yale Law School Graduate, where he was Editor of The Yale Law Journal, and President of the Yale Law Veterans Association.
J.D.’s book, “Hillbilly Elegy,” became a Major Best Seller and Movie, as it championed the hardworking men and women of our Country.
J.D. has had a very successful business career in Technology and Finance, and now, during the Campaign, will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond….”
— Donald J. Trump, Former President of the United States and 2024 GOP Nominee, Truth Social
So, there will be a Kamala-Vance debate?
Waiting to see what Ron Howard says now. Meanwhile rob reiner still going to set himself on fire if Trump wins.
I might even watch that!
Will it be pay per view or do I buy tickets for that?
Will it be pay per view or do I buy tickets for that?
If she can "work together as they work together to work at what they do best, working together."
They will arrive at the debate on a yellow school bus and the hot debate topic will be Venn diagrams.
Jared and Ivanka will move back into the West Wing to ensure his administration is ridden of those embarrassing MAGA types just like they did the first time.You left out the part about starting WWWIII.
Oh and this happened "the first time":
Trump did more for America and Americans in a 4 yr term than any Pres. in your lifetime.All without your so called "embarrassing" MAGA types.
Lol but most likely NO;-)
Good choice. He comes from a key state and he’s a good life insurance policy ( for Trump).
Should be fun to see the NYTimes and all the Ukraine war hawks go crazy.
Lewis Lynn, I hope you read the entirety of my post. It was a copy from Drew68 from a while back. Someone who was a rabid desantis supporter, or perhaps simply a leftist attempting to sway support from Trump. As I suspect he was not alone with such tactics.
Trump/Vance 2024
Many of us initially opposed President Trump back in 2015 and 16. He and Cruz had a real brawl that spilled over big time on FR pages. But it healed.
I hate to lose vance as my senator, but Trump is handing off to the next generation. Vance will be 44 at the next election. Carson would be 77.
Vance is a Trojan horse. No thanks.
I’m resigned to it. They’re all Deep State assets.
But among them whom Trump was considering, I think he’s the best choice.
Let's get him elected first!
It's been nearly 8 months since I posted that. Trump is the nominee. JD Vance is his running mate. My guy (DeSantis) lost the primaries. I have long ago came to terms with that. I don't know much about JD Vance but from what little I do know, Trump could've picked far worse. At least he's not Nikki Haley, Lindsey Graham, or a "checks the right box" DEI pick, so there's that.
I've put my animosity towards Trump behind me. Driving Biden out of the White House and destroying the Democrats in congress is the only goal at this point.
Trump also experienced a life-altering event on Saturday so this is bound to have some sort of effect on him from here on out and this very well could've been the reason behind the Vance pick. I don't know.
If Trump turns into a total libtard, I'll be the first to call him out on it but now is not the time. The race is far closer than people here realize. Criticism of Trump can wait until he's comfortably in the White House. And maybe there will be no need for criticism? I'd love to be dead wrong with my predictions and happily eat that plate of crow.
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