Posted on 07/15/2024 8:44:31 AM PDT by conservative98
If looks are the key to Donald Trump's vice presidential pick then there is only one winner.
J.D. Vance's blue eyes and thick beard first caught the attention of the former president two years ago, when the author and former Marine was competing for the Republican nomination in Ohio's Senate race.
'He's one handsome son of a bitch,' Trump told his inner circle.
Since then Vance has emerged as one of his most formidable promoters on cable news channels.
And a strict running regimen instituted during his run for Senate has seen the possible veep lose weight recently, a fact that has not gone unnoticed by Trump himself, according to a source familiar with the former president's conversations.
'He's got the look,' is another Trump assessment, noting the slimmed down figure and choice of well-fitting suits.
It leaves the Ohio senator as one of three candidates—along with Sen. Marco Rubio, 53, and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, 67—on a shortlist for vice president.
Supporters, who include the likes of Donald Trump Jr. and former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, say he brings a deep connection with the rust belt states that could decide the election, a personal history that embodies the American Dream, and the sort of TV skills essential for the president's number-one advocate.
Critics accuse him of being a political chameleon, selling out his Never Trump credentials at the first sniff of power.
Either way it marks an extraordinary rise for a 39-year-old brought up in the crushing poverty of southern Ohio by his heroin-addicted mother and his fierce grandmother.
His 2016 memoir, 'Hillbilly Elegy,' catapulted him to literary and political fame, establishing him as the sort of working class, white author who could decode Trump and his allure for an uncomprehending liberal and conservative establishment.
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Trump needs someone from the outside to protect him from Deep State assassination.
No Pence, no Haley, no Rubio.
I don’t know who Trump will pick, but Vance is certainly the media’s darling.
Way too much MSM attention is paid to him recently.
Rumor all over Columbus - Governor Mike DeWine will appoint John “The Mailman” Kasich to fill Vance’s Senate term if Vance is the VP Pick.
As long as he is willing to fight the media.
Whatever Trump does, if this is the VP. Don’t let him shave the beard.
Vance always struck me as a complete phony. Probably perfect for a VP candidate, but absolutely untrustworthy inside a Trump administration.
We saw the movie they made J D’s book. Very good movie.
I wish he’d pick someone outside government.
I don’t buy Vance’s politics or his biography, but he is still a helluva upgrade from Harris.
An arrangement like this will handcuff Trump indefinitely.
Vance is definitely an outsider, in the lines of Trump. Not at all a deep state creature.
That's never going to happen. The only time a major political party selects a VP candidate from outside the party establishment is when the Presidential candidate is a party insider (like McCain/Palin in 2008, for example).
Vance may appear populist but he’s got an Ivy League, Wall Street law firm, venture capital background. That doesn’t disqualify him but the populism is a bit of an act in my opinion. I’m betting Younkin to move Virginia from “Lean Dem” into Trump’s column.
A pile of dog crap is an upgrade from Harris. That doesn’t narrow this down at all. :-P
I hope not. JD does not add anything that Trump himself does not have and represent. The election will hinge of a few “swing states” (states where the Dim-GOP polling difference is smaller than most other states) and in those states the “moderates” and “independents” are sufficient to make a final difference. Leading into the general election Trump needs a VP pick that ADDS to his campaign approach - more than a mere echo of Trump. Leave JD in the Senate where he is needed.
I have been wondering for some time if JD has a well oiled P.R. firm that is getting these “J.D. for VP” articles into the media.
This is 100% on target.
today, my pick is the VA governor
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