This is exactly the role Mike Pence served in 2016, by the way. Trump never would have had the level of support he got among evangelical Christians if he didn't have a running mate like Pence.
Trump’s strategy for winning now is completely different from 2016, when he was a new, untested candidate. Everything has changed. So should his reasons for picking his VP running mate.
We are much more polarized now, with very little in-between margin of “undecideds.” Those evangelicals who were swayed toward voting for Trump on 2016 based on Pence would not be affected by another Pence-like figure as candidate. Those Evangelicals who hate Trump now won’t be swayed by ANY running mate Trump picks, and those who are sold on Trump based on his performance during his first term can only be bolstered more by a good candidate pick.
I look at how a candidate is view by the left as their bona fides. The left DESPISES Vance. That’s pretty high praise.
I wonder if all those Conservative Christians still feel that way after J6 & many of Pence’s other comments.
I wonder if all those Conservative Christians still feel that way after J6 & many of Pence’s other comments.
IMO, PENCE shed what little loyalty he MAY have had for TRUMP like a molting hen.