Posted on 07/20/2024 7:56:50 AM PDT by karpov
On the surface, this GOP convention is the most ebullient and unified in decades. Beneath it, many elected officials are deeply uneasy.
The source of that agitation is Donald Trump’s running mate. At a glance, Mr. Trump’s choice of Sen. J.D. Vance makes sense, as he appears to be a prototype of Mr. Trump. Protectionist. Passionate. America First.
But he isn’t Mr. Trump—not at all—in ways that are hugely consequential for the conservative movement and its future. In choosing Mr. Vance now, Mr. Trump sets him up for 2028, which means a monumental internal fight is coming. We’ll soon find out how much control Mr. Trump really has—and intends to keep—over his party.
To listen to the convention speeches and the on-the-record GOP chatter, Mr. Vance is a perfect running mate for a candidate laser-focused on winning this election with working-class votes. He’s right there with Mr. Trump on tariffs and the border. He talks passionately on inflation. He connects to the workingman, whom he delights by skewering the media and the Biden administration.
That’s where the similarities end. Mr. Vance’s bestselling 2016 memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” was mostly a social and cultural critique. His later political opinions initially sounded distinctly Democratic. He reveled for a time as a Never Trumper, with a 2016 essay in the Atlantic, “Opioid of the Masses,” in which he explained, “Donald Trump feels good, but he can’t fix America’s growing social and cultural crisis.” He now says he was wrong about Mr. Trump, but his record since joining the Senate last year suggests he still rejects much of Mr. Trump’s economic agenda.
Mr. Vance believes government is needed to right the problems in his hometown. He’s OK with raising the minimum wage to $20. (Even Bernie Sanders is asking for only $17.)
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Kimberly-you’re not Peggy Noonan. See my post right above.
At least she used the word “divide”. Is “conquer” far behind?
*See my post right above.*
Can’t now-it’s been erased.
That’s why I stopped contributing.
Strassel. What a douche.
Neocons and Globalists don't like using government to help the working man.
But they're okay with using government to fund the war machine or bail out Wall Street.
Seem Conservative Inc HAS to find something to whine about
How about this Conservative Inc, try fighting the Leftists instead of sniping your own side in the back for once.
It would make a refreshing change.
I guess it’s deeply problematic that he actually cares about lower and middle class people.
BTW for the habitual whiners
Too late now. No matter how loud and long you whine, he is the VP candidate.
The time to take on Vance, if you all are afraid of him, is the 2027-28 primary.
And by then he’ll hand an obvious track record for us to peruse. But I guess the orders have gone out from big pharma and Wall Street.
Very good point
He has some interesting problems but at least for 4 years he’ll be in check.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/07/19/the-mirror/
His wife may be a problem also.
Left wing MEdia talking points sent to all
Highlight “ divisions” among GOP over VP choice
Suggest Vance was chosen “ for” Trump, not “ by” Trump
Portray Vance as extremist
Portray Vance as inexperienced
Make allusions to his wife’s ethnicity and religion and let the “extremist” Christian base express unease via prejudiced comments. Insert these
by unknown sources, as necessary
Portray Vance professional success as venture fund rainmaker…as result of receiving “ dark” money from wealthy donors tied to globalism.
Suggest that he is a “Manchurian” candidate from wealthy mysterious donor paid-for law school and fast rise in politics with limited experience ( use actual template of obama life but ignore any comparison)
There’s a divide.
It’s not as complicated as she makes it out to be.
It’s about character.
Trump is genuine and real.
J D is as disingenuous as it comes.
The left is having repeated wet dreams.
What the Wall Street “fat cats” really don’t like about J.D. is that he supports Trump’s plans to stop them from continuing to sell out the American people w/their treasonous business deals which prop up Xi and the PRC.
“Mr. Vance believes government is needed to right the problems in his hometown. He’s OK with raising the minimum wage to $20.”
Evidently Vance studied political science and law, and skipped economics.
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help. Ronald Reagan
Time will tell if Vance is the smart but uncertain chameleon and the manufactured candidate I think he is.
Many Americans are having a hard time understanding how our government, both Rs and Ds are perfectly fine with sending Billions of dollars to Ukraine and countries that hate us, while American citizens are struggling to afford basic necessities. Government may not be the solution but they are supposed to be working in the interests of the American people, not Wall Street and the globalist elites..
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