Posted on 07/26/2024 4:42:51 PM PDT by RandFan
A number of House Republicans are privately bashing former President Trump’s selection of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate, warning that the pick will not help — and could hurt — the party’s chances of winning in November.
The Republicans, speaking to The Hill on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive topic, raised concerns about Vance’s foreign policy positions, lack of experience and inability to expand the Republican coalition beyond Trump’s base.
There are, to be sure, plenty of Vance supporters in the House GOP conference, particularly hard-line conservatives — including those in the House Freedom Caucus — who favor the populist, America First perspective that the vice presidential nominee espouses. And the Trump campaign is vigorously defending the pick.
But Republicans who spoke to The Hill — including veteran lawmakers, moderates and Reagan-styled conservatives who support a muscular foreign policy — said a much larger number of their colleagues harbor doubts about Vance.
“He was the worst choice of all the options. It was so bad I didn’t even think it was possible,” one House Republican said. “Anti-Ukraine, more of a populist. He adds nothing to the Trump ticket. He energizes the same people that love Trump.”
“I think if you were to ask many people around this building, 9 out of 10 on our side would say he’s the wrong pick,” a second House Republican said. “He’s the only person who can do serious damage.”
A third House Republican — who said “there is major dissension” to Vance in the conference — argued that if Trump falls short to Vice President Harris in November, Trump’s vice presidential selection will be to blame.
“The prevailing sentiment is if Trump loses, [it’s] because of this pick,” the lawmaker said. “It doesn’t help.”
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Notice their #1 issue with Vance is how he doesn’t want to send BILLIONS of OUR money to Ukraine..just for that alone Vance was the right choice
anonymous.......
“speaking to The Hill on the condition of anonymity”
The republicans certainly have no shortage of cowards.
Nice people I’m sure
” Unaamed Republicans say.”
If they don’t go on the record, they know they are on the losing side.
Anonymous = BS!
Made up nonsense from the shills at the hill.
Prove it! Prove the Republicans actually said these things.
Prove it!
Made up stories.
Cue the usual spineless FReepers agreeing with the left.
“The Republicans, speaking to The Hill on the condition of anonymity”
BS article and/or rinos in jeopardy
No real Republican talks to the DungHill
Let me guess....
The village idiot from IL
Crazy Liz
Mittens
Chickenshits who whisper in the ears of leftist reporters but won’t give their names don’t deserve the FRee publicity.
lol....
Along those lines, yes,
Do we have a list of the Nancy Boys or should we just round up the usual suspects?
RE: anonymous
As always. The Dems will love to undermine any aspect of Trump or Vance’s lives and opinions with “a source” or “someone close to the situation.”
They can print that I heard from a neighbor’s barber that a friend of Kamala says the Dem Party is filled with anti-American Chinese Communist sympathizers who will commit election fraud to steal the election, take away our gun rights, freedom of speech and ability to buy a house and drive a gas car and will send thousands of dissenters to concentration camps. Has it on good authority./S
AOL commie news, the most vile mouthpieces around, are also featuring this. They are the ones who had dancing figures of Biden and his moll come spinning towards me in my email when they stole the election.
In other words, a bunch of leftist "Republicans" trying to do to other countries what Democrats have done to America's inner cities are upset that Vance is going to take away their slush funds and toys.
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