Some Republicans are starting to seriously regret Donald Trumpā€™s vice presidential nominee, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.

Itā€™s been only one week since Vance was nominated at the Republican National Convention, and already his own party members are expressing severe doubts about Trumpā€™s pick. The former presidentā€™s allies have acknowledged that nominating Vance was the product of Trumpā€™s absolute certainty that he would be able to defeat Joe Biden in November. While Vance wouldnā€™t do much for swing voters or independents, he would likely shore up support among Trumpā€™s base.

But ever since Biden passed the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Partyā€™s new presumptive nominee, Republicans have begun to sour on Vance.

ā€œThe road got a lot harder. He was the only pick that wasnā€™t the safe pick. And I think everyone has now realized that,ā€ one House Republican told Axios Thursday, under the condition of anonymity.

Another House Republican told Axios that Vance ā€œdoesnā€™t add much.ā€

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    2 months ago

    There must be a correlation with how hard campaigns double down and how close they are to actually reversing course.

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      Careful - youā€™re assigning reason, or at least logic, to the party of pizzagate, trump, a stupid failed coup, and drinking bleach.

      History teaches us this is where logic and reason come to die.

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      There is. The more they stumble, the more they are questioned. The answers to the question cannot be anything but utmost certainty because ā€œmaybeā€ is simply not a message that sways anyone.

      Pretty answers donā€™t change reality though, so the stumbles continue or even increase leading to more questions and the doubling down. You just canā€™t do anything else unless youā€™re ready to commit to another answer.