Some Republicans are starting to seriously regret Donald Trumpās vice presidential nominee, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.
Itās been only one week since Vance was nominated at the Republican National Convention, and already his own party members are expressing severe doubts about Trumpās pick. The former presidentās allies have acknowledged that nominating Vance was the product of Trumpās absolute certainty that he would be able to defeat Joe Biden in November. While Vance wouldnāt do much for swing voters or independents, he would likely shore up support among Trumpās base.
But ever since Biden passed the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Partyās new presumptive nominee, Republicans have begun to sour on Vance.
āThe road got a lot harder. He was the only pick that wasnāt 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 ādoesnāt add much.ā
Itās amusing you think Republicans will do anything but say the election was stolen by the left.
Yeah, itās actually not possible for me to imagine Republicans losing the presidency again without claiming fraud. Even if saying that directly stops playing as well, they will just move onto softer language about it. Like when they went from being directly racist to claiming all problems are certain immigrantsā fault.
They will ājust ask questionsā about particular statesā results. I donāt think we will come back from that. It may even bleed over to Democrats saying it eventually, just because itās so established in the zeitgeist that itās possible, some lesser thinking Dems may run with it.
Notice how none of them hesitate to do this shit now. Itās because theyāve started to internalize that democracy is bad because it doesnāt give their party the advantages they feel entitled to.
Theyāll do both
Theyāll say both. Cognitive dissonance isnāt a problem for Trump voters.
Yea. Thereās a word for that. Itās called losing.