The GOP needs to convince voters that Donald Trump and JD Vance are regular guys, and, manifestly, they are not.
It would be strange for Democrats to attack the Republican presidential ticket for being âweirdâ if it werenât true. But those men are getting weirder by the day.
Former president Donald Trumpâs running mate, Sen. JD Vance (Ohio), is off to a wobbly start. A Harris 2024 campaign email sent on Friday was headlined, âJD Vance Is a Creep (Who Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide).â The statement continued, âJD Vance is weird. Voters know it â Vance is the most unpopular VP pick in decades.â
It was bad enough when footage resurfaced of a 2021 interview in which Vance called Democrats âa bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that theyâve made.â Things got worse last week when Vance offered a non-apology, blaming âpeopleâ for âfocusing so much on the sarcasm and not on the substance of what I actually said.â
Uh, okay, but that doesnât help at all. The substance â which Vance said he stands by â is asserting that adults without children do not deserve an equal say in the nationâs affairs. Another unearthed clip of Vance showed him arguing that parents, when they vote, should be able to cast an extra ballot for each child in their family who is under voting age. He didnât take that back, either, going only so far as to claim it was a âthought experimentâ and not a firm policy position.
Ah, the old âI was just running my mouthâ defense.
Look, I run my mouth all the time⌠but Iâm also not running for Vice President. I am a white dude, so there is a non zero chance that the Harris team might reach out to me at some point before the convention, but I doubt it.
Is this just so he can talk more rancid shit about âwellfare queensâ? It seems like it would only hurt his stance since he hates the poors.