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Why Trump Suddenly Thinks Picking J.D. Vance Was a Mistake
libertybele:
IMHO Trump will continue to regret his selection....(sigh)....
Why Trump Suddenly Thinks Picking J.D. Vance Was a Mistake
Republicans may be starting to second-guess their party’s pick for vice president.
Much of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, including the decision to tap Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate, was structured around attacks on President Joe Biden. But then Biden announced Sunday that he was withdrawing from the presidential race altogether.
Trump campaign officials acknowledged that Trump selected the inexperienced Vance, charged with all his techno-authoritarian ideas, to boost support among their own base, not extend a hand to swing voters, according to The Atlantic. Vance was a symbol of the Trump team’s assuredness that they would win in 2024. Come Sunday, that assuredness appears to be shrinking.
“Most striking thing I heard from Trump allies yesterday was the second-guessing of JD Vance—a selection, they acknowledged, that was [born] of cockiness, meant to run up margins with the base in a blowout rather than persuade swing voters in a nail-biter,” Atlantic staff writer Tim Alberta, who had written the piece about the panicking Trump campaign, posted on X (formerly Twitter). .........................
https://newrepublic.com/post/184106/trump-picking-jd-vance-mistake-biden-kamala-harris
Bigun:
The headline is a Crock of shit! But that's the norm now isn't ?
bigheadfred:
"according to The Atlantic"
libertybele:
--- Quote from: Bigun on July 24, 2024, 09:22:50 pm ---The headline is a Crock of shit! But that's the norm now isn't ?
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There's no denying JD's inexperience and Joe leaving the race changes things a bit.
Wait until the convention when we see who the DEM nominee is and who the VP pick is. I think JD's inexperience is going to be problematic.
Just my opinion.
Bigun:
--- Quote from: libertybele on July 24, 2024, 09:30:42 pm ---There's no denying JD's inexperience and Joe leaving the race changes things a bit.
Wait until the convention when we see who the DEM nominee is and who the VP pick is. I think JD's inexperience is going to be problematic.
Just my opinion.
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So how does that equate to "Trump Suddenly Thinks Picking J.D. Vance Was a Mistake"? Trump has said nothing remotely like that.
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