Trump VP selection process begins (1 Viewer)

[superchuck500]

The fact that Donalds is even on this list shows you how bonkers American politics have become.

 

[MT15]

Vance is the product of billionaire Peter Thiel, just in case anyone is buying this nonsense that is being peddled that Vance is some sort of champion for everyday people. He’s naked ambition, void of any principles at all. Nobody should feel good about his elevation to VP nominee. The ease with which he lies in that interview should be a cautionary warning-he’s not a normal person.

As someone said on Twitter - Trump should watch his own back with Vance standing behind him. Vance will do or say anything to get power.

There are a lot of policy positions with which to criticize Vance. He’s an easy target for the Biden campaign.

 

[MT15]

Here is one article about Thiel

 

[SaintForLife]

I definitely like his foreign policy views

 

[Incumbent]

That actually reduces the chances of him being Trump's veep. Vance's comments about Trump are going to be played on a continuous loop until the day after the election. It won't have any impact on the Trump diehards, but it will have an impact on everyone else.

Trump and Trump Jr. just Trumped the bed by picking Vance.

Vance’s explanation is that he came to believe Trump was a great president. Bull****. Nobody compares somebody to Hitler because they think they will be a bad president, they make that comparison because they recognize alarming rhetoric and dangerous moral failings.

Vance is an opportunist. He isn’t stupid, but he believes his supporters are.

 

[SaintForLife]

 

[Lapaz]

I like the contrast of the ticket. The draft dodger/marine ticket. Every time someone brings up that Vance is an ex Marine, someone should make the point that Trump dodged the draft due to bone spurs that never prevented him from playing sports like tennis and golf, and none of his kids have served. Though Biden didn't serve either, his son Beau won the bronze star for his service. I think Vance may highlight this tawdry part of Trump's character.

President Bone Spur has no vets in his family tree

Central to our way of life, and an essential part of the American social contract, is the citizen soldier, who leaves his or her citizen life behind to fight to protect our rights and freedoms. We ho…

www.capecodtimes.com

 

[SaintForLife]

Vance’s explanation is that he came to believe Trump was a great president. Bull****. Nobody compares somebody to Hitler because they think they will be a bad president, they make that comparison because they recognize alarming rhetoric and dangerous moral failings.

Vance is an opportunist. He isn’t stupid, but he believes his supporters are.

Maybe he just stopped watching the corporate media.

 

[SaintForLife]

I'll admit I didn't know much about Vance before yesterday, but the more I learn about him I'm okay with the pick. I don't like his views on Isreal, Iran and China, but I do like his populist views.

 

[MT15]

Maybe he just stopped watching the corporate media.

Maybe you should stop watching corporate media? Do us all a favor.

 

[SaintForLife]

 

[SaintForLife]

 

[SaintForLife]

 

[SteveSBrickNJ]

Additionally, the Teamsters President spoke in a GOP Convention Primetime spot and he ripped into Amazon and other companies.

 

[MT15]

This full court press trying to sanitize Vance tells me they know they have issues trying to sell him. Kind of interesting to see. They won’t be able to sell him to independents, IMO.

They sure as hell don’t want to talk about his opposition to abortion even in cases of rape or incest, even if the victim is a child herself. They don’t want to talk about his suggestion that women in violent relationships should consider staying with the abuser “for the sake of the children”. They aren’t going to want to talk about his reflexive parroting of lies about Jan 6 rioters or his support of a man who plead guilty was recently sentenced to 4 years. They won’t talk about his claim that had he been Vice President instead of Mike Pence he would have recognized the fake electors, effectively overturning a free and fair election.

The examples quoted by SFL are probably the only 2 times he has ever been bi-partisan in his short time in politics.

 

[MT15]

Yeah, Vance isn’t bringing in any moderates. He doesn’t help Trump at all.

 

[MT15]

In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller — ProPublica

Vance gave the speech to the secretive Teneo Network. The GOP vice presidential nominee has been a member of the Leonard Leo-backed group, which seeks to cultivate conservative influence in business and culture.

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That network is a Leonard Leo outfit.

 

[MT15]

 

[MT15]

How J.D. Vance Won Over Donald Trump

It started with a meeting at Mar-a-Lago more than three years ago. Later, Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and other key allies made direct appeals on his behalf.

www.nytimes.com