The choice elevates a onetime fierce critic who became a zealous follower of the former president.
  • aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world
    72·
    5 months ago

    A VP candidate who has an extensive history of talking shit on video about the president he plans to serve. Excellent choice. /s

    • Varyk
      32·
      5 months ago

      I guess it isn’t surprising a rapist chose a rape supporter.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      5 months ago

      Sure, but he’s said a number of things that I agree with, too:

      “I’m a Never Trump guy,” Vance said in an interview with Charlie Rose in 2016. “I never liked him.” In February of that year, he reportedly privately wondered whether “Trump was America’s Hitler.”

      A few months later, when the infamous Trump Access Hollywood tape came out, Vance warned, “Fellow Christians, everyone is watching us. When we apologize for this man, lord help us.” Throughout 2016 and 2017, Vance liked tweets critical of Trump, including that he committed “serial sexual assault” and was “one of USA’s most hated, villainous, douchey celebs.” In a set of since deleted tweets, Vance also criticized Trump’s response to the 2017 neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, writing, “There is no moral equivalence between the anti-racist protestors in Charlottesville and the killer (and his ilk).”

    • TTH4P@lemm.ee
      81·
      5 months ago

      He argued “two wrongs don’t make a right”. So gross.

  • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
    611·
    5 months ago

    Good. Doubling down with a MAGA-MAGA ticket brings minimal value. Pretty sure he already had all the MAGAs anyway. Probably thinks he’s sure to win now and doesn’t need a boost anymore, but that remains to be seen.

    Was actually a little worried about a Rubio pick. Similar to picking Pence last time, would’ve been throwing the non-MAGAs a small bone.

    Almost feels like this is the first good news in weeks. Been a rough period.

      • kevindqc@lemmy.world
        8·
        5 months ago

        Yeah he has said if he was in Pence’s shoes, he would have accepted the fake electors, and says the election was stolen.

      • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        5 months ago

        JD Vance went to Yale Law; of course he won’t choose something over power. I mean, Thomas and Alito both went there. Their alumni page on Wikipedia has a “Law and Government” section and includes several people we know went to Epstein Island. Anyone who comes out of Yale Law with a single principle got it somewhere else.

  • Kingofthezyx@lemm.ee
    33·
    5 months ago

    What a terrible choice. Like Vance brings basically nothing to the ticket. Actually gives me some hope.

    • Ranvier@sopuli.xyz
      16·
      5 months ago

      It does bring in some things for democrats, like really obvious attack ad ideas. Just play JD Vance’s own comments about Trump, over and over again.

  • bazus1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    5 months ago

    I’ll bet Tim Scott loving all the decisions he’s made in his life still.

  • The Pantser@lemmy.world
    17·
    5 months ago

    Why does he look like he should be wearing a Confederate uniform? Alternatively why does he look like he should be saying ugabooga?

    • morphballganon@lemmy.world
      21·
      5 months ago

      If Trump wins, the number of dem senators won’t matter for long, possibly not even long enough for them to elect one (republican governor appoints the interim senator). And if he loses, doesn’t this guy get to remain senator?