In choosing JD Vance as his running mate, former US president Donald Trump is going all in on framing the election as the opportunity to Make America Great Again (MAGA), says US politics expert Steven R Okun.
In choosing JD Vance as his running mate, former US president Donald Trump is going all in on framing the election as the opportunity to Make America Great Again , says US politics expert Steven R Okun.
Mr Bill Clinton selecting Mr Al Gore as his running mate serves as the Democratic model for Trump choosing Mr Vance, in which that combination strengthened Mr Clinton’s appeal of having a moderate running for president. As California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom points out, Trump's selection of Mr Vance makes the Democrats holding the Senate more difficult because it motivates Ohio Republicans to vote and means the race will attract even more outside spending trying to defeat Democratic-incumbent Sherrod Brown.
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance during the second day of 2024 Republican National Convention on Jul 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. and criticised exceptions for rape and incest, called Social Security and Medicare “the biggest roadblocks to real fiscal sanity”, and admitted that as VP he wouldn’t have certified the election results immediately on Jan 6, 2021.
A Trump-Vance administration would likely be met by an exodus of some of the most experienced US public servants, diminishing the country’s ability to manage all the crises facing it, at home and abroad.
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