At long last, former President Donald Trump finally chose a running mate to help him win in the 2024 election. Somewhat surprisingly but quite positively to those on the MAGA side of the GOP, he went with not a neocon like Nikki Haley, but rather a Rust Belt Republican, JD Vance, who might help him win in that crucial region.
The Biden Campaign quickly freaked out over the news and released a statement trying to go after Sen. Vance for his views and tarnish him as a radical. That statement was released by Biden-Harris 2024 Chair Jen O’Malley, who released the statement in response to Trump’s running mate choice soon after it became public.
The statement became by attacking Trump’s agenda as “extreme” and law-breaking, saying, “Donald Trump picked J.D. Vance as his running mate because Vance will do what Mike Pence wouldn’t on January 6: bend over backwards to enable Trump and his extreme MAGA agenda, even if it means breaking the law and no matter the harm to the American people.”
Continuing, it attacked Vance’s stance on abortion, saying, “As Trump’s running mate, Vance will make it his mission to enact Trump’s Project 2025 agenda at the expense of American families. This is someone who supports banning abortion nationwide while criticizing exceptions for rape and incest survivors; railed against the Affordable Care Act, including its protections for millions with preexisting conditions; and has admitted he wouldn’t have certified the free and fair election in 2020.”
It then claimed, somewhat oddly, that America’s large corporations love the Ohio Senator, whose politics are more MAGA populist than Establishment GOP corporatist, claiming, “Billionaires and corporations are literally rooting for J.D. Vance: they know he and Trump will cut their taxes and send prices skyrocketing for everyone else.”
The statement concluded by saying, “Over the next three and a half months, we will spend every single day making the case between the two starkly contrasting visions Americans will choose between at the ballot box this November: the Biden-Harris ticket who’s focused on uniting the country, creating opportunity for everyone, and lowering costs; or Trump-Vance – whose harmful agenda will take away Americans rights, hurt the middle class, and make life more expensive – all while benefiting the ultra-rich and greedy corporations.”
Watch Vance sound off on illegal immigration here:
Former President Trump, announcing the good news on Truth Social, said, “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio. J.D. honorably served our Country in the Marine Corps, graduated from Ohio State University in two years, Summa Cum Laude, and is a Yale Law School Graduate, where he was Editor of The Yale Law Journal, and President of the Yale Law Veterans Association.”
He continued, “J.D.’s book, “Hillbilly Elegy,” became a Major Best Seller and Movie, as it championed the hardworking men and women of our Country. J.D. has had a very successful business career in Technology and Finance, and now, during the Campaign, will be strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, and far beyond.”
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