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No, really, Republicans are getting weirder (www.washingtonpost.com)

submitted 3 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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The GOP needs to convince voters that Donald Trump and JD Vance are regular guys, and, manifestly, they are not.

It would be strange for Democrats to attack the Republican presidential ticket for being “weird” if it weren’t true. But those men are getting weirder by the day.

Former president Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (Ohio), is off to a wobbly start. A Harris 2024 campaign email sent on Friday was headlined, “JD Vance Is a Creep (Who Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide).” The statement continued, “JD Vance is weird. Voters know it – Vance is the most unpopular VP pick in decades.”

It was bad enough when footage resurfaced of a 2021 interview in which Vance called Democrats “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made.” Things got worse last week when Vance offered a non-apology, blaming “people” for “focusing so much on the sarcasm and not on the substance of what I actually said.”

Uh, okay, but that doesn’t help at all. The substance — which Vance said he stands by — is asserting that adults without children do not deserve an equal say in the nation’s affairs. Another unearthed clip of Vance showed him arguing that parents, when they vote, should be able to cast an extra ballot for each child in their family who is under voting age. He didn’t take that back, either, going only so far as to claim it was a “thought experiment” and not a firm policy position.

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[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

...how do you figure that?

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

He’s increasingly unpopular here

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm not sure how much of that is the joke or how much Lemmy gives us a glimpse of Ohioans' attitudes. I visited Ohio recently and I came away thinking "good God this is basically Northern Florida!"

Edit: oh maybe you meant in Ohio by "here". If so, I'm wondering if you're in a city in Ohio.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I work in a factory in rural Ohio. I’ve been an Ohioan for most of my life. Yeah it’s basically Florida, but as it stands Senator Vance is being seen as increasingly clown shoes. I don’t think he’s going to shift Ohioan values, I think he’s going to be unable to maintain the enthusiasm necessary to hold his seat. Ohio is north Florida, except we were a swing state longer.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks for your perspective here. I hope what you're seeing reflects the rest of the rural parts of the state!

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