It’s January 6th. Later today, Vice President Kamala Harris will certify the 2024 presidential election. She will do what Al Gore did in 2000 and Mike Pence did in 2020. Here is Mickael Kruse at Politico: Last summer, in a […]
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If Trump wants to stress national unity after the assassination attempt, I am not sure J.D. Vance is the best pick
Today we are learning that Donald Trump is going to rewrite his acceptance speech to stress national unity. Here is Salena Zito at The Washington Examiner: Ā Former PresidentĀ Donald TrumpĀ has completely rewritten hisĀ conventionĀ speech in light of theĀ assassination attemptĀ against him on Saturday […]
What J.D. Vance said about Donald Trump on July 4, 2016:
Trump’s vice presidential pick, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, was once a never-Trumper: On July 4, 2016, Vance wrote an Atlantic piece titled “Opioid of the Masses.” The subtitle was: “To many, Donald Trump feels good, but he canāt fix Americaās […]
CURRENT’s past coverage of J.D. Vance
Here is what we have written about Trump’s vice presidential pick: “What does J.D. Vance want? (April 24, 2023) “Ohio Senate candidate Tim Ryan: “I have the privilege to concede this election to J.D. Vance” (November 9, 2023) “The power […]
Trump picks J.D. Vance as his running mate
It’s official. Trump has picked the Ohio Senator as his running mate. Vance has moved from chronicler of Trumpism in Hillbilly Elegy, to a member of the MAGA faithful, to Donald Trump’s running mate. More coming. Stay tuned. Donald Trump […]
CNN is reporting that North Dakota Doug Burgum WILL NOT be Trump’s VP choice
Will it be J.D. Vance or someone else?
CNN reporting that Marco Rubio will NOT be Trump’s pick for VP
That leaves Ohio Senator J.D. Vance and North Dakota governor Doug Burgum. But who knows–it just might be someone else. Stay tuned. CNN is reporting that Trump will make the announcement in Milwaukee shortly before 4:30ET.
Southern Baptists offer Trump advice on his VP pick
Politico reporters Adam Wren and Megan Messerly asked Southern Baptist messengers in Indianapolis who they think Trump should pick as his running mate. Here is a taste of their piece: āI think evangelicals will generally, by and large, vote for […]
Vice-President Rubio?
Will it be an all-Florida GOP ticket in November? Florida senator “Little Marco” Rubio wants to part of the ticket, but he doesn’t want to lobby for it. Here is Michael Bender and Patricia Mazzei at The New York Times: […]
Mike Pence responds to an election denier at an Iowa Pizza Ranch
Mike Pence ran into an election denier at a Sioux City, Iowa Pizza Ranch. (As a north Jersey kid who is half Italian I can’t get my head around the idea of a “Pizza Ranch”–but I digress). She told Pence […]
Mike Pence also has a policy organization
Yesterday we called your attention to Donald Trump’s America First Policy Institute. Former court evangelical Paula White will head the “Center for American Values” wing of his new institute. Today I learned about Mike Pence’s “Advancing American Freedom.” Pence’s advisory […]