Trump picks Senator JD Vance as his running mate

Former President Donald Trump ended the suspense by announcing his running mate on the first day of the Republican National Convention: if elected, it would be Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, the front man of his movement, for US Vice President.

After much deliberation and consideration, and taking into account the great talents of many others, I have decided that Senator J. T. Vance of the great State of Ohio is the most suitable person to serve as Vice President of the United States.He wrote on his social network True Community.

He particularly praised his running mate’s experience in the Navy and as a businessman. He We will continue to fight for our constitution He declared.

In a follow-up message, he said the election was necessary to energize his electoral base.

I thought about this decision for months, but I always knew I needed JD Vance by my side to make America great again.

According to CNN, the main interest party confirmed his selection twenty minutes before the announcement.

The former president, who was the victim of an assassination attempt on Saturday, officially secured his party’s nomination for the US presidential election after securing enough delegates during a roll-call vote by states at the convention.

His running mate, who appeared in the convention hall at the end of the afternoon, was also supported by delegates, who gave him a standing ovation.

Unlike 2016, Donald Trump chose someone with whom he has personal chemistry. During his first presidential run, he made a strategic decision by choosing Mike Pence, a choice aimed at reassuring the party’s evangelical base, which at the time distrusted him.

Donald Trump has taken the exercise into his own hands and has nothing else to prove to an electoral base that adores him.

The identity of his partner was revealed ending long public inquiries similar to the reality TV show. Trainee He animated.

Some observers believe that his presence on the Republican ticket will not broaden Donald Trump’s electoral base, as Florida Senator Marco Rubio has done, for example.

Many Republicans, however, believe his presence on the Republican ticket will benefit him by allowing him to consolidate his white, working-class electorate in key Midwestern states where the election is likely.

In recent weeks, one Republican strategist said The Washington Post Donald Trump said he would choose JT Vance if he was confident of his victory and wanted to shape the future of the Republican Party.

Who is JD Vance?

A law graduate from Yale University, J.D. Vance, even though he’s already estranged, may be the candidate who most closely resembles Donald Trump’s ideology.

JD Vance, the team’s rising star, has been a Senator for the past year and a half. His support for Donald Trump’s political agenda and becoming a politician fueled his rapid rise.

[Donald Trump] The best president I have ever seen in my lifetime exposed the corruption of this country like no other.

The former president’s endorsement played a key role in his victory in the 2022 Republican primaries.

On her social networking account X, Donald Trump’s second wife, who is married to the daughter of Indian immigrants, describes herself as Christian, husband, father. Senator from Ohio.

A skilled communicator and effective fundraiser, he is seen as an attack dog who fiercely defends the former president on conservative networks like Fox News and the mainstream media.

After the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, JT Vance took to social media to point the finger at President Joe Biden, as did other Republicans.

This is not just an isolated incident.He argued in X. A central point of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs.

This rhetoric [de Joe Biden] It led directly to an assassination attempt on President Trump.

He recently said that he would only accept the results of the presidential election this year Free and fair.

He also exposed Donald Trump’s lies about the massive election fraud that marked the last presidential election and said he would have acted differently from Mike Pence.

JT Vance, who showed his support for Donald Trump by visiting a New York court last spring where he was sued for falsifying documents, drew criticism. Mock trial This resulted in a guilty verdict.

Mr. Vance has been sharply critical of U.S. aid to Ukraine, saying it is not enough to change the course of a conflict he believes is unwinnable.

He has already appreciated Clever decisions The latter recently hosted dictator Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, an ally of Donald Trump, at his Mar-a-Lago home.

From anti-Trump to apostle of the Make America Great Again movement

His autobiography, a bestseller published in 2016, is seen as a guide to explaining the success of a segment of Donald Trump’s electorate, even though he did not support him at the time.

He describes his youth in a small town in the American Midwest, in a family marked by poverty and drug addiction. Hillbilly Elegy The difficulties of the left-wing white working class alienated from the Democrats.

This Anti-Trump The self-proclaimed befriender of Donald Trump Jr. reinvented himself when he entered politics and spoke ill of the 78-year-old politician.

However, he already described itStupid And Disgusting. He has also written a commentary on The New York TimesIn April 2016, he He is unfit to hold the highest office in our country.

Trump is a form of cultural hero. This may be good for some people for a while. But he cannot cure their ills, and one day they will realize it.

In a message to a friend, he even wondered whether or not America’s Hitler.

He wrote on Twitter that he voted for a third-party candidate in 2016, a message that has since been deleted.

The 39-year-old senator, who turns 40 next month, is the third-youngest vice president in US history.

When asked about his beard during an interview last week, Donald Trump described it A young Abraham Lincoln.

A choice criticized by the Biden campaign but praised by Trump allies

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In a statement, Joe Biden’s campaign criticized JD Vance’s stance on issues such as abortion and the 2020 presidential election, won by the Democratic nominee but still contested by his Republican rival.

Donald Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate because he will do on January 6 what Mike Pence is unwilling to do: bend over backwards to implement Trump and his radical MAGA agenda.

According to CNN, Vice President Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s running mate, called her opponent to congratulate him on his candidacy, but the call went to his voicemail.

Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News star anchor, also spoke at an event on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention. Someone with attention [devait] Be happy. Every bad guy I met in Washington was against JT Vance.

According to The Washington PostHe argued with the former Republican president for his support.

Elon Musk, who has publicly taken a stand for Donald Trump on his X Network, has for his part a Excellent result.

With eulogies, fundraisers, television interviews and rallies alongside him, loyalists have vied for Donald Trump in recent months, hoping to climb into second place.

A few weeks ago, U.S. media sources in the former president’s campaign revealed that he had narrowed his choices to three candidates: Florida Senator Marco Rubio and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, the final favorites.