Rachel Maddow, Alex Wagner and a panel of their MSNBC colleagues discuss the political strengths of JD Vance and what he brings to Trump and Trumpism as a movement when the more obvious benefit (help with white male voters and Ohio) does not seem to be the primary motivation for his selection.
This is an adapted excerpt from MSNBC's special coverage of the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 15. Donald Trump’s choice to tap Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate signals the ex-president isn’t trying to soften any edges ahead of November’s election. When news of Vance’s place on the Republican ticket was announced Tuesday, I would wager that the only person more excited than the Ohio senator himself was Russian President Vladimir Putin.
But it’s not just Vance’s foreign policy positions that should worry Americans; his views on domestic issues are just as terrifying. There’s now a candidate for vice president of the United States who told women to stay in violent marriages and suggested that an abusive household is somehow better for children than divorce. That’s not just bad advice but also bad politics. That kind of messaging won’t help Republicans get more votes in the suburbs of Philadelphia, or the suburbs of Milwaukee.
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