The endorsement is a lifeline for Vance, who had been polling a distant third.
Former president Donald Trump on Friday made his second controversial endorsement in as many weeks, tossing a lifeline to the struggling Senate campaign of Ohio native and venture capitalist J.D. Vance.
“Like some others, J.D. Vance may have said some not so great things about me in the past, but he gets it now, and I have seen that in spades,” Trump said in his statement of endorsement, while relenting that Vance is “our best chance for victory” in the race. Trump appeared preoccupied with the most salient criticisms of Vance, regarding Vance’s many attacks on Trump’s character and policies during the 2016 election. Those remarks have plagued Vance’s campaign from the start, and it has long appeared that the only thing that could dispel them is the forgiveness and blessing of Trump himself.
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