Trump says ‘you’re voting for the president … you’re voting for me’ when asked about vice-presidential pick
Donald Trump has said that vice presidential picks have “virtually no impact” on elections when asked about JD Vance’s fitness for office, in an apparent attempt to downplay his running mate’s role on the Republican ticket.
Trump made the comments during a combative interview at the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Chicago. Asked by the Fox News journalist Harris Faulkner whether Vance would be ready to take over “on day one, if he has to be”, Trump avoided answering directly and instead downplayed the significance of the Vance’s role.
Two words: McCain/Palin
Hmm. Sarah Palin is only 60. Dan Quayle is older, at 77.
But it is possible that JD, at 39, might be their illegitimate love child.
Pretty sure Vance is the fly from the last VP debate.
As the prophecy foretold
Don’t underestimate Vance’s maniacal potential. He’s definitely more of a Cheney than a Quayle.
“You say tomatoe, I say tomatoe”
JD is doing his best to upstage that act.
Really too bad the theater went to the dreamloungers. He’s too distracted to remember his lines.
Ugh. Up until he chose Palin, I would’ve been fine with McCain winning. I was for Obama, not against McCain, and then he went and f***ed it all up.
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I mean they have at least enough impact for your followers to try and murder your last one…
i love how vance went from never-trumper to fellating trump with the insatiable appetite of a pitbull in a NICU, even knowing full well trump would throw him out the window like a big mac wrapper without a second thought
There’s an axiom in the workplace. “A’s” hire other A’s, and B’s hire C’s. Kennedy picked LBJ, one of the savviest wheeler dealers in the Senate for his Veep; Nixon got Spiro Agnew, whose main qualification was that he was a pit bull.
Trump chose Vance and Pence for the same reason; neither could be a threat. Both took the job because they knew they’d never rise higher on their own.
with the insatiable appetite of a pitbull in a NICU
I’m dying 💀
Big Mac wrapper really got me, beautiful imagery.
Really great writing OP
Don’t big macs come in boxes?
Isn’t a box just a cardboard wrapper?
I’m happy to say I have no clue, never had a big mac
Well, regardless of who Kamala taps as VP, I’m pretty sure we don’t have to worry about them fucking the couch in the Oval Office…
So I’d say it matters.
Well now she could choose Vance…
He’s still with trump…
Kind of funny since he’s currently running against a current vice president.
That was bad, asked if JD Vance was ready to be president, Trump says he doesn’t matter.
To Trump, the question is absurd. To a narcissist, the world doesn’t exist or matter without him, so what is the point of planning for after he dies?
At the end he said, “if you like me i win. If you don’t like me i don’t win.”
I was shocked that he actually appeared to be living in reality for a moment.
Clearly, the VP of an 80-year-old presidential candidate isn’t a position that might come with some authority down the road. The Oval Office couches are perfectly safe.
The VP actually has a great deal of Constitutional power already, as the Constitution declares them to be President of the Senate, with the power to cast a tie-breaking vote. Their ability to be Presiding Officer of the Senate, I would argue makes the VP more powerful than a normal Senator. The fact that modern VPs choose not to use this power, I think demonstrates that the VP actually has a lot more power than people realize.
Everyone is saying that donnie is too old to run and should just step down. After this, they are saying it even more.
So what would be the consequences of Trump picking a new VP? I’ve heard people say he can’t and it’s not allowed, but clearly those things seem to have no effect on him, so what would actually stop him and what would the consequences actually be?
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so what would actually stop him and what would the consequences actually be?
Officially? Probably not much, especially since republicans do their best to skirt the law wherever possible.
Unofficially? His pride, because he’d have to admit that he made a bad decision, and all the memes making fun of dementia Don’s dumb decisions. Especially since it’s yet another instance where their own rhetoric can be used against them, and they’ll keep floundering with their messaging.
Laughs in McCain
Tell it to Kamala
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