Trump says ‘you’re voting for the president … you’re voting for me’ when asked about vice-presidential pick

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.

    • @dhorkEnglish
      29•2 months ago

      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.

      • @disguy_ovahea
        8•2 months ago

        Don’t underestimate Vance’s maniacal potential. He’s definitely more of a Cheney than a Quayle.

        • @ccunning
          5•2 months ago

          “You say tomatoe, I say tomatoe”

          EDIT: Damnit. I got the 32yo joke wrong. It was Potatoe… 🫠

        • @AbidanYreEnglish
          -2•2 months ago

          I have a hard time believing Trump would be the pushover Bush was. Though he is easily manipulated, so maybe.

          • @disguy_ovahea
            9•2 months ago

            He’ll support any policies that will yield him money or fame. The entirety of his person is for sale.

            • @AbidanYreEnglish
              2•2 months ago

              But he would also lose his mind if everyone was saying that JD Vance and Stephen Miller were really running the show like everyone did with Cheney and Rove.

    • FuglyDuckEnglish
      11•2 months ago

      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.

    • SumocatEnglish
      8•2 months ago

      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.