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.

  • @[email protected]
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    723 months ago

    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

    • @[email protected]
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      223 months ago

      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.

      • Optional
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        23 months ago

        LBJ was in on the hit.

        What, he was.

    • @[email protected]
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      173 months ago

      There’s a non-zero chance that old, fat, hateful, felonious rapist dies in the next four years. There’s no way he could become president any other way. It’s not like the weird couch fucker had dignity before this.

      • @[email protected]
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        153 months ago

        they’re going to need to hire 24/7 security for his grave to keep people from shitting on it

        • @xantoxis
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          23 months ago

          He already has the world’s best 24/7 security and people are still getting shots off at him. That grave is toast.

        • @TexasDrunk
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          3 months ago

          Don’t tell them that, you’ll ruin the party I’m planning.

    • The Assman
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      163 months ago

      with the insatiable appetite of a pitbull in a NICU

      I’m dying 💀