Vice President JD Vance will get behind the podium on Tuesday to host his first White House press briefing since press secretary Karoline Leavitt left for maternity leave.
Vance will have a tough act to follow after Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the first guest briefing and earned widespread praise for his composure and lighthearted banter with the press. Rubio’s time at the podium fueled much more speculation about a possible run for president in 2028, as a video of his “hope for America” answer went viral.
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But many conservative pundits have long seen Vance as the heir apparent to the MAGA throne, with chatter about a possible Vance 2028 run in the atmosphere since the start of President Donald Trump’s second presidency and even back to the moment when Trump selected Vance as his vice president.
Vance and Rubio have advanced to the front of the hypothetical 2028 GOP presidential field, with both getting a nod from Trump as early as last year. Trump called Rubio and Vance the “perfect ticket” and a “dream team” this month, without details on who he would want to see take the top spot.
With the eyes of politicos watching intently to see how the two pitch themselves in the limelight, Vance will have his moment to do so on Tuesday. Pundits and voters will be tuning in to the briefing to compare how Vance fields questions compared to Rubio on everything from foreign policy to the midterm elections.
Vance’s time in the spotlight comes as he has been traveling around the United States to spread the GOP’s message as a face of the administration to voters during the primary season. With appearances in Maine and Kansas City this week, he has taken on the role of bringing the White House’s midterm elections message to the people, as the Republican Party fights to keep its margins in Congress.
Vance has intertwined his role as the White House’s fraud czar with this midterm election messaging, painting Democrats as politicians who fight for fraudsters and illegal immigrants instead of the people.
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“If you actually judge them not by what they say, but by what they do and their emotions, what they reveal to you is that they believe they exist on this earth — they believe their jobs exist in Washington, D.C. — not to fight for you and for your jobs, but to fight for illegal immigrants and the fraudsters who get rich from the system,” Vance said of Democrats on tour on Monday.
Vance will likely face questions from the press about the Iran war, the key midterm election races on Tuesday in Kentucky and Georgia, and his role fighting fraud across the U.S.
