There are plenty of negative reactions from certain Republicans to former President Donald Trump’s selection of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his vice presidential candidate. And it is true that it is hard to think of a voter who was on the fence without Vance on the ticket who is suddenly now voting for Trump-Vance 2024.
But while other candidates may or may not have significantly increased Trump’s chances of winning this November, that is not why Trump picked him. Trump picked Vance because the two have an instinctual disdain for the finance and policy elites of New York City and Washington, D.C., and they share a common understanding of how to weaken these elites by empowering American workers.
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