I think you mean "Trump's VP pick is also a naked authoritarian."
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I started reading up on him and apparently he said this:
I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn’t be that bad (and might even prove useful), or that he’s America’s Hitler.
That fact that he thinks Trump could be Hitler and is still prepared to get behind him for his own gain tells me all I need to know about the principles of the man.
My guess is that he's hoping that Trump will kick the bucket while in office and get a free pass without needing to campaign.
Remember your vote matters!
Obligatory that's also what Hitler bloody did. I do not want to see either of these men in power.
I wouldn't be surprised to know he said it like "America's Hitler" wasn't the bad thing it would be.
You're confused because you're reading "Trump could be Hitler" like its a bad thing and not JD Vance's wet dream.
He's a kiss ass. JD Vance has used every public speaking opportunity to suck Trump's dick very publicly.
A few years ago, he was shit talking Trump every chance he got.
Turns out, "never Trump" Republicans don't have a political future.
Super excited to see how "Trump is America's Hitler" does with those swing voters.
They're not paying attention to it now; I doubt they'll understand when their neighbors are being rounded up.
Disturbingly well, given the direction this country is headed.
Well, given how much the country has been declining, this is high praise.
Interesting. It's possible that he rapes children just like trump does.
Even if he doesn't rape children like trump does, he still completely supports a child rapist.
Naked public dick-sucking? I'm starting to think these folks don't care about family values
He's an Ivy League educated social climber who hobnobbed with Peter Theil and lawmakers before he got famous writing a book where he cosplayed as a poor person so he could tell rich people exactly what they want to hear about poor people
From a quick glance at my résumé, you might think me an older, female version of Vance. I was born in Appalachia in the 1960s and grew up in the small city of Newark, Ohio. When I was 9, my parents divorced. My mom became a single mother of four, with only a high school education and little work experience. Life was tough; the five of us lived on $6,000 a year.
Like Vance, I attended Ohio State University on scholarship, working nights and weekends. I graduated at the top of my class and, again like Vance, attended Yale Law School on a financial-need scholarship. Today, I represent people who’ve been fired illegally from their jobs. And now that I’m running for Congress in Northeast Ohio, I speak often with folks who are trying hard but not making much money.
A self-described conservative, Vance largely concludes that his family and peers are trapped in poverty due to their own poor choices and negative attitudes. But I take great exception when he makes statements such as: “We spend our way into the poorhouse. We buy giant TVs and iPads. Our children wear nice clothes thanks to high-interest credit cards and payday loans. We purchase homes we don’t need, refinance them for more spending money, and declare bankruptcy. . . . Thrift is inimical to our being.”
Who is this “we” of whom he speaks? Vance’s statements don’t describe the family in which I grew up, and they don’t describe the families I meet who are struggling to make it in America today. I know that my family lived on $6,000 per year because as children, we sat down with pen and paper to help find a way for us to live on that amount. My mom couldn’t even qualify for a credit card, much less live on credit. She bought our clothes at discount stores.
Thrift was not inimical to our being; it was the very essence of our being.
With lines like “We choose not to work when we should be looking for jobs,” Vance’s sweeping stereotypes are shark bait for conservative policymakers. They feed into the mythology that the undeserving poor make bad choices and are to blame for their own poverty, so taxpayer money should not be wasted on programs to help lift people out of poverty. Now these inaccurate and dangerous generalizations have been made required college reading.
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I am fucking foaming at the mouth with this shit. Every study, every test, and nearly every fucking holy book shows and says, help the poor. It is worth your while. Their very own messiah was built off of helping the poor and going against norms. Its so incredibly asinine.
Their very own messiah was built off of helping the poor
Whoa! I don't think you're knowledgeable enough about Supply Side Jesus to make such scurrilous accusations. /s
This needs to be FRONT AND CENTER at the VP debate. Trump did this shit with his bullshit fake assistant crap, and this guy did it through this bullshit.
Harris is going to eat him alive in the VP debate.
I like this new format
TLDR: He is pro-January 6th insurrection, pro-Project 2025, wants to overthrow the current government, basically as Trumptard as they get.
Pro-P2025 is an understatement. My man practically wrote the damned thing. People write him off as a simple grifter and climber, but this man's hate is pure.
He's the guy who, when asked about abortion ban exceptions for rape and increase, said "Two wrongs don't make a right."
From the NYT : "Shortly after J.D. Vance’s selection was announced, his hometown, Middletown, Ohio, was pounded by a strong storm with hail the size of golf balls that cleared parks and splash pads as people fled for cover. "
God:
WTF people. How many signs do you fucking need.
pegs little Jimmy betwixt the eyes with a golf ball sized peice of hail
God could end this any time she wants in a thousand different ways.
Looks at climate change.
I think she already chose the method.
Tell him to at least put some clothes on, jesus.
Jesus: why do I have to talk to him?
Is he responsible for the shooting? He once told a friend that Trump was America's Hitler
Are you implying he meant that negatively?
I can't believe we have a fucking candidate whose name's "JD." It's like he's the kid brother on some 90s sitcom. Blergh.
Though in 30 years we'll have all the Braydens and Jaydens and Haydens getting elected.
Well, I, for one, appreciate that he's wearing clothes every time I've seen his picture.
Fuck Trump, Fuck Vance. Traitors.
An Ivy League Man who become Very Wealthy thanks to Hollywood and Entertainment is EXACTLY the type of Working Class individual who will help DRAIN THE SWAMP! KEEP HOLLYWOOD OUT OF DC!
At least Trump isn't going through the facade of 'draining the swamp' again. He's letting the swamp rats in through the front door.
It's a quirky pretentious thing that they take pride in. It's not Ohio State University. It's THE Ohio State University
So, the GOP is running with two white men again? We'll, color me surprised...
One is orange