Vance even admits he flip flopped on Trump, and why not, since there's no way to erase the interwebz' memory of Vance's prior anti-Trump tweets, but what I don't get is why he (and a lot of earlier come-to-Trump-as-GOP-Jesus voters and now candidates as well) actually think the Trump-headed GOP has any serious policy on offer. All they seem to want to do is tear down the federal government's capabilities to serve the people, even while averting eyes from that government'sw ongoing tendency to serve those with already deep pockets in industry and at the top of our wealth and income tiers.
Anyway the 36-yo Vance is all over the map on policy in a Time mag interview. And c'mon, it's hard to claim populist cred when your former boss (venture capitalist Peter Thiel) has seeded a $10M PAC for your Senate campaign VC dudes are a lot of things but their goal is always a bottom line that their investors will like.
So Ohio voters of ordinary means should ask themselves "Uh... what's in this guy's path forward for me?"
Running for office was a predictable next step for Vance, whose hit memoir traced his rise from troubled Appalachian roots to the Marines and Yale Law School
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Vance has long since exited the hillbilly class, sampled more rarified strata of the USA population including the Marines and Yale University, and a day job in venture capitalism and getting published onto best seller lists... and like Trump himself, Vance has a dubious grip on the nuts and bolts and the feasibility (political will to implement) policies that would serve the real needs of people who don't currently see a path forward for themselves or their kids in the results of USA policy.
He sounds far more vested in converting down-the-bar Friday night venting sessions about immigration and trade into stump speeches during his primary race. After his climb out of poverty into the clouds, trying to pitch himself as still a guy from the hills and hollers might be a tough act to pull off. And the good ol' boy pitch is not going to fly well with suburban women anyway. He could even end up being a drag on the Rs' ticket if he wins the primary
Trump had claimed he alone could "fix it", and left plenty messes behind, along with some stuff checked off the establishment Republicans' laundry lists that benefit only the top crust in the USA. One wonders how sensible it can still be or remain, and for how long, for other pols to keep dropping Trump's name and seeking his support (even reluctantly and if having to flip-flip to do it the way J.D. Vance is doing). Pols should keep in mind that Trump is only ever into anything anyway if he sees something in it for himself... that hasn't changed just because The Don now sees himself as a president in exile.
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