Trump sees former ‘Never Trumper’ JD Vance as a way to expand his base, insiders say

Trump campaign sees senator’s past criticisms of the ex-president as an asset with voters who once disliked TrumpDonald Trump and his campaign see his running mate, Senator JD Vance, as a way to expand Trump’s voter base, according to sources familiar with the matter, intending to lean into Vance’s previous criticisms of Trump to convince voters who dislike both 2024 candidates to back the former president.In the years before Vance ran for the US Senate, he repeatedly criticized Trump and his presidency in interviews where he made clear he never liked the former president and considered him “cultural heroin” and in private conversations, where he suggested Trump was “America’s Hitler”. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/17/jd-vance-criticism-trump-voters

Author : Hugo Lowell in Milwaukee

Publish date : 2024-07-17 22:47:10

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