Donald Trump Picks J.D. Vance As Running Mate

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : "I actually think Trump is a much better model of statesman," Vance told Breitbart News in June, contrasting Trump with more traditional-sounding leaders.
52% : But when he launched his Senate bid in 2021 and faced a crowded Republican primary, Vance changed his tune about Trump.
51% : "Even though he'd once privately mused that Trump could be "America's Hitler," Vance won Trump's endorsement, won the primary, and then beat former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) in 2022 to become one of the youngest members of the Senate.
38% : After sowing doubts about the 2020 election for months, Trump summoned his supporters to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, riled them up with an incendiary speech and then sent them to the Capitol, where they ransacked the building in a failed effort to stop Congress from certifying Biden's victory.
29% : "Before he became a politician, Vance spoke out against Trump.
29% : Now more than 1,400 Trump supporters have been charged with federal crimes for doing what Trump wanted.
11% : His bestselling memoir "Hillbilly Elegy" made him a popular commentator that year on the supposed failings of rural American culture and the rise of Trumpism.Talking to the media about his book, Vance frequently criticized Trump as offering a false solution to America's problems.
6% : Vance has been one of Trump's most aggressive defenders in Congress, attending Trump's hush money trial, vowing to block President Joe Biden's nominees over the supposed "lawfare" against Trump and delivering a steady stream of obsequious pro-Trump statements.

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