{"id":1038799,"date":"2024-08-11T14:23:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T18:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1038799"},"modified":"2024-08-11T14:23:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T18:23:56","slug":"historically-unpopular-project-2025-vp-pick-jd-vance-tries-new-tactic-dont-worry-im-irrelevant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/historically-unpopular-project-2025-vp-pick-jd-vance-tries-new-tactic-dont-worry-im-irrelevant\/","title":{"rendered":"Historically Unpopular Project 2025 VP Pick JD Vance Tries New Tactic: Don\u2019t Worry, I\u2019m Irrelevant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to JD Vance <\/em>scrambling<\/em><\/a> with the fallout of Donald Trump <\/em>refusing<\/em><\/a> to say if his historically unpopular VP pick is ready to lead, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe only thing more unlikeable than JD Vance is his and Donald Trump\u2019s toxic Project 2025 agenda \u2013 so we can\u2019t blame Vance for trying to cover after being thrown under the bus by his own running mate Trump in a desperate attempt to deflect away from his historically bad poll numbers. Unfortunately for the Trump-Vance ticket, voters are just as put off by their extreme and out-of-touch plans to rip away our basic rights, gut checks and balances, and put billionaires ahead of the middle class as they are by ultra-MAGA creeps like Vance and Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JD Vance \u201caffirmed\u201d Donald Trump\u2019s desperate efforts to deflect away from Vance\u2019s unpopularity by saying he doesn\u2019t matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret Brennan<\/a>: \u201cPresident Trump has said\u2026 the vice presidential pick rarely matters. How are you going to prove him wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance: \u201cWell I think President Trump is right about that actually.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC<\/a>: \u201cSen. JD Vance affirmed former President Donald Trump’s assertion that the vice presidential pick doesn’t matter to the vast majority of voters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump previously refused to say if Vance is ready to lead on day one.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris Faulker, Fox News<\/a>: \u201cWhen you look at JD Vance, is he ready on day one?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cIs he what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faulkner: \u201cReady on day one if he has to be?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump: \u201cI\u2019ve always had great respect for him. And for the other candidates too. But I will say this, and I think this is well documented; Historically, the vice president in terms of the election does not have any impact, I mean virtually no impact.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance\u2019s first few weeks as Trump\u2019s running mate have been a complete disaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vox<\/a>: \u201cJ.D. Vance has made it impossible for Trump to run away from Project 2025\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Republic<\/a>: \u201cProject 2025 Leader Is Overjoyed by Trump\u2019s Vice Presidential Pick\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance said in 2022 he \u2018would like abortion to be illegal nationally\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s not just \u2018cat ladies\u2019: JD Vance has a history of disparaging people without kids\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cVance argued for higher tax rate on childless Americans in 2021 interview\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance doubles down on ‘childless cat ladies’ dig: ‘I’ve got nothing against cats’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cVance urged DOJ to enforce Comstock Act, crack down on abortion pills\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cSome House Republicans slam Vance as Trump\u2019s VP pick: \u2018The worst choice\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cRepublican senators divided over Trump sticking with Vance\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cSome Republicans express buyer\u2019s remorse over Vance VP pick\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Republic<\/a>: \u201cIs J.D. Vance the Worst Vice Presidential Pick Ever?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cVance confronts upheaval and uncertainty in first 10 days as Trump\u2019s running mate\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance is making history as the most disliked VP nominee our country has seen in decades \u2013 and many Americans don\u2019t think he\u2019s ready to lead.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cJD Vance Is the Least Liked VP Nominee in Decades, According to Polls\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJD Vance is the first non-incumbent vice presidential nominee to have a net-negative favorable rating after a convention since 1980, according to poll numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salon<\/a>: \u201c\u2018Making history in the completely wrong way\u2019: JD Vance is really unpopular and \u2018dragging Trump down\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, is making history as Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 running mate, but not in the way that the Trump campaign had hoped. According to a CNN survey taken after the Republican National Convention, Vance has an approval rating of -6 points, making him the first vice presidential nominee to enter the general election with a negative rating since 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Frankly, I don\u2019t really understand the pick, and apparently neither do the American voters,\u2019 CNN data analyst Harry Enten said on Tuesday\u2019s OutFront with Erin Burnett. Vance, he said, is \u2018dragging Trump down.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cNearly four in 10 people do not believe Donald Trump\u2019s running mate, JD Vance, is ready for the presidency if necessary, according to a new survey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe poll also found that one-third (33 percent) were not sure if Vance was ready for the presidency or not. This is a possible sign that the Hillbilly Elegy author, who has been a senator for less than two years, still needs to raise his national political profile since being named as the Republican vice presidential nominee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has already been suggested that Trump may have made a mistake in picking Vance as his 2024 running mate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to JD Vance scrambling with the fallout of Donald Trump refusing to say if his historically unpopular VP pick is ready to lead, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:  \u201cThe only thing more unlikeable than JD Vance is his and Donald Trump\u2019s toxic Project 2025 agenda \u2013 so we […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1038799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHistorically Unpopular Project 2025 VP Pick JD Vance Tries New Tactic: Don\u2019t Worry, I\u2019m Irrelevant - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/historically-unpopular-project-2025-vp-pick-jd-vance-tries-new-tactic-dont-worry-im-irrelevant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-11T18:23:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-11T18:23:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/historically-unpopular-project-2025-vp-pick-jd-vance-tries-new-tactic-dont-worry-im-irrelevant\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/historically-unpopular-project-2025-vp-pick-jd-vance-tries-new-tactic-dont-worry-im-irrelevant\/\",\"name\":\"Historically Unpopular Project 2025 VP Pick JD Vance Tries New Tactic: Don\u2019t Worry, I\u2019m Irrelevant - 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