{"id":1039032,"date":"2024-08-15T17:01:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T21:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1039032"},"modified":"2024-08-15T17:01:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T21:01:37","slug":"jd-vance-to-rfk-jr-drop-out-endorse-trump-and-be-our-useful-idiot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/jd-vance-to-rfk-jr-drop-out-endorse-trump-and-be-our-useful-idiot\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance to RFK Jr.:\u00a0 Drop Out, Endorse Trump, and Be Our Useful Idiot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1038290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Today, GOP vice-presidential nominee, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MerylKornfield\/status\/1824153717446414582\"><em>JD Vance<\/em><\/a><em>, told reporters RFK Jr. should drop out and endorse Trump because \u201che&#8217;s much closer on the issues to President Trump than he is to Kamala Harris.\u201d This is just <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/22\/rfk-jr-floated-job-trump-white-house-he-weighed-endorsing-trump\/\"><em>another example<\/em><\/a><em> of the Trump camp asking RFK Jr. to be their useful idiot.&nbsp; Yesterday, the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/08\/14\/rfk-jr-kamala-harris-cabinet-trump\/\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a><em> reported that RFK Jr. and Donald Trump are still in conversation about exchanging a cabinet- level position in the Trump administration for RFK Jr.\u2019s endorsement.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>In response, DNC Spokesperson Matt Corridoni released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe agree with JD Vance: RFK Jr. is much closer on the issues to Donald Trump. That&#8217;s why he&#8217;s funded by Trump&#8217;s biggest donor and why he parrots Trump&#8217;s talking points. He has no path to victory for himself, he&#8217;s only in this race to help elect Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, GOP vice-presidential nominee, JD Vance, told reporters RFK Jr. should drop out and endorse Trump because \u201che&#8217;s much closer on the issues to President Trump than he is to Kamala Harris.\u201d This is just another example of the Trump camp asking RFK Jr. to be their useful idiot.&nbsp; Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that [&hellip;]<\/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-1039032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>JD Vance to RFK Jr.:\u00a0 Drop Out, Endorse Trump, and Be Our Useful Idiot - 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