"I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn't be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he's America's Hitler," he wrote privately to an associate on Facebook in 2016.
I think Vance's pick completes the transition of the Republican party from a party that values experience to one that is completely focused on image and grievance.
It seems to embody the very worst aspects of American culture, this is the party of McCarthyism, of Jefferson Davis and 19th Century Robber Barons, all dished up with a side of far right evangelical "christian," horseshit.
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Wed 31 Jul, 2024 07:27 am
Antifree-speech prudes want to ban porn. JD Vance is one of them. Take that Mike Pence. You're not the only priggish zealot out there looking to establish an American Taliban.
As a venture capitalist, JD Vance repeatedly touted his guiding principles for investing in a company: A business should not only turn a profit, it should also help American communities.
That’s why, he said, he invested in AppHarvest, a startup that promised a high-tech future for farming and for the workers of Eastern Kentucky. Over a four-year span, Vance was an early investor, board member and public pitchman for the indoor-agriculture company.
“It’s not just a good investment opportunity, it’s a great business that’s making a big difference in the world,” Vance proclaimed in a Fox Business interview on the day the company went public in February 2021.
Last year, facing hundreds of millions of dollars in debt, AppHarvest declared bankruptcy.
The rise and fall of the company, and Vance’s role in it, cuts against his image as a champion for the working class — an image that helped catapult him to the top of the Republican ticket as Donald Trump’s running mate.
A CNN review of public documents, and interviews with a dozen former workers, shows that AppHarvest not only failed as a business after pursuing rapid growth, but also provided a grim job experience for many of the working-class Kentuckians Vance has vowed to help.
AppHarvest employees said they were forced to work in grueling conditions inside the company’s greenhouse, where temperatures often soared into the triple digits. Complaints filed with the US Department of Labor and a Kentucky regulator between 2020 and 2023 show that workers alleged they were given insufficient water breaks and weren’t provided adequate safety gear. Some workers said they suffered heat exhaustion or injuries, though state inspectors did not find violations.
It seems Vance has one very important qualification for VP - he doesn't know more than Trump. If Trump went with a politician, even one like DeSantis, Rubio or Cruz, he'd have a number two with more political experience and knowledge than him. Vance can't say that. He's the perfect yes man.
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Fri 23 Aug, 2024 09:32 am
Remember that a registered Republican made the assassination attempt on Trump. Republicans enabled him and mass shooters with their antigun control agenda and legislation.
Stephen Miller is lower than low, so he should have been a candidate. However, his religion would have made him unusable to Trump. Because Trump is a multi-faceted racist and bigot.
