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Relationship with Donald Trump
During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Vance was an outspoken critic of Republicannominee Donald Trump. In a February 2016 USA Today column, he wrote that "Trump's actual policy proposals, such as they are, range from immoral to absurd."[102] In the Atlanticand on the PBS show hosted by Charlie Rose,[103] Vance called Trump "cultural heroin"[104]and "an opioid of the masses."[105][106] In October 2016, he called Trump "reprehensible" in a post on Twitter,[107] and called himself a "never-Trump guy."[108] In a private message on Facebook he called Trump "America's Hitler".[109]
By February 2018, Vance began changing his opinion, saying Trump "is one of the few political leaders in America that recognizes the frustration that exists in large parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, eastern Kentucky and so forth".[110]
Vance supported Trump in 2020.[111] In July 2021, he apologized for calling Trump "reprehensible" and deleted posts from 2016 from his Twitter account that were critical of him.[112][113] Vance said that he now thought Trump was a good president and expressed regret about his criticism during the 2016 election.[107] Vance visited Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump and Peter Thiel ahead of an official announcement regarding his U.S. Senate campaign.[39]
In October 2021, Vance reiterated Trump's false claims of election fraud, saying that Trump lost the 2020 presidential election because of widespread voter fraud.[114] On April 15, 2022, Trump endorsed Vance for U.S. Senate.[108]
After historian Robert Kagan wrote a November 2023 Washington Post opinion piece titled "A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending", Vance wrote Attorney General Merrick Garland a letter suggesting Kagan be prosecuted for promoting "open rebellion" by Democrat-controlled states. Kagan said that his piece did not advocate rebellion and remarked, "It is revealing that their first instinct when attacked by a journalist is to suggest that they be locked up."[115][116]
On June 30, 2024, on Face the Nation, Vance said, "I believe that the president has broad pardon authority...but more importantly, I think the president has immunity".[117]
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- ^ Voght, Kara (2022-11-09). "J.D. Vance Kissed Trump's Ass Just Enough to Make It to the Senate". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ Vance, J. D. (2016-07-04). "Opioid of the Masses". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
- ^ LaFraniere, Sharon (2024-04-27). "A Match Made in MAGA: How a Friendship Helped J.D. Vance Land on Trump's V.P. List". The New York Times. Vol. 173, no. 60138. pp. A1, A18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
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- Jill, Colvin; Smyth, Julie Carr (April 15, 2022). "Trump backs GOP's JD Vance in US Senate primary in Ohio". ABC News. ABC. Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ Jacobs, Ben (April 22, 2022). "J.D. Vance on His MAGA Conversion". Intelligencer. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ Donnan, Shawn (February 2, 2018). "Hillbilly elegist JD Vance: 'The people calling the shots really screwed up'". Financial Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ^ Quay, Grayson (April 16, 2022). "Trump endorses Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance in Ohio Senate primary". The Week. Archived from the original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved April 16,2022.
- ^ "JD Vance says he regrets past criticism of Trump". The Hill. July 6, 2021. Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
- ^ Warren, Michael; Steck, Em; Kaczynski, Andrew (July 6, 2021). "Senate hopeful J.D. Vance apologizes for criticizing Trump as 'reprehensible' in deleted tweets". CNN. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
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- ^ "Transcript: Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio on 'Face the Nation', June 30, 2024". CBS News. June 30, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- WE Will SEE how things change with this guy ..
Political Courage Test[edit]
The Political Courage Test[15] (formerly the National Political Awareness Test, NPAT) is an American initiative intended to increase transparency in American politics.
It is part of the voter education organization Vote Smart's candidate information program. With a view towards elections, the test seeks to obtain answers from election candidates, describing their respective stances on a variety of popular issues in American politics. This information is then made available to voters in a selection-driven, standardized format.
In 2008, Project Vote Smart kicked John McCain off of the organization's board due to his refusal to fill out the Political Courage Test.[16]
The response to the Political Courage Test has dropped, from 72% in 1996 to 48% in 2008[17] and even further to 20% by 2016,[18] because politicians from both parties are afraid that challengers will use their responses out of context in attack ads, according to The Wall Street Journal. Rep. Anne Gannon, Democratic leader pro tempore of the Florida House of Representatives, stated: "We tell our candidates not to do it. It sets them up for a hit piece." In response, Vote Smart has tried to shame politicians into it, and lets them leave up to 30% of answers blank.[19]
