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Why Literally Everyone Can�t Stop Mocking J.D. Vance
Now

Donald Trump�s vice presidential pick is having
arguably the worst week of his life. https://newrepublic.com/post/184306/jd-vance-trump-
terrible-horrible-bad-week

It�s been one hell of a week for J.D. Vance. Sorry,
that should read �hellish� week. Let�s rewind.

Last Thursday, Vance joyously accepted the nomination
for Donald Trump�s running mate at the Republican
National Convention. By Monday morning, everything
had changed.

Vance awoke to discover that he�d become the target
of Democratic vice presidential hopeful Andy Beshear,
who slammed him for being a �phony� before he�d even
held his first campaign event. When the Ohio senator
finally hit the campaign trail, he started things off
with an awkward, low-energy speech in his hometown,
during which he suggested that he�d be considered
�racist� for his love of Diet Mountain Dew, a strange
gaffe that made him a laughingstock for a day and
added fuel to the flames of Beshear�s attacks. Almost
immediately, Trump allies began to suspect that the
conservative calculus on Vance�s selection was
fraught with errors.

All of this happened in one day. Every day since has
been worse.

Over the next few days, it would be revealed that
Vance had more than a few skeletons in his closet,
ones that maybe hadn�t bothered anyone when he was
supposed to be a mini-Trump but now seemed
demonstrably damaging.

Vance drew ire for a slew of past comments, including
calling Democrats �childless cat ladies,� suggesting
that Trump had committed serial sexual assault,
promoting a right-wing conspiracy theorist�s book
that called progressives �unhumans,� and writing a
favorable foreword for a book linked to Project 2025.

All of this was really bad, and none of it even held
a candle to something said about Vance that wasn�t
even true: A nasty rumor that he�d gotten sexual with
a sectional overwhelmed social media on Thursday.

In terms of headlines, Vance has taken a serious
beating.
Screenshot of a tweet


And it seems to be translating into early approval
polls.
Screenshot of a tweet


By Friday, things still weren�t looking good. While
it was previously reported that some Republican
lawmakers had severe buyer�s remorse about Vance, one
House Republican told The Hill that there was �major
dissension� over Trump�s pick.

�The prevailing sentiment is if Trump loses, [it�s]
because of this pick,� the lawmaker explained.

A few House Republicans spoke anonymously with The
Hill about their take on the GOP nominee for vice
president.

Vance �was the worst choice of all the options. It
was so bad I didn�t even think it was possible,� one
Republican representative told the outlet. �Anti-
Ukraine, more of a populist. He adds nothing to the
Trump ticket. He energizes the same people that love
Trump.�

Another House Republican told The Hill that despite
public support for Vance, lawmakers were relatively
united in their hatred of him. �I think if you were
to ask many people around this building, nine out of
10 on our side would say he�s the wrong pick,� the
lawmaker said. �He�s the only person who can do
serious damage.�

One week after his coronation, Kamala Harris�s
approval rating is skyrocketing, and Vance is
starting to look like the worst vice presidential
candidate in history.

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