The GOP needs to convince voters that Donald Trump and JD Vance are regular guys, and, manifestly, they are not.

It would be strange for Democrats to attack the Republican presidential ticket for being ā€œweirdā€ if it werenā€™t true. But those men are getting weirder by the day.

Former president Donald Trumpā€™s running mate, Sen. JD Vance (Ohio), isĀ off to a wobbly start. AĀ Harris 2024 campaignĀ email sent on Friday was headlined, ā€œJD Vance Is a Creep (Who Wants to Ban Abortion Nationwide).ā€ The statement continued, ā€œJD Vance is weird. Voters know it ā€“ Vance is the most unpopular VP pick in decades.ā€

It was bad enough when footage resurfaced of a 2021 interview in which Vance called Democrats ā€œa bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that theyā€™ve made.ā€ Things got worse last week whenĀ Vance offered a non-apology, blaming ā€œpeopleā€ for ā€œfocusing so much on the sarcasm and not on the substance of what I actually said.ā€

Uh, okay, but that doesnā€™t help at all. The substance ā€” which Vance said he stands by ā€” is asserting that adults without childrenĀ do not deserve an equal sayĀ  in the nationā€™s affairs. Another unearthed clip of VanceĀ showed him arguing that parents, when they vote, should be able to cast an extra ballot for each child in their family who is under voting age. He didnā€™t take that back, either, going only so far as to claim it was a ā€œthought experimentā€ and not a firm policy position.

  • morrowind@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Because, you absolute dunce, humans are hardwired to care more about the HUMAN that slid out the vagina than some rando. Care MORE, not at all. Itā€™s not about your ABILITY to care, itā€™s about what what actually fucking happens in reality.

    Also the way you talk about having children is not really helping your claim that you care about them.

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      3 months ago

      Doesnā€™t the existence of abusive parents throw a wrench in that logic?

      Itā€™s a moot point anyway because who decides how much more a parents vote is worth? You canā€™t have a real democracy when who gets to vote is decided by who gets to vote. Whoever has the voting power today will vote to tip the scales of democracy in their favor tomorrow, ad infinitum until weā€™re back to only white male landowners voting. What youā€™re arguing for is essentially a whole new dimension of gerrymandering.