Trump says ā€˜youā€™re voting for the president ā€¦ youā€™re voting for meā€™ when asked about vice-presidential pick

Donald Trump has said that vice presidential picks have ā€œvirtually no impactā€ on elections when asked about JD Vanceā€™s fitness for office, in an apparent attempt to downplay his running mateā€™s role on the Republican ticket.

Trump made the comments during a combative interview at the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Chicago. Asked by the Fox News journalist Harris Faulkner whether Vance would be ready to take over ā€œon day one, if he has to beā€, Trump avoided answering directly and instead downplayed the significance of the Vanceā€™s role.

  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Donā€™t underestimate Vanceā€™s maniacal potential. Heā€™s definitely more of a Cheney than a Quayle.

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      3 months ago

      ā€œYou say tomatoe, I say tomatoeā€

      EDIT: Damnit. I got the 32yo joke wrong. It was Potatoeā€¦ šŸ« 

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      3 months ago

      I have a hard time believing Trump would be the pushover Bush was. Though he is easily manipulated, so maybe.

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          But he would also lose his mind if everyone was saying that JD Vance and Stephen Miller were really running the show like everyone did with Cheney and Rove.