Trump Taps JD Vance -- Who Once Called Him 'America's Hitler' -- as Running Mate | Common Dreams

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "JD honorably served our country in the Marine Corps, graduated from Ohio State University in two years, summa cum laude, and is a Yale Law School graduate, where he was the editor of the Yale Law Journal, and president of the Yale Law Veterans Association," Trump wrote.
64% : " Ultimately, critics contend, Trump chose Vance for the one thing many say the former president values most: loyalty.
42% : " Trump -- who survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania campaign rally on Saturday -- announced his pick on the opening day of the Republican Party's convention in Wisconsin with apost on his Truth social media platform, calling Vance "the person best suited" to be vice president.
33% : " "Trump is the fruit of the party's collective neglect" of working-class Americans, Vance argued.
26% : Among the countless reasons that Trump and Vance shouldn't be elected to lead our country, the duo represent an existential threat to a livable climate future for all Americans and people around the globe.
20% : Should he accept his selection, Vance -- who turns 40 next month -- would be making a stark departure from his previous views on Trump.
19% : " "Billionaires and corporations are literally rooting for JD Vance: They know he and Trump will cut their taxes and send prices skyrocketing for everyone else," she added.
19% : All of us who believe in a future where people can live safely and freely must come together to defeat Trump and Vance in November.
15% : " "For the sake of our planet and the wellbeing of current and future generations, it is critical that sensible people of all stripes come together to ensure that Trump and Vance are defeated in November," he added.
12% : In another message explaining his views on the rise of Trump, Vance wrote that the Republican Party "has itself to blame.
12% : " Food & Water Watch Action deputy director Mitch Jones said: "Just like Trump himself, JD Vance is a fossil fuel backer and climate change denier that poses a serious risk to public health and our environment.
12% : "Trump picked him for vice president because he has publicly said he'd do what [former Vice President] Mike Pence refused to do -- overturn democracy to place America under MAGA control." "A Vice President Vance is one more reason why a second Trump term would be far more dangerous than the first," Reich warned.
7% : "I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole" like former President Richard Nixon "who wouldn't be that bad... or that he's America's Hitler.
5% : "Vance has championed and enabled Trump's worst policies for years -- from a national abortion ban, to whitewashing January 6, to railing against Social Security and Medicare.
3% : " Vance's selection came two days after the senator took to social media to assert that President Joe Biden's rhetoric -- including the assertion that Trump "is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs" -- led "directly" to Trump's attempted assassination.

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