Joe.My.God. LGBT News
NBC News reports:
With the clock ticking to the Republican National Convention last week, Donald Trump met privately to discuss his running mate search with two of his closest advisers: his sons.
The conversation quickly turned tense when the former president indicated that he was leaning toward Doug Burgum, until recently the largely unknown governor of North Dakota — but someone whose low-maintenance, no-drama personality would never threaten to outshine Trump.
That’s when Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump chimed in. “Don Jr. and Eric went bats— crazy: ‘Why would you do something so stupid? He offers us nothing,’” a longtime Republican operative familiar with the discussion told NBC News.
The New York Times reports:
Mr. Vance’s past criticisms had included an essay in one of Mr. Trump’s least favorite magazines, The Atlantic, where Mr. Vance described Mr. Trump as “cultural heroin” — a purveyor of false promises to the white working class.
Mr. Trump, using an expletive, bluntly told Mr. Vance: You said some nasty stuff about me. The discussion that followed was described in detail by two people with knowledge of the meeting who insisted on anonymity to talk about a private conversation.
Mr. Vance decided to immediately apologize. He told Mr. Trump that he had bought into what he described as media lies and that he was sorry he got it wrong. Of all people, Mr. Vance told Mr. Trump, Mr. Vance himself should have understood.
When Vance first met Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Feb 2021, DJT had a thick stack of papers on his desk. They were printouts of all the “nasty shit” Vance had said about him. Behind the scenes of their relationship and the arc from there to here-> w @maggieNYT https://t.co/Dcty2v8pty
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) July 16, 2024
Tweet deleted by JD Vance when he ran for Senate:
“Trump makes people I care about afraid. Immigrants, Muslims, etc. Because of this I find him reprehensible. God wants better of us.” pic.twitter.com/FlMGy4fMRd
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 15, 2024
JD Vance, who called Trump “America’s Hitler” and a “cynical asshole,” and said that any American would have to be an “idiot” to vote for him, has been selected as Trump’s running mate.
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 15, 2024
J.D. Vance on Donald Trump:
“I’m a never-Trump guy”
“I never liked him”
“Terrible candidate”
“Idiot if you voted for him”
“Might be America’s Hitler”
“Might be a cynical a**hole”
“Cultural Heroin”
“Noxious”
“Reprehensible”pic.twitter.com/NVO0gRGyHZ— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) July 12, 2024