Some GOP Senators Want Trump To Dump Vance

The Hill reports:

Republican lawmakers are divided over whether former President Trump should ditch his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), who has become a magnet for controversy and negative press coverage since Trump tapped him for the role earlier this month.

“I would assume he’s not real happy,” one Republican senator said of how Trump is handling the barrage of negative publicity that’s hit his running mate over the past 10 days.

Still, the discontent is not limited to the Senate. A number of House Republicans told The Hill last week that they had concerns about Vance’s foreign policy positions, lack of experience and inability to expand the Republican coalition beyond Trump’s base.

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