Tag Archives: JD Vance

J.D. Vance: “Now, More Than Ever, We Need Trump”

Senator-elect J.D. Vance writes: Building a turnout machine without organized labor and amid declining church attendance is no small thing. Our party has one major asset, contra conventional wisdom, to rally these voters: President Donald Trump. Now, more than ever, our party needs President Trump’s leadership to turn these voters out and suffers for his absence from the stage. The …

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Cultist J.D. Vance Projected To Win Ohio Senate Seat

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: Author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance was projected to win Ohio’s competitive U.S. Senate race on Tuesday, keeping the seat in Republican hands as the party tries to wrest control of Congress from Democrats. NBC and ABC called the race for Vance shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday as he led Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan by …

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Ryan And Vance In Dead Heat In New Ohio Senate Poll

Marist Polling reports: Only one point separates Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Ryan in the race for U.S. Senate in Ohio among registered voters. The two are tied among those who say they will definitely vote in November’s election. Vance (46%) and Ryan (45%) are well-matched among registered voters statewide. This is unchanged from a similar Marist Ohio poll …

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POLL: JD Vance +2 Over Tim Ryan In Ohio Senate Race

USA Today reports: Republican J.D. Vance has opened a narrow edge over Democrat Tim Ryan in the Senate race in Ohio, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, as President Joe Biden’s unpopularity complicates the campaign by the moderate Democratic congressman to flip a GOP-held seat. Vance leads 47%-45%, a shift from Ryan’s one-point advantage last month, 47%-46%. Both findings are …

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Ohio Paper Roasts Vance In Endorsement For Ryan

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial board: Exhibit No. 1 is Vance’s craven political cowardice in advancing Trump’s Big Lie that Joe Biden is not the legitimately elected president of the United States. That’s disqualifying in itself. But Vance hasn’t stopped there. His accusation that Biden is responsible for the fentanyl epidemic because of his immigration policies is equally irresponsible …

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GOP To Dump $28 Million On Ads Boosting J.D Vance

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: A political action committee with close ties to U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is launching a massive new ad campaign in Ohio, a clear sign that national Republicans are shifting more toward playing defense in the Buckeye State. The Senate Leadership Fund is reserving $28 million worth of TV and radio ads that will …

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Cultist Candidate Attacks Top Dems For Being Childless

The Hill reports: Venture capitalist and Ohio Republican Senate candidate J.D. Vance spoke on Friday about the “cultural wars” being waged by the left and took aim at politicians without children who “don’t have a personal indirect stake” in improving the country. “And why is this just a normal fact of American life, that the leaders of our country should …

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GOP Senate Candidate Defends Holocaust Denier

Mediaite reports: White nationalists on Twitter were dealt a blow on Friday when the platform permanently suspended the account of Nick Fuentes for presumably doing Nick Fuentes things such as denying the Holocaust and endorsing Jim Crow segregation. For many, Twitter’s efforts to rid its platform of this kind of vile stuff is a welcome development. But to Ohio Republican …

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Senate Candidate JD Vance Begs Fox News Viewers To Forgive Him For Having Condemned Trump On Twitter

Mediaite has the transcript: Like a lot of people, I criticized Trump back in 2016. And I ask folks not to judge me based on what I said in 2016, because I’ve been very open that I did say those critical things and I regret them, and I regret being wrong about the guy. I think he was a good …

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Senate Candidate Sorry For Mean Tweets About Trump

Politico reports: J.D. Vance, the bestselling author and a Republican Senate hopeful, said on Monday that he regretted his since-deleted Twitter posts that criticized Donald Trump, amid accusations of flip-flopping as he vies for a seat in Ohio. Now, as he runs for office, Vance has shifted toward a pro-Trump position, recently visiting the former president in Florida in hopes …

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Author J.D. Vance Joins Crowded Ohio Senate Race

Politico reports: Ohio’s blockbuster Republican Senate primary just got even bigger. J.D. Vance, the venture capitalist and best-selling author of “Hillbilly Elegy” officially launched his campaign Thursday, joining the crowded race to replace retiring GOP Sen. Rob Portman. Other candidates have already been off and running for months, raising money and angling for former President Donald Trump’s backing in the …

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