Schumer is goading Trump into keeping him. He knows Trump is too prideful to let a Democrat be right about something.
I love how they’re fucking with him. It’s going to cause him to do more silly shit.
Absolute panic and disarray. I wonder who he would go with. Logically, it would have to be a woman or person of color to counter Harris, right? Would there be anyone who would boost him among pro-Palestinian voters, I wonder?
I don't think he wants a VP who will strengthen him at all. I think he's too prideful.
Vance wasn't picked to complement Trump; he was picked to compliment Trump.
(I wish I could say I was clever enough to have created that.)
Bahahah
Thanks for allowing me to take credit.
I don't think he's beyond a "token DEI hire" who is willing to publicly fellate him if they boost his numbers.
That would offer the projection that the GOP is so fond of exhibiting..
Maybe that psycho bitch that's running for secretary of state? She's lying like a cheap rug, practicing stolen valor, and breaking election laws.
She's perfect
fellate
"What's cuttin' up' a sunfish got to do with Trump?"
-- #maga
Would there be anyone who would boost him among pro-Palestinian voters, I wonder?
I doubt it, when Trump is on the record as stating that Netanyahu's main problem is he isn't going fast enough.
Trump, who routinely touts his support of Israel more broadly, has reportedly said he supports Israel in its continued “war on terror” after the October 7 attack by Hamas. And like members of the Israeli government, he has cast doubt on the continued viability of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has been a cornerstone of US policy for decades.
At times, however, he has also been critical of the Israeli campaign. He’s said Israel should “get it over with … get back to peace and stop killing people.” But he’s also emphasized they “have to have a victory” and implied that what’s really the issue is that Israel is “absolutely losing the PR war” and “losing its power” in Congress.
https://www.vox.com/politics/353037/trump-gaza-israel-protests-biden-election-2024
Repubs have been campaigning on a platform of bigotry and hatred for decades so I don't see a woman or minority VP happening. Also Donald is personally a bigot and his eggshell ego could not handle the idea of a VP boosting him.
I don't know that you're wrong, but I'd point out he had Omarosa clinging to him at the beginning of his first term. He doesn't seem above using women or minorities when convenient to make himself look good. He seems to really want the Kanye and rap crowd to love him, as another example.
He’s already made his commitments to Netanyahu public. He’d be trying to reclaim the people on the right that he’s lost, not woo voters from the left. I think Haley’s the most likely replacement.
think Haley’s the most likely replacement.
Have you seen the reaction to Vance's wife? A person of color VP would mean an exodus from maga.
It wouldn't necessarily need to be a PoC or woman but Vance was an extremely weak pick - he's basically just a little uncharismatic sychophant from an electorally unhelpful state. Trump would probably prefer to get a swing state candidate or someone who brings votes to the table.
Weirdly enough, that might actually be Nikki Haley since she captured the "reasonable" side of the party (her policy stances were a fucking train wreck especially on reproductive rights).
Nikki Haley is not a sychophant though. He learned that lesson with Pence. He wants someone who will worship him and follow his instructions.
Not some "free thinker".
He absolutely wants a sychophant... but not more than he wants presidential immunity and it's not clear if the Supreme Court's bizarre rulings are enough to give it to him without him being elected... right now they're trying but it's pretty clear Democrats want to overturn that.
The VP has to be picked by Trump for loyalty first. The person in the position has the ability to Amendment 25 him right out of office on day one. No way he picks Haley for that.
For the same reason, it's surprising he even picked Vance. It may have only happened because Musk and Thiel told Trump to. Then Musk backs out of his funding pledge, and suddenly it's being floated to ditch Vance.
He’s gonna replace pour man’s Donald Junior with actual Donald Junior.
My Pillow Guy for VP. C'mon it would be so much fun!
Plot twist, that's who Trump was actually trying to get but there was a misunderstanding when he asked for "that guy with the fucking cushions".
"i said fucking cushions, not cushion fucker!"
Hell yeah, that would be hilarious. Mike Lindell, the Jesse Ventura we have at home.
I think everyone forgot how fast the Trump team rotated during his government (what was the name of that guy that lasted 10 days? Moochie?) in comparison to Biden's government, where AFAIK, there's haven't been a lot of changes on his team.
And if he replaces couchfucker, he'll remind everyone of how unstable a Trump presidency is.
Anthony Scaramucci: My favorite slimeball. Saw the other CHUDs in the Trump administration and then bounced after eleven days after realizing that "the juice ain't worth the squeeze". I wouldn't turn my back on him, but I would trust him over all other Trump world alumni since he has enough self preservation not to burn the world around him.
Edit: He had an unhinged interview with a reporter and was dismissed a couple days after. Go listen to the audio; I'm laughing so god damn hard at it.
NOTE: Moochie died on the way back to his home planet
Replacing Vance now would also undermine any argument they might make about switching the names on ballots for the Democrats. Those aren't valid, anyway--Biden wasn't the official nominee until the convention says so; nothing was locked in--but they would now lose the possibility of using it rhetorically.
they would now lose the possibility of using it rhetorically.
I think you're over-estimating their commitment to logic, consistency or reality.
never interrupt the enemy when he's making a mistake
Kamala should sue RNC for “undermining the will of the people” in every fucking state. Litigate that shit until the last second before polls close
No, that'd almost certainly be a tactical mistake since it'd lend enough credibility to the claim to get those cases to the Supreme Court and then they'd just rule in favor of Trump in all circumstances... it'd be hard to overrule the court in a situation like that with a deadline for picking an executive and the Supreme Court has shown it's now gloves off crazy mode... no more "we're independent jurists".
Trump's communications director, Steven Cheung, denied the reports in a statement to Newsweek on Tuesday, "President Trump is thrilled with the choice he made with Senator Vance, and they are the perfect team to take back the White House. And any reporting to the contrary is nothing but ridiculous fake news from either nonexistent sources or individuals who have no idea what's going on.
Saving this quote for when Trump replaces Vance.
that cheung dude is hilarious. it's like exactly what trump would say except at twice the writing proficiency. so 6th grade level instead of 3rd grade
couchfucker
I think the funny part is that he's hated by both sides. A new Ted Cruz.
…and the same people who call the Democratic Party “chaotic” for replacing Biden with Kamala will have no problem shifting gears to adore whatever wretched troll they scrounge up to replace Vance.
Can't wait for Trump to come out and say his campaign should be reimbursed for all dumbass merch they had made as well. What a clownshow.
Hey, with all this talk of unity and how the Democrats should be picking a Republican to run on some kind of centrist wet-dream ticket, how about the "liberal media" starts beating the drum for donnie to kick JD off the ticket and add someone like AOC to the ticket?
You know: for "unity". For the tone - the Republicans should be utterly capitulating to the Democratic Party.
Why does no one in the corporate media ever suggest it is the Republican Party that should cave to the leftist majority in this country, but instead, the reverse is something that comes up. All. The. Time.
So I'm hearing that Harris' VP announcement will be in 11 days.
Democratic convention is 8/19 to 8/22.
I expect the announcement on or just before the 19th. So 20-21 days.
Floor speech from the VP candidate on the 21st. Harris on the 22nd.
It's clear Trump picked Vance to counter Harris, so if she's no longer the VP side of the ticket, Vance is literally pointless. Ohio was going to vote Trump regardless, Vance doesn't bring any added votes that way.
He needs to wait and see who Harris picks as V.P. though.
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