Vice President JD Vance declined to endorse Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) should the Republican Party keep control of the Senate after November’s elections. President Donald Trump has feuded with Thune over the Senate’s refusal to pass the SAVE America Act, an election integrity bill, before the midterm elections. Trump also…
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Vance calls it 'not my business,' then rates the rivals and defends the man attacking his boss.
“"Not my business" is what a man says right before he makes it his business — Thune gets ghosted, Cruz gets a compliment, and the guy who wants Trump removed gets defended like family. That's not indecision, that's a man picking his crew for 2028 while telling you he isn't. Nobody at this bar gets to duck three questions and call it neutral, but apparently the Vice President does.”
“Look — the Vice President is just being gracious. He's not going to throw a fellow Republican under the bus in a live briefing; that's party discipline, not strategy. And standing by a friend like Carlson, that's a character trait, not a — okay, it's a little bit a signal, but every politician has friends, that doesn't mean — did I just defend refusing to answer three separate questions as a personality trait? Let's move on.”
The receipts
Vice President JD Vance dodged a question about whether he’d support Sen. Ted Cruz or War Secretary Pete Hegseth for president in 2028 but suggested that he could back another Republican candidate other than himself. Both Cruz and Hegseth have reportedly privately discussed their desire to succeed President Donald Trump.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) escalated the 2028 Republican presidential primary this week after he implied that Vice President JD Vance doesn’t have a widespread lock on the nomination and suggested he could be a White House contender. The Texas…
Vice President Vance defended his relationship with right-wing media personality Tucker Carlson during Thursday's White House press briefing, saying he won't allow political disagreements to ruin friendships. Carlson this past week has said President Trump should be removed from office for "actively considering" preemptive nuclear…
Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Michigan on Monday to stump for Republican candidates in the state. Vance will speak at a campaign event in Sterling Heights, a suburb north of Detroit, starting at 1 p.m. WHAT TO KNOW AS TRUMP AND…
Vice President JD Vance underscored Michigan Senate Republican nominee Mike Rogers‘s nice-guy reputation during his debut public appearance on the campaign trail with President Donald Trump‘s super PAC, MAGA Inc. “I’m not asking you to…
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