Some Republicans are starting to seriously regret Donald Trumpā€™s vice presidential nominee, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance.

Itā€™s been only one week since Vance was nominated at the Republican National Convention, and already his own party members are expressing severe doubts about Trumpā€™s pick. The former presidentā€™s allies have acknowledged that nominating Vance was the product of Trumpā€™s absolute certainty that he would be able to defeat Joe Biden in November. While Vance wouldnā€™t do much for swing voters or independents, he would likely shore up support among Trumpā€™s base.

But ever since Biden passed the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Partyā€™s new presumptive nominee, Republicans have begun to sour on Vance.

ā€œThe road got a lot harder. He was the only pick that wasnā€™t the safe pick. And I think everyone has now realized that,ā€ one House Republican told Axios Thursday, under the condition of anonymity.

Another House Republican told Axios that Vance ā€œdoesnā€™t add much.ā€

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    2 months ago

    Youā€™re talking an extraordinary amount of stupidity vs a moderate amount of planning.

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      2 months ago

      If this election can teach us anything, if you live in a bubble then you have some incredibly stupid blind spots.

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          The democratic party has as many bubbles as they have geriatric candidates. A candidate manages their staff, but the staff can also manage the candidate and it creeps into elderly abuse at a certain point. Look at Diane Feinstein or RBG: two people who should have retired but their staff didnā€™t want to loose their relative power so they filter what their boss sees. Iā€™m sure the same is true for Trump. Biden at least has Pelosi to pull his head from his ass and showed him the real numbers his staff wasnā€™t showing.