Why Trump Suddenly Thinks Picking DEI Hire J.D. Vance Was a Mistake
Joe Biden�s decision to drop out and endorse Kamala Harris to succeed him on
the Democratic ticket has Donald Trump�s team scrambling.

Republicans may be starting to second-guess their party�s pick for vice
president.

Much of Donald Trump�s presidential campaign, including the decision to tap
Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate, was structured around attacks on
President Joe Biden. But then Biden announced Sunday that he was withdrawing
from the presidential race altogether.

Trump campaign officials acknowledged that Trump selected the inexperienced
Vance, charged with all his techno-authoritarian ideas, to boost support
among their own base, not extend a hand to swing voters, according to The
Atlantic. Vance was a symbol of the Trump team�s assuredness that they would
win in 2024. Come Sunday, that assuredness appears to be shrinking.

�Most striking thing I heard from Trump allies yesterday was the second-
guessing of JD Vance�a selection, they acknowledged, that was [born] of
cockiness, meant to run up margins with the base in a blowout rather than
persuade swing voters in a nail-biter,� Atlantic staff writer Tim Alberta,
who had written the piece about the panicking Trump campaign, posted on X
(formerly Twitter).

Trump decried Biden�s decision to drop out in a post on Truth Social, writing
that his team would have to �start all over again� and asking to be
reimbursed for the cost. At the same time, Vance has set straight to work,
calling for Biden to resign from the presidency.

Meanwhile, the Democrats possess a new potential nominee in the form of Vice
President Kamala Harris. And as a result, the party had one of the best
fundraising days ever.

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