Is JD Vance A Worse VP Pick Than Sarah Palin?

Trump, Republicans having buyers’ remorse over Ohio senator

Manny Otiko
4 min readJul 29, 2024
JD Vance (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

I’ve said this before, but one of the best weapons against former President Donald Trump is Donald Trump. Trump is an incompetent, lazy boob. He’s used bluster, threats and luck to cover up his lack of intelligence. His own sister said he bought his college degree.

He won the presidency because TV cameras loved him and millions of Americans were stupid, racist and sexist enough to vote against the better candidate. Once in the White House, his presidency was an unmitigated disaster.

A Bad Choice

These are facts and nothing has changed about Trump. He’s gotten lazier and that’s why his choice of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his vice president is falling apart as we speak.

Let’s look at a few of Vance’s flaws, and there are many of them:

  • Until recently, Vance was a relatively sane Republican. He hated Trump, his bigotry and uncouthness. But when he was running for Senate, he…

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Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @mannyotiko.