Did Donald Trump Make a Mistake in Choosing J.D. Vance as a Running Mate?
WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 29 July 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:15.0 | From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, |
| 0:21.0 | this is Potomac Watch. |
| 0:24.0 | Did Donald Trump make a mistake in choosing J.D. Vance as his running make? |
| 0:28.8 | That's what some Republicans are wondering. |
| 0:31.3 | His past statements come back to haunt the senator from Ohio |
| 0:34.7 | who is now on the Republican ticket. Plus who would be the best running mate for |
| 0:38.9 | Kamala Harris as she gets closer to her selection? |
| 0:43.2 | Vice presidential politics today on Potomac watch. |
| 0:46.3 | Welcome, I'm Paul Geego of the Wall Street Journal opinion pages, |
| 0:49.8 | and I'm here with my colleagues, Kate Batchelder O'Dell and Kimberly Strasso. Welcome, good to have you here. |
| 0:56.2 | Let's start with the trials of JD Vance celebrated by the mega wing of the Republican Party when he was selected, said to be |
| 1:04.6 | Donald Trump's choice because he's an envoy to the younger generation at |
| 1:08.8 | 39 years old and to the working class states of the upper Midwest in Pennsylvania because of his |
| 1:14.9 | background growing up in Ohio. But so far it isn't turning out that way. |
| 1:19.8 | Democrats are jumping on some of Vance's statements in the past when he was |
| 1:24.1 | running for Senate and emerging as a political figure to suggest that he has |
| 1:29.6 | disdain for people who have made different lifestyle choices. Let's listen to a |
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