Former President Donald Trump received positive news as his choice for vice president, Ohio Republican Sen. JD Vance, received a 51% approval rating from Likely voters in a recent poll by Rasmussen Reports. The 39-year-old Vance is the youngest vice presidential pick since Richard Nixon was chosen to run with Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. Seventy-five percent of Republican voters approve of Vance as their party’s VP choice, including 52% who strongly approve. The survey also found that Vance received approval from 30% of Democrats and 48% of unaffiliated voters.
Vice President Kamala Harris has reportedly reached out to Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and left a message of congratulations after being chosen as former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Politico reports, citing a Joe Biden campaign official. The campaign official said that Harris has expressed “her hope that the two can meet in the vice presidential debate proposed by CBS News.
Harris and Vance are expected to participate in a debate later this summer. The Biden campaign has agreed to a debate hosted by CBS, scheduled for July 23 or August 13. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign has not rejected the invitation but has instead accepted an invite from Fox News for the vice presidential faceoff.
Despite these cordial exchanges, Vice President Kamala Harris recently attacked Republican vice presidential nominee and Senator JD Vance (R-OH), accusing him of being “loyal only to Trump, not to our country.” This comes just days after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania.
In her remarks, Harris said, “Hey, everyone. So Donald Trump has picked his new running mate, JD Vance. Trump looked for someone he knew would be a rubber stamp for his extreme agenda. And make no mistake, JD Vance will be loyal only to Trump, not to our country.
Unlike Mike Pence, Vance said he would have carried out Trump’s plan to overturn the 2020 election. He supports a national abortion ban and voted against protecting IVF. And if elected, he will help implement the Extreme Project 2025 plan for a second Trump term, which would target critical programs like Headstart and Medicare,” Harris added.
Trump, meanwhile, has publicly disavowed portions of the plan and said he had nothing to do with its creation.
