# Who will be Trump's running mate? (J. D. Vance Has Been Chosen) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 22, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511 "2024-01-22T20:48:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 42
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/822 "2024-07-26T23:33:57Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I think he’ll instead sink into dementia Wait, are you saying you can predict the present? ---
**Author:** ![Aeschines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aeschines/32/16251_2.png) [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/823 "2024-07-26T23:37:20Z")
They would also be a liability if chosen as VP. Vance is a bit different in that he wasn’t competing with Trump when he made his comments and thus can’t say, “I was just trying to win in the primary”; plus, he went into great detail. He wrote a full op-ed! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/824 "2024-07-26T23:45:51Z")
Here’s something else they should’ve found when they vetted Vance; > [@](#): > > “Perry and Bachmann’s conservatism is defined by what it opposes: science, liberalism, and gays,” Vance wrote. “Others insist that their conservatism is reflexively anti-government, but each supports the Federal Marriage Amendment, a proposal that would annul the marriages of gay couples—ripping apart new families, many of which count young children as members.” > > He goes on to shred the conservatives for denying “evolution,” one of the many culture war battles evangelical voters have fought over the past 20 years. > > According to Vance, he always saw Republicans as the more “mature” of the parties but feared that it was shifting. > > “With few exceptions,” he wrote, the “American right is no longer a bastion of maturity, but a factory of anger and contradiction.” > **[Here's what J.D. Vance's old blogs expose about Trump's V.P. pick](https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-blog-exposed/)** > > More evidence is being revealed that Donald Trump's new running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), was not the right choice in an ever-changing campaign landscape, according to a conservative commentator.The Bulwark found yet another piece of Vance's... ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/825 "2024-07-26T23:50:03Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > > [@carrps](#): > > > > I think he’ll instead sink into dementia > > Wait, are you saying you can predict the present? Well, in the sense of being like his dad and getting pushed around in a wheelchair while he’s drooling on himself. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/826 "2024-07-26T23:52:58Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > In theory, J D Vance was thoroughly vetted. By trump and croneys? Who would do it- for free mind you, trump never pays nobody. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > The couch story doesn’t need to go mainstream to cause damage. We are better than that. The GOP and the kremlin etc are the ones posting the “pants on fire” bald faced lies all over social media. We have plenty to work with with Vances on his own words- 'cat lady", etc. We dont need to spread lies. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/827 "2024-07-27T00:01:58Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > We are better than that. The GOP and the kremlin etc are the ones posting the “pants on fire” bald faced lies all over social media. > > We have plenty to work with with Vances on his own words- 'cat lady", etc. > > We dont need to spread lies. So you’re gonna stop people from posting this on social media…how? This isn’t coordinated, it’s people thinking this is hilarious and running with it. That’s the best kind of viral. And I, for one, love it. People have been making shit up about politicians to make other people laugh for as long as there have been politicians. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/828 "2024-07-27T00:03:00Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > So you’re gonna stop people from posting this on social media…how? This isn’t coordinated, it’s people thinking this is hilarious and running with it. I just think _WE_ should stop stop it. And i havent ever seen it on Social media, just here. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/829 "2024-07-27T00:11:27Z")
I think all of that makes him the perfect Trump partner—a soulless, ambitious grifter who will say anything. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/830 "2024-07-27T00:14:15Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > And i havent ever seen it on Social media, just here. Social media is _eviscerating_ Vance. The latest issue is something he posted a short time ago; he shared a video of a woman being “humped” by a dolphin, and made a joke about how the internet maybe isn’t a good idea. Except he’s being viciously mocked for the post, since it appears he found the video by searching for “woman” and “dolphin” (those words are highlighted in the post). The implication being that Vance was specifically _looking_ for dolphin/woman love. > [@](#): > > Back in February, Vance shared an image of a post that [“showed a dolphin apparently attempting to mate with a woman,”](https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-dolphinsearch-history/) along with the comment, “Maybe the internet was a mistake.” Further validating that sentiment, Vance’s followers noticed that the words “woman” and “dolphin” were bolded in the screenshot, meaning that whoever took it had first searched for those specific terms. “Why you searching for dolphin porn, my guy?” one user commented. I _almost_ feel sorry for the guy. > **[J.D. Vance and Troy McClure from ‘The Simpsons’ May Share a ‘Romantic...](https://www.cracked.com/article_43009_jd-vance-and-troy-mcclure-from-the-simpsons-may-share-a-romantic-abnormality.html)** > > Has Vance moved on from couches to dolphins? > **[JD Vance ridiculed after dolphin-based social media post backfires](https://www.alternet.org/news-politics/vance-dolphins/)** > > Editor's Note: This headline and story have been updated to reflect that there's no definitive proof Sen. J.D. Vance searched for "dolphin porn."Republican Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH), a staunch ally of former president Donald Trump, was the subject of... ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/831 "2024-07-27T00:20:08Z")
It doesn’t seem he was vetted well at all. Guess vetting was, How much will he suck up to me. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/832 "2024-07-27T00:25:59Z")
Everyone has some oppo research vulnerabilities. Maybe the others were all just as bad, except for Haley, who Trump’s base dislikes the most… However, yes, it could be bad vetting. It is hard to know in advance which candidates a lack Teflon coating, and which, like Trump, can get away with almost anything. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/833 "2024-07-27T00:28:48Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > it could be bad vetting. How do you possibly vet somebody to determine the likelihood that the internet will just _invent_ ridiculously stories about them? There was no indication he’d be considered a couch-fucker. How could there have been?! It’s utterly insane! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/834 "2024-07-27T00:29:22Z")
Be that as it may, social media is where it originated, where it continues to spread, and continues to define Vance as a weirdo. It’s an aspect of the campaign currently, so why should we ignore it? Are we allowed to talk about stuff made up about the candidates by the writers at SNL? The Onion? Making stuff up about politicians to satirize and mock is just what people do. Sometimes the stuff made up feeds into the public perception (Bill Clinton stopping for Big Macs on a jog), or goes against it (Jimmy Carter talking someone down from a bad acid trip). Why are you so worried about people making fun of JD Vance? Anything that gets people laughing at him, humiliating him, or otherwise defining him as a weirdo is ok by me. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/835 "2024-07-27T00:30:44Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > The latest issue is something he posted a short time ago; he shared a video of a woman being “humped” by a dolphin, and made a joke about how the internet maybe isn’t a good idea. This is the issue that will tip the election to Trump. Vance’s political instincts are amazing. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/836 "2024-07-27T00:30:56Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > How do you possibly vet somebody to determine their likelihood that the internet will just _invent_ . . . I was thinking of the true stuff. I doubt the lies will hurt. Democrats are bad liars. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/837 "2024-07-27T00:39:28Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > In theory, J D Vance was thoroughly vetted. > > By trump and croneys? Who would do it- for free mind you, trump never pays nobody. Didn’t a story break this week that he’d in fact written checks to someone named Kamala Harris? So maybe it was her. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/838 "2024-07-27T00:47:11Z")
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**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/839 "2024-07-27T00:57:24Z")
> [@](#): > > if they get to say dems support “post birth” abortion without any media pushback, then we get to say jd vance fucked his couch Mainstream media has many articles [like this](https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/06/politics/fact-check-donald-trump-abortion-babies-executed/index.html) saying that Trump is wrong about post-birth baby killing. All these Democratic lies will do is to make the other side feel we are just as unprincipled. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/840 "2024-07-27T00:57:25Z")
Vetted? Vance? Hell, the Republicants never vetted Don the Con. “Let’s see, how about running a convicted felon, serial adulterer, racist, treasonist, incorrigible liar, tax cheating, draft dodging, military hating, business failure, reality show host.” “Sounds bad, the American people would never go for someone so odious and odiferous.” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/841 "2024-07-27T01:01:22Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > All these Democratic lies will do is to make the other side feel we are just as unprincipled. If this couch thing came from the DNC or a Senator or Governor or Harris herself, you might have a point. As it is, it’s just funny people on X and Threads being funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511.md?page=43)