# 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:** 52
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1022 "2024-07-31T05:02:04Z")
If someone is going to come out hard against the moral downfalls of women without children, they better expect to be put under a microscope for their moral righteousness. I’m not sure why we need to limit it to the worst of all the crap that is coming out about him. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1023 "2024-07-31T05:10:53Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > I’m not sure why we need to limit it to the worst of all the crap that is coming out about him. Because falling asleep on the floor as a college student isn’t worth blinking twice at. ---
**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 31, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1024 "2024-07-31T05:16:43Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Because falling asleep on the floor as a college student isn’t worth blinking twice at. Maybe not to you and I. To people who base their votes on things like Traditional Values and Moral Rectitude, it ought to mean a lot, and if we can convince those people that the Trump ticket are hypocrites who only pay lip service to the values they treasure, they just might stay home in November. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1025 "2024-07-31T05:54:26Z")
Seriously, nobody else is going to blink twice at a college kid falling asleep on the floor before they grew up and saw the light. I hate him with the fury of a thousand suns, and I don’t care that he drank too much and fell asleep on the floor of his dorm room in his “youth”. Evangelicals aren’t going to care, because he saw the light since then and became a republican toady. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1026 "2024-07-31T06:20:44Z")
> This is hilarious and deeply satisfying. (Edit to add: Also, it’s an old clip, from Vance’s Senate run announcement. But it’s nevertheless reflective of the current situation, and it’s great how the Harris campaign has resurfaced it.) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1027 "2024-07-31T06:52:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > To people who base their votes on things like Traditional Values and Moral Rectitude, it ought to mean a lot It ought to _but it doesn’t._ R voters are experts in the art and science of being complete hypocrites. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1028 "2024-07-31T09:12:49Z")
> [@GailForce](#): > > Does he wear eyeliner? Is that okay with conservative Republicans? Or has Trump made it acceptable with them for a man to wear facial makeup generally? You’d think they’d go nuts if a male Democratic office-seeker were ever to be photographed wearing makeup. Don’t make us get out the Trump-motorboating-Rudy-in-drag video… ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1029 "2024-07-31T13:40:11Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Who gives a hoot that a college student had too much to drink and falls asleep/passes out on the floor? When you get black-out drunk. your “moral scold” ticket gets stolen and you can never get it back. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1030 "2024-07-31T14:01:00Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > When you get black-out drunk. your “moral scold” ticket gets stolen and you can never get it back Eh. I passed out on a floor in college, and there’s still plenty of scolding left in me! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1031 "2024-07-31T14:10:19Z")
Bush league. I fell down a flight of stairs and woke up under a pool table covered in what to this day I hope was my own vomit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1032 "2024-07-31T14:30:44Z")
“Well it’s not like you can “dust” for vomit.” ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1033 "2024-07-31T14:42:26Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Bush league. I fell down a flight of stairs and woke up under a pool table covered in what to this day I hope was my own vomit. 😃 You know, I actually woke up locked in my friend’s bathroom, wrapped more or less around the toilet with my pants down by my ankles (I’m assuming I used the bathroom and then passed out), so I get some bonus points for style, but still not in the same league as yours. 🙂 ---
**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 31, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1034 "2024-07-31T14:57:18Z")
Should probably drop this line of scorn (stupid drunk). It only solidifies his standing with the males who make up most of the Republicant base. Ya’no; the “Hell Ya” crew. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1035 "2024-07-31T15:03:25Z")
I woke up, in my own bed, fully dressed in a change of clothes that were not mine. To this day I have no idea how that happened. Honestly, I’d probably rather not know. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1036 "2024-07-31T15:07:15Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > It only solidifies his standing with the males who make up most of the Republicant base. Ya’no; the “Hell Ya” crew. I don’t know. Around here, most white guys who drink would probably sneer at him for being such a light weight. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1037 "2024-07-31T19:37:50Z")
At the spectacular train-wreck which was Trump at the NABJ panel today (his own campaign pulled him with 25 minutes to go of a one-hour appearance (I mean, he opened with “There’s a lot of people in this room that are Black” for God’s sake)), he was asked if JD Vance will be ready to be President on Day 1. Trump responded with: > ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1038 "2024-07-31T20:32:46Z")
That he went with basically “I’m the only person on the ticket that matters so stop talking about him” isn’t a surprise. But every time he praised Vance he also praised the “other candidates”. Which suggests that one of the other candidates might still become the VP candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1039 "2024-07-31T21:27:59Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > But every time he praised Vance he also praised the “other candidates”. Which suggests that one of the other candidates might still become the VP candidate. Yes, though it’s tough to separate ‘Trump may be thinking of replacing Vance’ from ‘Trump loves to keep people off-balance and uncertain and eager to please him.’ If none of the recent Vance stories—the cat lady comments or the couch or the dolphin-sex search—had come to light, Trump might STILL be praising “other candidates” as a way of keeping JD in line. Trump just enjoys that. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1040 "2024-07-31T21:37:16Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Trump just enjoys that. You know who _else_ liked to pit his servants against each other? Yeah, him. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511/1041 "2024-07-31T21:40:06Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > Trump just enjoys that. > > You know who _else_ liked to pit his servants against each other? Yeah, him. . Milton’s Lucifer? Rowling’s Voldemort? Hackman’s Lex Luthor? All three much nicer than Trump, really, so probably you mean someone else. 🤔 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-running-mate-j-d-vance-has-been-chosen/996511.md?page=53)