JD Vance says "Donald Trump is right" that VP picks rarely matter to election outcomes

Published 2024-08-10
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) speaks with "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan about the 2024 election and his role in the campaign.

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All Comments (21)
  • Vance a bad choice. Trump should've stuck with the late great Hannibal Lector as vp
  • @Tonibgraced
    Lies . Fact check ! This is a dissertation the AMERICAN PEOPLE
  • @chili595
    Everybody's entitled to their opinion but frankly I think it is an important position and it should be filled by qualified person
  • @ni7299
    Especially when The Heritage Foundation appoints them into your campaign so they have a seat in the White House.
  • @timkasten7708
    Nothing like supporting someone who say you’re irrelevant, and agreeing. Explains the eyeliner ~
  • Yeah they only matter when they are weird like Sara Palin, Dan Quayle, and JD
  • @Gail-ux2ly
    It matters this time! Two absolute monsters do not make the heart grow fonder.
  • @rhet1016
    If true, it’s insane. The idea that whoever might automatically become the president doesn’t matter as much as the person who will start as the president is just bonkers. That’s like saying the co-pilot of a plane could just be any member of the cabin crew.
  • @user-rn5dl3xt1m
    Vance is trying to keep from being blamed if or when Harris-Walz wins.
  • @movdqa
    It matters in the cases of Biden and Trump. That's why they Biden has a young VP and Trump has a young VP candidate. Trump is 245 years old and could keel over at any time so the VP choice is important.
  • @loganv2079
    Mark my words, if Trump loses, he'll blame Vance and throw him under the bus
  • @Susweca5569
    The vice presidential pick absolutely matters. They're the next in line if anything happens to the president. Trump/Vance is a LOSE-LOSE ticket. There have never been two less suitable and more unqualified, distasteful, un-American individuals on any ticket in the history of this country than those two. The Harris/Walz ticket is a WIN-WIN on every level.
  • @mizzury54
    So he admits that he is just window dressing. And Donald Trump is NOT the only one who has said that about vice presidents. Never miss an opportunity to praise the great leader as some type of genius. But in this case , thinking people know that Trump is going senile and the idea that you would replace him as president is revolting to many.
  • Well Vance certainly doesn't matter. Lol. Walz however does. Dump the eyeliner dude. 😂