Vance tells Sean Hannity that Democratic ‘arsonists’ will reverse Trump’s successes even as he admits his own administration needs more time

JD Vance laid out the Trump administration’s best case for a Republican victory in the midterm elections on Thursday, returning to his role as the White House’s great communicator. But instead of empathizing with Americans’ economic pains and fears about the future, the vice president leaned into fear-mongering about Democrats.

Vance spoke with Fox’s Sean Hannity in an interview that aired Thursday, and leaned into the administration’s successes at driving illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border to 50-year lows as he made the case for the GOP.

As he spoke about the supposed priorities of hypothetical Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, however, Vance claimed that his opponents wanted to block Republicans from ever winning elections again and “transform” America, citing such issues as acceptance of transgender Americans.

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    “Can’t argue with the little things. It’s the little things that make up life” - Hank Scorpio, 1996

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    None of you in this thread get it. Did any of you even say thank you?

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    Americans dying of a thousand paper cuts.

    JD: “Quit whining. They’re just tiny cuts. You haven’t even said thank you for the paper. No, you can’t have a bandaid.”

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    “look I know groceries and gas are expensive right now, and that’s affecting 99% of you poors negatively. But you can fuck off, poors. If Democrats get into power we will have to accept trans people, which affects none of you negatively. Surely you can understand why you must starve.”

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    Rich tell poor to suck it up. This ain’t news, it’s the way of life for the world ever since factories were invented.

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      …it’s the way of life for the world ever since factories were invented.

      *looks at feudalism*

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    Cool. Now if the Murc’s Law Media would just take up things like this and endlessly repeat them.

    What “JD” here is doing is deeply tone-deaf, for real. The moral scolds of the Murc’s Law Media kept getting the vapors anytime anyone even thought to be associated with the Biden administration would point out the good aspects of the economy in 2024…I guess we’ll see if the tone police talk about the Republicans nearly as much as they did for Democrats.

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    Trouble is, almost zero of those successes are for the benefit of the public, and almmost all only benefit Trump and his class.

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    “The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.”

    Though GK Chesterton was himself a conservative and a bit of a tool, once again he’s the man for the quote. Vance and his handlers fear the bill for their crimes. I have little faith they’ll pay it, but they’re desperate to prevent that risk entirely.