Trump Donors on the Brink of Civil War Over J.D. Vance for VP

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

In his rise from Donald Trump critic to viable contender to be the presumptive Republican nominee’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio has come so far. But he may fall just short thanks to some risk-averse GOP donors.

Ironically, the bearded 39-year-old—at least for now, given Trump’s well-documented aversions to facial hair—Ivy League author may end up hoist by his own petard. The best thing Vance has going for him in the Trump veepstakes, among the base, may also be his undoing as a potential running mate—some donors are scared of him

The very same coastal elites who once adored Vance have been trying to sabotage his vice presidential aspirations, according to three Republicans familiar with the veepstakes who spoke to The Daily Beast. All spoke under the condition of anonymity in order to relay private conversations among donors around the most hush-hush of discussions in Trumpworld.

Vance’s two main rivals, according to most reports, stand to benefit: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, for whom Trump has a soft spot as someone seemingly perfectly cast for the job with his founding father-type look, and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, whom sources described as the “safe option.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-donors-on-the-brink-of-civil-war-over-j-d-vance-for-vp/ar-BB1pIXp4

[GoCubsGo]

1. Please proceed, motherfuckers.

[kimbutgar]

2. And what's with JD Vance's eye shadow?

I have a hard time watching him and not wondering about that eyeshadow!

[NoveltySocks]

3. JD Vance is 39?

[patphil]

12. oops, looked up the wrong person. Yes, Vance is 39.

Governor Burgum will be 58 in August.

[marble falls]

4. Great. A whacko crazy backed by a moron already in a position over his head.

[valleyrogue]

5. Republicans in disarray!!!!

Oh, that's right. This isn't the NYT, which wouldn't publish this in any case.

[shrike3]

6. Gasp. A story about -- Trump? Be still my heart.

[tanyev]

7. Isn't Florida Trump's official residence?

Would Rubio move to become VP? Or is the Constitution just a piece of toilet paper stuck to Donald Trump’s shoe at this point?

[EarnestPutz]

8. Good point. When Bush picked Cheney they were both residents of Texas. Cheney hightailed it back to Wyoming to......

.......register to vote and to sidestep that minor "constitutional" problem.

[NYC Liberal]

9. There's no constitutional prohibition against having both candidates from the same state

It’s just that electors have to vote for at least one person who isn’t from their own state. So Florida electors could not vote for both Trump and Rubio; they’d have to vote for Trump and someone else, effectively ceding the state for the VP candidate. But only an idiot would actually do that. Then again…

[ProfessorPlum]

10. They keep saying that Burgum looks like Washington - I don't see it

he looks more like a store brand Henry Winkler to me (no offense to Winkler)

[Attilatheblond]

11. Did TCF move his official residence back up north

Or would Rubio resign from the senate and move, I dunno, to Alabama since one of the 'bamma senators lives in FL?

Yeah, I know: GOP philosophy is 'Rules, Schmules'.