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JD Vance is laying his foundation for a post-Trump GOP
Donald Trump’s running mate has a long-term plan in mind: To be the fascist of the future

By Brian Karem
Columnist
Published October 3, 2024 9:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) If you watched Tuesday’s vice presidential debate hoping for something like a WWE SmackDown event, then you were probably left disappointed. However, if you wondered what fascism on Novocain looks like, or what a political “prevent” defense versus a blitz looks like, you might have enjoyed yourself.

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With a serious tone and knitted brows, CBS News' Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan moderated the debate that ran for 90 minutes at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. While the ghost of Walter Cronkite was probably wretched in anticipation of the event, which studio heads boasted would feature no fact-checking from the moderators, early in the debate the journalists abandoned that vow after Vance refused to drop the obvious and dangerous lie about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio he’s propagated for weeks.

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“He lost the election,” Walz said of Trump. “This is not a debate. . . Will you stand up? Will you keep your oath of office even if the President doesn't? And I think Kamala Harris would agree. She wouldn't have picked me if she didn't think I would do that because, of course, that's what we would do. So, America, I think you've got a really clear choice on this election of who's going to honor that democracy and who's going to honor Donald Trump.”

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What Trump failed to understand is there was a reason why Vance didn’t burn hot at the debate either. He wanted to put a kinder, gentler face on Project 2025, the GOP’s fascist tendencies and their desire to destroy unions, health care, and the economy. In short, Vance was trying to show that if Trump loses – which is increasingly more likely – then he, JD Vance at 40 years of age is the heir apparent in the Republican Party. He had a long-term plan in mind — to be the fascist of the future— and he may have been successful in playing his hand. ....................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/10/03/jd-vance-is-laying-his-foundation-for-a-post/