That J.D. Vance Thread

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

As I understand it (and I may be wrong), if Trump wants to dump Vance, he has to do it no later than 7 August. If he waits longer, he can’t be on the ballot in Ohio - and he can’t win without Ohio.

The options:

-Stick with Vance, which hurts his chances in the general.

-Pick a new running mate before 7 August, which means admitting a mistake and makes him look indecisive.

Given his egomania, I expect he’ll go with Option #1. And I couldn’t be happier about it.

Boru

I guess it depends on what "otherwise" means in their rules:

Under Republican National Committee (RNC) rules, the committee can replace Vance as a nominee for vice president only in the case of “death, declination, or otherwise.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4799...s-divided/

Of course, with Lara Trump as the head of said RNC, I doubt they'd let a little thing like party rules stand in the way.

If he gets replaced, I suspect it’ll be that he ‘declined’ the nomination. Sort of like how local merchants ‘decide’ to pay protection money to the mob.

Boru