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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    Vance claimed that his opponents wanted to block Republicans from ever winning elections again

    So basically what the reds are trying to do to the Democrats very literally right now?

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    How strict are we on the Lemmy.world instance in terms of what we can say?

    Because I’m gonna express what I’m thinking in one way or another, it’s just a matter of how bluntly I can say it on a regular basis.

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    Forgive me, but I’m just gonna be vulgar for a moment. My partner and I are well off. I don’t usually like to mention it, but I will in this context. We were discussing our ability to absorb the price increases pretty easily and how we feel not a shred of compassion for the maga shitheads who experience financial precarity because of how they voted. Fuck 'em.

    On the other hand, I feel bad for their children who didn’t choose to have groceries become less accessible, their education shat upon, and the same with every other way those kids get hurt by their stupid parents’ bad politics.

    And that’s saying nothing of all the good people who didn’t invite this upon themselves and tried to prevent it from happening but suffer just the same. I hope for the least harm to be visited upon people who didn’t do this to themselves. And the most for those that cheered for it. (I normally only want good things for people, but I take this moment to give in to my anger a bit.)

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    “JD Vance, Vice President to President Trump, man who incessantly gripes about every minor slight, real or imagined, tells americans to not gripe about legitimate issues”

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    Vote the fucking MAGA weasels out of office. Release the damn Epstein Files and end the stupid war against Iran.

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    It certainly feels like we’re treated as peasants like they are in those movies where the king and royalty just treat everyone beneath them like shit. We’re just rabble to be mocked, fodder for the peerage’s disposal. Except you know, unlike real life, in the movie the bad guys get it in the end.

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      Here in Ohio they’re now running whataboutism ads against the Dem candidate for Governor. The whole ad is someone in 2028 complaining about not being able to afford groceries because of the the candidate, Amy Acton’s, tax hikes.

      THAT is the whole ad

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    The problem is is both sides suck the dick of israel and they don’t care about us. They don’t want any of the reforms that society’s demanding. They want to keep their 10 houses and five cars and practically free healthcare. They don’t ever want to go to work and they don’t want to step down. They are completely useless to the American people, they laugh in our faces. They piss on us, we are nothing but the catch basin of a urinal to these people. Pay us more we give you less and whatever we give you we give most of it to our pet projects and donors. That’s who’s in office right now. We’re not winning if Jeffries and Schumer take the reins again. If the same weasel just with a different shirt on. I can almost absolutely guarantee you trump turd will not get thrown out of office and it’s just going to be a bunch of pocket lining and platitudes for the next two years while they try to get a president in there to just rinse repeat the Biden bullshit.

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      This is why we also fight to primary in the actual progressive candidates and oust the establishment neo-liberals. Mamdani was a sign that progress can be made.

      You can’t really do the same for the Republican party.

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      “The problem is both sides…”

      You lost me right there. ICE buildup, attack greenland/canada/cuba, insult all allies, destroy tourism, attack iran, choke ukraine aid, implement tarriffs, install conservative judges for lifetime terms.

      Those are one sided.

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    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.

    Oh noes not FREEDOM anything but that

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

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    Gaslight
    Obstruct
    Projection

    It really is the same thing every time with these corrupt losers, isn’t is? Yes, it’s everyone else obsessed with trans people and what’s in their pants, not Republicans. It’s certainly not Conservatives persecuting immigrants and LGBTQ folks, instead of addressing actual issues. Couldn’t be the Grand Old Party chasing AI dollars by building environment-destroying data centers to suck up all our water and personal info. How could it have been Republicans that started a pointless war and drove up prices on gas and food for everyone!? Who’s actually focused on the “little things” of culture war bullshit while workers suffer??

    Meanwhile, the President is obsessed with vanity projects like ballrooms, arches, and national monuments, while illegally enriching himself and his billionaire friends… The corruption is on full display with these incompetent fools.