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Cattledog

(6,496 posts)
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 02:25 PM Jul 2024

JD Vance called Trump "Cultural heroin" in 2016

While Vance is now one of Trump’s most steadfast allies, he was previously critical. He wrote in an Atlantic opinion piece in July 2016 that Trump was “cultural heroin” for the masses.

“He makes some feel better for a bit,” he wrote. “But he cannot fix what ails them, and one day they’ll realize it.”

He declared Trump “unfit for our nation’s highest office” in an August 2016 New York Times op-ed headlined “Why Trump’s Antiwar Message Resonates with White America.” Vance also sent a message that year to his law school roommate, Josh McLaurin, saying that he went “back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn’t be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he’s America’s Hitler.” McLaurin had reached out to Vance about writing an opinion piece together at the time.

“I never could have dreamed during those exchanges in 2016 that he would end up being one of the principal reinforcers of Trumpism only a few years later,” said McLaurin, who is now a Democratic state senator in Georgia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/15/jd-vance-trump-vice-president-announcement/
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JD Vance called Trump "Cultural heroin" in 2016 (Original Post) Cattledog Jul 2024 OP
He's heroin for part of the culture. Ramp it up to fentanyl and we'll see how that goes. :) n/t brewens Jul 2024 #1
Hillbilly Heroin sop Jul 2024 #8
Only to the likes of him dslyahoo Jul 2024 #2
We need to repeat these posts relentlessly as do the Dem candidates Raven123 Jul 2024 #3
But he cannot fix what ails them. Vance had it right back then. patphil Jul 2024 #4
Vance is now an addict Mz Pip Jul 2024 #5
Yup, he lies. Joinfortmill Jul 2024 #6
Vance the ultimate sellout kwolf68 Jul 2024 #7

Raven123

(6,330 posts)
3. We need to repeat these posts relentlessly as do the Dem candidates
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 02:28 PM
Jul 2024

Get into TFG’s head. Vance has called TFG voters uneducated and called TFG an authoritarian drug dealer.

patphil

(7,367 posts)
4. But he cannot fix what ails them. Vance had it right back then.
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 02:29 PM
Jul 2024

Actually, he isn't interest in fixing what ails his supporters. They're the real suckers and losers that Trump talked about.
All he needs is their loyalty, their money, their votes, and their easily directed rage.
The rest is just for show.

kwolf68

(7,890 posts)
7. Vance the ultimate sellout
Mon Jul 15, 2024, 02:36 PM
Jul 2024

Money before principles and honesty. The American way. Vance clearly had the pulse back then and was articulate and intelligent in his approach. Vance IS a smart man, but I think his intellect will be stymied by him being a sycophantic sheep for Trump. Smart people can sound really dumb when they try to peddle bullshit. The VP pick won't win/lose this race either way.
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