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 and “transform” America, citing such issues as acceptance of transgender Americans.

    Oh noes not FREEDOM anything but that

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    “Can’t argue with the little things. It’s the little things that make up life” - Hank Scorpio, 1996

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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.

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

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    You know. The little things. Like gas prices. Grocery prices. Housing prices. Trump is a pedophile. Trump is named more in the Epstein files than god in the bible. Trump is a rapist. Trump is a convicted felon. Kash is down with beastiality. Vance is a drunken moron. You know, just the little things.

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      Dead school children, Depleted munitions, weakened defenses in European positions, destroyed military logistics, suicidal sailors stuck at sea, yada yada

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    Yeah, you shouldn’t worry about the little things like food, shelter, transportation, and healthcare. We have bigger issues to tackle as a nation, like one trans kid being on a highschool sports team; you know, the big “purpose of government” stuff.

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      Their white Christian nationalist “utopia” is more important to them than pesky things like people eating, the Bill of Rights, the rule of law, etc.

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        He’s Thiel’s boy, after all.

        Gotta work on that Network State or whatever the fuck dipshits like Curtis Yarvin and The Sovereign Individual kooks say…hey, there is nothing elitist about any of this stuff, though!

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      We’ve got arches to build, and wars to lose, and that shit’s expensive. Americans should just be less selfish.

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    “look I know groceries and gas are expensive right now, and that’s affecting 99% of you poors negatively. But you can fuck off, poors. If Democrats get into power we will have to accept trans people, which affects none of you negatively. Surely you can understand why you must starve.”

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    Americans dying of a thousand paper cuts.

    JD: “Quit whining. They’re just tiny cuts. You haven’t even said thank you for the paper. No, you can’t have a bandaid.”