Where JD Vance is Winning Hearts and Minds

Donald Trump and JD Vance
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Today’s notice: Plugging holes. Trump-Vance tries to shore things up with the anti-abortion movement, Harris tries to shore things up with the online youth and Congress tries to dig itself out of the CR hole.


JD Vance, the Anti-Abortion Whisperer

In the electorally bumpy wake of Dobbs, Republicans’ abortion rights conversation has really become a debate about political expediency vs. ideological purity. Andat the top of the ticket with Donald Trump and JD Vance, it’s something of a good cop, bad cop routine for conservative base voters.