Former President Donald Trump officially tapped Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, as his 2024 running mate on Monday. The Republican candidate’s decision was no doubt a strategic one made with the recent attempt on his life in mind.
Vice presidents have always played an important role in American history. The position as POTUS’ successor, however, has become far more significant in recent weeks after this year’s top two presidential candidates survived an attempted assassination and an attempted political coup.
The Saturday shot heard around the world wasn’t the first time Trump has faced a targeted attack meant to take him out of the race for the White House, and it almost certainly won’t be the last.
Democrats have spent the last eight years prepping for assassination by trying to smear, usurp, bankrupt, de-ballot, and jail their top political opponent. If they should finally succeed, Trump needs a trusted right hand who American voters can trust to handle the fallout without becoming controlled opposition.
While he’s wavered on key pro-life issues such as when he offered a full-fledged endorsement of the dangerous drug responsible for more than half of the nation’s abortions, Vance, unlike many Republicans, has signaled a willingness to take on the fight against deep state lawfare and Biden’s corrupt Department of Justice.
The 39-year-old may have only served a third of his first six-year Senate term, but he has garnered Trump’s trust as someone who is “strongly focused on the people he fought so brilliantly for, the American Workers and Farmers
