In JD Vance, Trump has picked a mini-me offering red meat to his Maga base
by David Smith in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from US news | The Guardian on (#6P7X1)
The Republican nominee could have picked a woman or person of colour but opted for what looks like an unapologetic play for even more white male support
He could have chosen a woman, a person of colour or a political moderate. Instead Donald Trump went for a mini-me.
The former US president announced on Monday that his running mate in the presidential election is JD Vance, a senator for Ohio and friend of his son, Donald Trump Jr. The sports arena hosting the Republican national convention erupted as Vance entered, grinning broadly and shaking countless hands as Merle Haggard's America First played twice.
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