J.D. Vance Is Not Good at Politics

I do not say this idly, because I've covered some real meatheads in this racket—What up, Ron DeSantis?—but Vance may be the worst public politician I have ever seen. No kidding. This guy could screw up a two-car funeral if you spotted him the hearse. First, there was his acceptance speech at the RNC which could have been used to sedate a young rhino. Then there was the emergence of a flood of older quotes that were so damning that Republican sources were expressing their buyer's remorse within the week.

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