Fmr. Ohio Democratic Party Chair Pepper: ‘I Think Donald Trump Gave Democrats a Gift by Picking J.D. Vance’

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PEPPER: “I think Donald Trump gave Democrats a gift by picking J.D. Vance. He brings nothing new, politically, to the table for Donald Trump Republicans. Quick fact that gets lost, the governor of Ohio in 2022 was re- elected by 25 points. J.D. Vance won by more than six points. In a year you cannot lose, he underperformed the top of his own ticket by 20 points in the margin of victory. With his very right-wing policies, he alienated many of the berry moderate swing voters that other Republicans were winning. Politically, this is a gift. Vance does nothing for Trump when it comes to voters the bases mark said about Trump and Vance already. Voters were in the middle, as we saw in 2022, rejected manse. If I had been a closer at the top of the ticket, Vance would have lost. This is more about loyalty and money. It surely was not about a politically savvy decision fans does not broaden Trump in any way. As we talk about today, I think he makes them more vulnerable on a lot of issue that some of the voters in the middle will care most about.”