#Vice President Vance

[deadpresidents]

"The Vice Presidency comes with plenty of indignities, but probably none greater than the one that Kamala Harris endured on Monday when she presided over the certification of her own defeat.

Standing in the rostrum of the House of Representatives, a gavel in her hand and a look of imperturbable stoicism on her face, Ms. Harris officiated as the two houses of Congress met in joint session to formally count the Electoral College votes for President.

"The votes for President of the United States are as follows," she declared after each state's totals were read. "Donald J. Trump of the state of Florida has received 312 votes." At that point, Republican lawmakers rose to their feet to applaud. Ms Harris gave a small, polite smile as she let them have their moment.

Then she continued. "Kamala D. Harris of the state of California has received 226 votes," she intoned. Now it was the Democrats' turn to stand and applaud. Ms. Harris glanced over to that side of the chamber with a little smile of thanks, then gently gaveled the body to order. After reading the votes certifying JD Vance as Vice President, she formally ordered the results entered in the record.

And with that, Kamala Harris the Vice President officially put an end to Kamala Harris the candidate's quest for the Presidency -- at least for this election. At that point, members of both parties rose to applaud, seemingly out of respect for the no-doubt-painful task she had just taken on without complaint or objection.

There was also certainly a little bit of relief that everyone had gotten through the moment peacefully, unlike the maelstrom visited upon the Capitol on this day four years earlier when Mr. Trump refused to accept defeat and inspired a mob that stormed the building to try to stop the count certifying it.

Ms. Harris made no comments while wielding the gavel beyond her scripted duties...Unlike Mr. Trump, Ms. Harris has made no effort to cast doubt upon the election but has instead accepted defeat graciously. Neither she nor President Biden has sought to pressure the Justice Department, members of Congress, governors, state legislators, or election officials to reverse the vote she lost, as Mr. Trump did four years ago.

She has not filed dozens of lawsuits that would be tossed out by judges as frivolous or unfounded. She has not repeated false fraud allegations or wild conspiracy theories that her own advisers told her were untrue.

Nor did she use her role as presiding officer to reject votes for Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance the way Mr. Trump tried to get Vice President Mike Pence to do to Mr. Biden and Ms. Harris in 2021. Mr. Pence refused, saying he did not have such power, and Congress subsequently passed a law reaffirming that interpretation.

The contrast between Jan. 6, 2021, and Jan. 6, 2025, could hardly be starker. "

-- Peter Baker, on Vice President Kamala Harris presiding over the certification of her own defeat in the 2024 Presidential election before a joint session of Congress, during the peaceful, traditional formal ceremony denied to her and President Joe Biden exactly four years earlier, New York Times, January 6, 2025.

[thedialoguedilemma]

The most disgraceful period in American history regarding foreign policy just occurred this morning as President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance engaged in a heated exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Donald Trump for weeks has been peddling the idea that Ukraine started this war which is FALSE. Russia invaded Ukraine and we all watched it happen on TV.

Then Trump tried to back peddle on calling Zelenskyy a dictator in the hopes that Ukraine will sign a minerals deal with the United States.

Trump and JD Vance are Russian assets at this point. They are completely under the control of Vladimir Putin. They want Ukraine to give up their sovereign territory to Russia as Russia desperately is on the brink of economic collapse.

Ukraine deserves the right to defend itself. Trump crumbled on the national stage and looked absolutely weak.

[jacksproject2025]

Watching Zelensky get tag teamed by Trump and Vance was like being in a family meeting where I know one of my brothers is about to wish he was never born. 🥤🍿

[theresolutedesk]

Pres. Biden speaks at a lectern with VP Harris behind him.

It already feels weird to think back to when this guy was in charge, and you didn't have to worry about what crazy things the president of the United States might say or do on any particular day.

The Biden era almost doesn't feel like the same reality, it was just so much more calm and grown-up and steady.

I said it when he left, and I'm saying it again now, America is going to miss Biden, and they're going to regret the election of Donald Trump to a second term.

Dark Brandon.

The 2024 election was extremely close. Don't let Trump and MAGA try and tell you it was a landslide. Trump won a plurality of the popular vote but he didn't win a majority of the country.

And they couldn't even take that they lost in that year, and tried to violently disrupt the certification of a free and fair election when they stormed the Capitol building on January 6th 2021.

Donald Trump has never won a majority in a presidential election, and even in 2024 he received less votes than Joe Biden did in 2020.

[obby98]

Have you heard about Trump's plan for pushing the Dems after he leaves?

It's called the J.D. ad-VANCE.

[manifestdestinytarot]

finished my third book of 2025

[generallemarc]

https://www.reuters.com/world/jd-vance-denies-disrespecting-uk-france-over-ukraine-peacekeeping-force-2025-03-04/

U.S. Vice President JD Vance denied on Tuesday disrespecting Britain and France by describing a planned peacekeeping force in Ukraine as 20,000 troops from some "random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years".

See, the problem with that JD Vance, Vance Refrigeration, is that there was this little invasion of a country called Afghanistan that nearly every NATO member contributed forces to. Now, is that the same as fighting a big campaign? No, not at all. But their put their lives on the line for us, in many cases dying, and you do not get to just ignore that.

[motivateandinspiretoday]

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Todd Rose is an American author, educator, and researcher focused on the science of individuality, human potential, and personal success. He is co-founder and president of Populace, a think tank that studies public beliefs and explores new ways to address societal challenges. Formerly a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Rose gained prominence with his books *The End of Average* and *Dark Horse*, which challenge conventional ideas about standardized success and emphasize the unique pathways individuals can take to achieve fulfillment. His work advocates for a personalized approach to education and career development, arguing that one-size-fits-all metrics overlook human complexity and diversity.

[deadpresidents]

"The drama going on between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine raises one of the most disturbing questions I've ever had to ask about my own country: Are we being led by a dupe for Vladimir Putin -- by someone ready to swallow whole the Russian president's warped view of who started the war in Ukraine and how it must end? Or are we being led by a Mafia godfather, looking to carve up territory with Russia the way the heads of crime families operate? 'I'll take Greenland, and you can take Crimea. I'll take Panama, and you can have the oil in the Arctic. And we'll split the rare earths of Ukraine. It's only fair.'

Either way, my fellow Americans and our friends abroad, for the next four years at least, the America you knew is over. The bedrock values, allies and truths America could always be counted upon to defend are now all in doubt -- or for sale. Trump is not just thinking out of the box. He is thinking without a box, without any fidelity to truths or norms that animated America in the past."

-- Here's a gift link from me to bypass the New York Times paywall and read this piece from Thomas L. Friedman, which was actually published three days BEFORE President Trump and Vice President Vance ambushed President Zelensky in the Oval Office and berated him in front of the world with propaganda right out of Russian state media (which actually had a reporter in the Oval Office at the time, unlike media outlets like the Associated Press and Reuters.)

[thedialoguedilemma]

JD Vance literally said this. Not only did he say this.. he reiterated it many times. This idiot Trump is too busy attending sporting events that he doesn’t know what his own Vice President is saying on behalf of America and his administration… and his VP is also spending time just shitposting on social media. We’re being governed by idiots.

[political-us]

[jacksproject2025]

Speaking as a father of four, this guy is such a dad. God bless the Vice President.

[charlesoberonn]

"Riddle me this, Senator Vance: You can sit on it. You'd might like to ride it. But you wouldn't like to sleep on it. What is it?"

"A couch?"

"No, Senator Vance... a horse. The answer is a horse."

[davidaugust]

“I invite her [Harris] to use the office the American people gave her,” -JD Vance showing he does not understand the powers and limits of the office of the Vice President, while pursuing the office of Vice President

[saywhat-politics]