#senator vance

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PolitiFact

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Dear Senator Vance (With Special Guest Ruth Tremlett)

Check out our new episode with special guest Ruth Tremlett who reads a letter to Senator Vance.

To Whom It May Concern Episode 20 Good Morning. We hope this finds you well. This week we are joined with our very special guest Ruth Tremlett. Ruth reads a letter to Republican Senator JD Vance, and Loran Reads a letter to his Mum Some of the topics we discuss in today’s episode are: Politics impacts every aspect of our lives, and it is important to be informed and engaged. Different…

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In 1923 Adolf Hitler incited an insurrection against the German government. He was tried, given a slap on the wrist, and became a convicted felon. Despite being treated charitably by the judge, Hitler claimed the trial was political persecution and successfully portrayed himself as a victim of the “corrupt" Social Democrats.

Hitler cleverly positioned himself as the voice of the "common man," railing against the "elites," cultural "degeneracy," and the establishment, who he all labeled as "Marxists." He claimed the education system was indoctrinating children to hate Germany, and promised to return Germany to greatness.

To solidify his base, Hitler masterfully scapegoated minorities for the nation's problems, exploiting societal divisions with an "us vs. them" narrative. Many Germans took the bait. Hitler's Nazi Party continued to gain traction, until he became Chancellor in 1933.

Hitler appointed German oligarchs as his economic advisors. He proceeded to privatize government run utilities, solidifying support of the economic elite.

With the working class divided along cultural and ethnic lines, the Nazis shut down workers unions and abolished strikes.

Progressives and trade unionists were imprisoned and sent to concentration camps. Corporate profits skyrocketed while working class Germans lived paycheck to paycheck.

Hitler, who became a billionaire while in office, knew he and his clan of oligarchs could get away with the scam if they constantly had an "enemy within" to blame while the corporatocracy robbed the country blind.

An easy target was one of the smallest minorities. Hitler removed birthright citizenship rights of Jews and started rounding them up for mass deportations for being "illegally" in the country.

The German press under Nazi rule highlighted instances of violence by Jews to convince the public that Jewish immigrants were a danger to the "real Germans."

Hitler wasted no time dismantling democratic institutions. Loyalty wasn't just encouraged; it was demanded. Opponents were silenced. Media that dared to questioned[sic] him were vilified as "the enemy" and "Marxists."

Hitler's Propaganda Minister, Joseph Goebbels, bragged about how the Nazis were able to intimidate the media into giving them favorable coverage, and didn't need to give direct orders.

The Nazi regime and its followers collected all books they saw as promoting "degeneracy" or what would be considered "woke" today, and burned them in large bonfires. They also burned books that promoted class consciousness.

Berlin had a thriving LGBTQ community in the 1920s, and even had the first transgender clinic. The Nazis burned it to the ground. LGBTQ people were sent to concentration camps and forced to wear triangle badges. Many were killed in the Holocaust.

The Nazis also saw manhood as under threat by independent women who didn't rely on men. In 1934, Hitler proclaimed, “A women’s world is her her husband, her family, her children, her house." Laws that had protected women's rights were repealed and new laws were introduced to restrict women to the home and in their roles as wives and mothers.

Reproductive rights were severely rolled back, and doctors who performed abortions could face the death penalty.

Despite all of this, the German people didn't have a similar historical parallel to look upon as a warning.

Most Germans never acted like the sky was falling.

Most just went along with their lives as usual, until many of their lives were snuffed out. By the time Hitler's reign was forced to an end by the Allied Powers, 11 million people were murdered in the Holocaust, and 70-85 million were killed in WW2 .

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"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.

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You all don’t seem to understand, they are going to amendment 25 trump and put Vance in office! THIS is what the heritage foundation wanted all along. VOTE BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💙

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In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says many Americans are “embarrassed or ashamed” of President Trump’s hostile meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

March 2, 2025

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Note 1: "Previously-bipartisan" because it had already passed the House on a 357–70 vote.

Note 2: Blaming Republicans because the 48–44 vote saw almost-entirely R votes against (exc. Independents Manchin & Sanders).

Note 3: JD Vance, who has spent the past couple weeks being weird about childless women, did not bother showing up to vote.

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Reacting to President Trump's address

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I think Trump and Vance aren't getting along, and that's why Vance started the attack on Zelenskyy.

I think Vance is starting to feel jealous of Elon. It was Elon who held everyone's attention during that Cabinet meeting. Vance has his own aspirations of succeeding Trump as President, but Trump already said that Vance wasn't going to succeed him.

And that's true because it is a cult.

Elon has a cult following. The tech bros. He tried to expand his cult by latching onto the white Nationlists within the MAGA movement.

But at the end of the day, Elon just wants to be loved. He keeps churning out children, hoping one of them will love him. The more children, the better the odds of having one or two who do.

And, I think it chafes him that Black women rejected him and Trump. 92%. As he said, "that's almost everybody."

I think Trump will eventually turn on Vance. Maybe even ask him to resign as VP. But, Vance seems the type to refuse, knowing Trump's chances of living out the ENTIRE second term is unlikely. He is next in line.

Unless he is impeached through Congress. I think I see how this plays out.

The Democrats need to regain the Speaker of the House, so that they are in line of succession in the event of Trump's passing.

Whoever is the next Speaker after 2026 will likely be the next president.

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Republican Vice-President Nominee, Senator J.D. Vance, dressed in drag.

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Alex Samuels at Daily Kos:

Vice President JD Vance will be the new finance chair of the Republican National Committee as his party looks to grow its congressional majority in 2026. The RNC announced this unprecedented move in a press release Tuesday, noting it’s the “first time” in the group’s history that a sitting vice president will simultaneously serve in this role. With this appointment, Vance will succeed the outgoing finance chair ambassador, Duke Buchan, whom President Donald Trump recently appointed to be the next U.S. ambassador to Morocco.  “JD will do a fantastic job as RNC Finance Chair,” Trump said. “He knows how to fight and win tough races.” In the press release, Vance added that “to fully enact the MAGA mandate,” the Republican Party “must keep and grow” its majorities in the 2026 midterm elections. He also pledged to “build the war chest we need to deliver those victories next November.” Republicans’ decision to anoint Vance to lead its fundraising operation suggests that the party is fully embracing the vice president as the heir to Trump’s throne. Indeed, this new role will surely give Vance access to every RNC megadonor when he likely readies for a 2028 presidential run.

VP JD Vance, the likely frontrunner for the 2028 GOP nomination at this stage, will serve as the RNC Finance Chair.

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I don’t think this is people who withheld their vote also. I think the electorate is more right than ever and I think that is really scary. Trump didn’t just win, he exceeded his turnout pretty much everywhere and gained ground in a lot of blue states. Turnout was RECORD BREAKING this year and it was all for Trump. These are not margins from people who were democrats who didn’t vote or voted third party. These are margins from flipping voters, getting new voters and independent/on the fence voters.

I’m heartbroken because in my view the Democratic Party is already far far far too centrist if not just straight up right. I don’t know what the option is at this point because this is just going to push them more right because it seems like that is where the votes are! And I don’t want to continue to vote for a party that doesn’t reflect my political beliefs. I also don’t think there is a left majority in America anymore.

My life seems very silly and very small right now especially in comparison to the people who are suffering currently under a Biden administration and the people who may suffer under another Trump term. I desperately hope that the Democratic messaging was wrong and this term won’t be unique in any meaningful way. Straight up praying.