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 Federalist Wire: ... Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a sharp rebuke to NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker during a Sunday interview, challenging her on why Republicans shouldn’t pursue more balanced congressional maps given the widespread popularity of President Donald Trump’s policies. Vance highlighted the Texas state Senate’s recent approval of new congressional districts, which came after Texas House Democrats abandoned their quorum-breaking protest on August 18. He pointed out that many of the states those Democrats sought refuge in have long histories of maps skewed heavily in favor of liberal interests. “First of all, Kristen, you have to ask yourself why have Democrats gerrymandered their states aggressively in the past 10 to 20 years,” Vance stated, noting the need for Republicans to counter longstanding Democratic tactics that have distorted representation nationwide. In Massachusetts, for instance, Republicans captured 32% of the vote in recent elections, ye...

Red State: Vance Smashes It Out of the Park, Schools Kristen Welker on Redistricting, Illegal Aliens ... Vance explained that Republicans had fewer seats because of Democratic gerrymandering. He also made the point that still many don't know: that illegal aliens are counted in the census when it comes to apportionment for representation. ... Democrats use illegals in order to cheat.  They would have fewer seats in California if the count was limited to citizens, as it should be. 

  DC Daily Journal: ... Vice President JD Vance secured $4 million for the Republican National Committee (RNC) during a fundraising trip to the United Kingdom last week, meeting with American donors in the Cotswolds and Scotland, a source familiar with the matter told the New York Post. The funds, raised under federal rules allowing contributions from Americans abroad, add to the GOP’s financial reserves as it prepares for the 2026 midterms. Vance, appointed RNC finance chair in March 2025, has been actively fundraising across the U.S. and now internationally, positioning himself as a key figure in President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) movement and a likely contender for the 2028 GOP presidential nomination. ... While this money will be helpful to Republicans in the midterms coming up, it also demonstrates Vance's ability to prepare for a 2028 campaign of his own.  See also: The DNC’s Summer Fundraising Woes Show a Party Struggling to Rebuild The Democrati...

    Hot Air:  The numbers look really bad for Democrats, no matter how you slice and dice them. While many national polls show Trump's popularity cratering--Gallup shows him grossly underwater--Republicans seem to be making progress based largely on the fact that Democrats are repulsive to many people. ... I left the Democrats years ago.  I have also been a Trump supporter for some time.  I think his policies have been effective in restoring the economy after the Biden presidency.   I also think JD Vance will be a better candidate than any current Democrat.  The media may not like Trump, but I and other voters do. See also: Poll: Public Swings Massively in Trump’s Favor on Economy Since April And:   Poll: Democrat Favorability Hits 35-Year Low as GOP Gains Trust on Key Issues

 DC Daily Journal: ... Border Czar Tom Homan announced Tuesday that federal authorities recorded a historic low in migrant encounters at the U.S. border in June, with just 6,070 apprehensions for the entire month. In a post on X, Homan highlighted that this figure is lower than the daily totals seen during the Biden administration, emphasizing that none of the apprehended migrants were released into the U.S. This sharp decline reflects a 93.1% drop from June 2024’s 87,606 encounters, showcasing a significant shift in border security dynamics. Homan noted that June 2025’s total encounters were less than half of a single day’s apprehensions on many days under Biden’s policies. ... I have noted before that I believe Biden and the Democrats wanted the illegals in the country.  It was an attempt to change the demographics in the country to give them a permanent majority.  Voters rejected this policy when they elected Trump and Vance.  Democrats' approval is still in decli...

 Conrad Black: The Democrats are now implacably self-destructive. They resemble nothing so much as a slowly capsizing ship, but show by their frenzied skullduggery that America is not in decline — the opposition is rotten and hopeless but it still fights savagely. I hope readers will pardon a recitation of the party’s gradual foundering. They pushed the nation into Vietnam, mismanaged the war, and deserted their own president (Lyndon Johnson), and when President Nixon saved their war, they crucified him on what can now be seen as the utterly absurd Watergate nonsense. President Carter was earnest and altruistic, but he helped push out the Shah of Iran to bring on the ayatollahs, a horrifying strategic blunder, and his weakness induced the USSR into Afghanistan. President Reagan uplifted the country and let America be America, and the Soviet Union and international communism collapsed. The Bushes and Clintons coasted on Reagan’s coat-tails for as long as they could. In 2016 as it be...

 Breitbart: ... Not only has Kamala Kollapsed in the latest poll of 2028 Democrat contenders, no one’s  excited  about her potential run for California governor. And now we come to the poll… A poll that must have Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio going full bro with the high fives… Failed former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg: 16 percent Failed 2024 presidential contender Kamala Harris: 13 percent Failed Gov. Gavin Newsom: 12 percent Too Jewish-for-Antisemitic-Democrat-Party Gov. Josh Shapiro: 7 percent Alexandria Ocasio-Crazy: 7 percent ...  Vance and Rubio both look in a better position to take on the Democrats in 2028.  Trump is actually stronger now than previously, so the Democrats have little chance of a Republican collapse. See also: Eye-popping analysis of Trump’s win shows Democrats are in serious trouble Democrats are right to be worried about the party’s shift to the left that Zohran Mamdani’s surprise victory in New...

 Blaze: ... It's clear that this mantra is little more than a political cudgel intended for those who threaten to diminish Democrats' hold on power. Nevertheless, its repetition has prompted some on the right to seriously reflect on that which actually threatens the American republic's democratic processes. In his keynote speech at the Ohio Republican Party dinner in Lima, Ohio, on Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance made clear that the apparent effort by Democrats to import and then normalize new voter blocs rather than engage and help homegrown Americans — to seek out a new demos as opposed to serving the current demos — is the real threat. ... The vice president stressed that illegal immigration is "the most important issue confronting this country" and "the most important issue that was destroying this country for over the past four years." "If I had stood here in October of 2024, and you had told me that after 45 days of the Trump administration ...

 DC Daily Journal: ... A recent J.L. Partners poll positions Vice President JD Vance as the frontrunner for the 2028 Republican presidential primary, far outpacing other potential contenders. Conducted May 13-14, the survey highlights Vance’s dominance amid a crowded field of Trump allies and former rivals, signaling his rising influence within the GOP. The J.L. Partners poll reveals that 46% of registered voters favor Vance as the 2028 Republican nominee, a stark contrast to the single-digit support for his competitors. The 40-year-old vice president, a Yale Law graduate and author of Hillbilly Elegy , has solidified his stature as a Trump loyalist and effective communicator on issues like immigration, trade, and social policy. President Trump praised Vance’s role in championing “the hardworking men and women of our Country” when selecting him as his running mate in July 2024. ... Despite Vance’s lead, other prominent Republicans remain in the mix, though none garner more than 8% ...

Federalist Wire: ... In a spirited defense of the Trump administration’s foreign policy, Vice President JD Vance sharply criticized former President Joe Biden, calling his tenure a “total disaster” during a Thursday interview on Fox News’ “The Story” with host Martha MacCallum. The remarks came in response to Biden’s recent BBC interview, where he labeled a contentious February 28 Oval Office meeting involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Vance, and President Trump as “beneath America.” “I think it’s rich for Joe Biden to comment on anything that we’re doing when it comes to Russia and Ukraine,” Vance declared, pointing to the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began under Biden’s watch. “Under Biden’s administration, Russia launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine,” he added, dismissing Biden’s critiques with a curt, “I wish Joe Biden the best. I don’t really care what he has to say about American foreign policy because so much of what he did was a total disaster.” ... Bid...

 Trending Politics: A rush to carry the mantle of the post-Trump MAGA movement may be a foregone conclusion, according to a Republican primary poll showing Vice President J.D. Vance up big. As high as Vance is flying, other potential contenders find themselves in the nadirs of historic lows. Among them is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, once predicted to give President Trump the primary fight of his life only to squander more than $100 million on a botched White House bid that never made it past Super Tuesday. Among Republicans, a full 46% would support Vice President Vance if he runs to succeed his boss. The former Ohio senator hasn’t batted back the palace intrigue, and his homespun roots as an Appalachian-turned-midwestern underdog were utilized effectively when he handily topped a field of six other candidates, including former state treasurer Josh Mandel, in 2022. “We’ll see,” Vance told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo last month when asked about the speculation. “I’d say that we’ve not...

  JD Vance @JDVance Today while walking my 3 year old daughter a group of “Slava Ukraini” protesters followed us around and shouted as my daughter grew increasingly anxious and scared. I decided to speak with the protesters in the hopes that I could trade a few minutes of conversation for them leaving my toddler alone. (Nearly all of them agreed.) It was a mostly respectful conversation, but if you’re chasing a 3-year-old as part of a political protest, you’re a shit person. 2:31 PM · Mar 8, 2025 · 26M Views

 Twitchy: John Harwood Removes All Doubt About How Democrats REALLY Feel About People Who Break Cycle of Poverty After President Donald Trump selected J.D. Vance as his running mate, the Left made it very clear how they felt about Vance's impoverished upbringing and his rise out of Appalachia. They derided him as 'weird' and said he 'ran away' from Ohio to attend Yale , which isn't true . The reality is that the Democrats' form of governance depends on people being and staying poor, and when someone does manage to break out of that cycle of poverty, Democrats are livid if they don't turn into a Left-wing lunatic, just like them. Enter insufferable douche-nozzle John Harwood: ... Vance is a product of the American dream where people can rise above their being born into poverty. Vance did so by getting a good education and working hard.  It is a route that is open to those willing to work at it.  He is clearly not a "wretched person."

 NY Post: Vice President JD Vance slammed German prosecutors on Monday for “criminalizing speech” — including the reposting of false information — and warned that the worsening trend will “strain” Europe’s relations with America. Vance, 40, lashed out at prosecutors who took part in a fawning feature by CBS News’ “60 Minutes” on how easily one can commit online hate crimes in Germany — just three days after the vice president scolded European leaders for stifling dissent, religious liberty and free speech in an address at the Munich Security Conference. “Insulting someone is not a crime, and criminalizing speech is going to put real strain on European-US relationships,” Vance posted on X . ... “This is Orwellian, and everyone in Europe and the US must reject this lunacy,” the vice president fumed, sharing a video of Dr. Matthäus Fink, Svenja Meininghaus and Frank-Michael Laue’s interview with “60 Minutes” correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. “Is it a crime to insult somebody in public?” ...

  NY Post: The panic that gripped Europe’s political elites after JD Vance delivered some overdue home truths in Munich found expression back home in the most embarrassing question ever asked by a network anchor. Our vice president had accused smug Eurocrats at the Munich Security Conference of abandoning free speech and allowing unchecked migration to roil their countries, warned them to respect their voters and told them America should not bear the primary burden of funding Europe’s security. “If you’re running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing America can do for you. Nor, for that matter, is there anything that you can do for the American people who elected me and elected President Trump,” he said. “You need democratic mandates to accomplish anything of value.” Cue apoplexy here and abroad. The critiques of Vance’s speech all seemed deliberately to miss the point, but the most ridiculous of all came from Vance’s old sparring partner, CBS anchor Margaret Brennan. Whil...