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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 54 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think you underestimate how well-known he is, especially to Republicans. He is definitely a Trump yes-man and always has been, but he is not an unknown at all.

[–] garretble@lemmy.world 66 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Maybe not “always has been,” as at one point he said Trump would be “America’s Hitler.”

But unlike most of us who would probably not want to work for someone you personally think could be Hitler, he’s done the normal GOP thing and flipped right over for the game of it all.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I totally forgot about that, you're right.

[–] hillbicks@feddit.de 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

He also called him an idiot, noxious and, well , see for yourself.

https://x.com/ChiefTrumpster/status/1800921004472181168

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wow. I totally did not remember him being anything but totally in the ballpark for Trump.

[–] hillbicks@feddit.de 7 points 4 months ago

Apparently most of these are from 2016, which feels like a fucking life time ago. Had to look up the time-line of his "career".

He came to prominence with his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, which describes his upbringing in Middletown and his family's Appalachian values. It became a New York Times bestseller and attracted significant press attention during the 2016 United States presidential election. Originally, Vance was a critic of Trump and in 2016 wrote a critical piece in The Atlantic against him, but he later came to support him. Vance launched his first political campaign for Ohio's Senate seat in 2021 and won the Republican nomination after being endorsed by Trump. He defeated Democratic nominee Tim Ryan in the general election.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

Plus he's got a beard now so he looks like a real patriot.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Maybe not “always has been,” as at one point he said Trump would be “America’s Hitler.”

Maybe he meant it in a good way.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough - not really the circles I run in so I really wouldn't know.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

He's a completely corrupt piece of shit that I'm sure they didn't vet properly since Trump gets what he wants, so expect all kinds of skeletons to start coming out. Could even be some literal ones.