CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 17, 2024
VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE J.D. VANCE HAS QUITE A BACKGROUND. ABANDONED BY HIS FATHER, AN ALCOHOLIC MOTHER WHO WAS BARELY ABLE TO FEED HIM. HE JOINED THE MARINES AND SERVED FOUR YEARS, INCLUDING IN IRAQ. HE GRADUATED FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND THEN YALE. HE STARTED A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS AND WROTE THE BEST SELLER “HILLBILLY ELEGY,” WHICH MIRRORED HIS LIFE, BECAME A MOVIE AND CONNECTED MANY PEOPLE WITH HARD UPBRINGINGS TO HIM. HE THEN BECAME A SENATOR.
VANCE WAS AN EARLY CRITIC OF DONALD TRUMP, SAYING HE WAS UNFIT FOR OFFICE. HE SAYS HE CHANGED HIS MIND AFTER WATCHING TRUMP PERFORM AS PRESIDENT AND MEETING WITH HIM. VANCE WILL NOW BE TRUMP’S FRONT MAN AS HE TRAVELS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND CONFRONTS THE INARTICULATE KAMALA HARRIS.
VANCE IS A MARRIED CATHOLIC WITH THREE CHILDREN. HE EMBRACES TRUMP’S VIEW OF ABORTION THAT IT’S UP TO THE STATES AND THE PUBLIC WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION: IF ALL HUMAN LIFE IS SACRED WHY NOT BAN ABORTIONS AS WE HAVE LAWS AGAINST THE MURDER OF THE ALREADY BORN? POLITICALLY IT MAY BE A GOOD POSITION. THE MORAL PART WILL TAKE PERSUASION.
VANCE IS A GOOD CHOICE FOR TRUMP. THE MEDIA WILL TRY TO FRY HIM. HE APPEARS READY TO TAKE THEM ON. I’M CAL THOMAS.
