Former President Trump on Friday backed Republican JD Vance in the Ohio Senate primary.
Targeting the news: Trump has been calling on donors and advisers in recent days to weigh Vance’s approval, but has refrained after pressure from Republican Party campaigns by Josh Mandel and Jane Timken, who tried to dissuade him from approving it. reported NBC News.
- Trump’s advisers say the former president sees an opportunity to drive Vance’s campaign with approval. According to NBC, Vance is currently running for about third place in recent polls.
- NBC was the first to announce support for Trump.
What they say: “Like some others, JD Vance may have said some not-so-great things about me in the past, but he understands it now,” the former president said in a statement.
- “In the Greater Ohio State, the candidate who is most qualified and ready to win in November is JD Vance. We can’t play games. It’s all about victory, “Trump added.
Background: Vance announced last summer his candidacy to succeed retired Senator Rob Portman.
- Vance was a strong critic of Trump in 2016, but became a supporter in 2020.[I]In fact, I care about these people, and the things I say I’m interested in, I just have to suck it up and support it, “Vance told Molly Ball on TIME.
- Vance also highlighted the warm words he received from Tucker Carlson of Fox News and MAGA presenter Charlie Kirk, founder and president of Turning Point USA.
- The author of Hillbilly Elegy has put cultural wars, high technology and economic populism at the forefront of his campaign, writes Mike Allen of Axios.
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