Donald Trump has chosen a country in the controversial Republican primary for the US Senate in Ohio, backing JD Vance, author of the best-selling memoir Hillbilly Elegy.
In doing so on Friday, the former president chose to forgive Vance’s previous opposition to him and his scathing comments about Trump.
Predicting a medium-term landslide for Republicans that will serve as a devastating denunciation of the failures of Joe Biden and the radical left-wing Democrats, Trump said: “In the great state of Ohio, the most qualified candidate ready to win in November is JD Vance .
“We can’t play games. It’s all about victory! ”
Vance is not in a winning position in the Ohio polls. According to the average of RealClearPolitics.com on Friday, Josh Mandel had a lead of 1.7 points over Mike Gibbons, and Vance was third. Election day is May 3.
This week, when announcements of forthcoming approval were circulated, it was reported that Ohio Republicans had called on Trump not to support any candidate. Citing a draft letter to Trump, the Associated Press said Republican figures showed Vance’s past statements.
“We know that there are many qualified candidates in this race who have stood for the” America First “agenda over the years and have worn the Trump mantle over the years, again with the remarkable exception of JD Vance,” the letter said. .
“While we worked hard in Ohio to support you and make America great again, JD Vance worked hard against your candidacy.
The letter said Vance said he could support Hillary Clinton in 2016 and compared Trump to “another opioid.”
Hillbilly Elegy, based on a film released in 2020, is about growing up in a part of America hit hard by the opioid epidemic.
Writing for the Guardian in 2016, Sarah Smarsh said: “A successful lawyer who had a precarious upbringing in the middle class in a steel city in Ohio, Vance writes about the chaos that may haunt a family with a memory of generations for deep poverty.
“A conservative who says he will not vote for Trump, Vance speculates why working-class whites will: a cultural anxiety that arises when an opioid overdose kills your friends and the political establishment proves it will throw you under the bus.
Vance, also a former U.S. Marine and venture capitalist, said he regretted his comments about Trump.
“Like many people, I criticized Trump back in 2016,” he told Fox News last year. “And I ask people not to judge me based on what I said in 2016, because I was very open that I said these critical things and I am sorry for them and I am sorry that I was wrong about the person.
In support of Trump, he said: “Like some others, JD Vance may have said some not-so-great things about me in the past, but he understands it now, and I’ve seen that in spades.
“He is our best chance to win a very difficult race. Democrats will spend millions of dollars, but the good news is that they have a flawed candidate who is running for president and has collected exactly zero percent in the polls. The bottom line is that we need to have a Republican victory in Ohio.
Vance said it was “an incredible honor to have the support of President Trump,” adding: “He was an incredible fighter for hard-working Americans in the White House, he will be again, and I will fight for the Senate America agenda.” ”
The aforementioned Trump Democrat is Tim Ryan, a congressman who is running briefly for the 2020 presidential nomination.
On Friday, Ryan said: “It’s official. Donald Trump just called me” dangerous “to Republicans in a” tough race “and threw his support behind JD Vance. Vance is an elitist from Silicon Valley and a fake and we will defeat him in November.
Looking for donations, Ryan added: “We beat JD Vance in the polls by one point. But we expect this approval to bring a new wave of foreign money and attacks. “
Trump’s approvals are under scrutiny as observers seek to determine the strength of his detention on the Republican Party before the likely third White House rise.
Last week, Trump backed the Republican Senate in Pennsylvania by electing Mehmet Oz, a doctor who became famous on daily television, over David McCormick, a candidate preferred by many Republicans.
Ohio’s Republican primary is getting hotter. In a debate earlier this month, Mandel and Gibbons physically threatened each other on stage.
Vance said: “It was uncomfortable, especially for those involved. I think it was awkward for the whole party. “
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