United States Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) has officially been tapped in as Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential candidate.
Having graduated from Yale Law School, Vance has mastered the art of debating.
But J.D. Vance just shut down debate talks with Kamala Harris and the reason has Democrats losing their minds.
The Republican ticket’s Vice Presidential candidate
During last week’s Republican National Convention, Republicans flocked from all over the country to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to officially announce former President Donald Trump as their nominee for President.
During the event, Trump laid the discussion to rest over who he would ask to run at his side for Vice President.
Trump ultimately recruited Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH,) a quickly rising star in conservative politics.
The announcement came through a post by Trump on his Truth Social platform.
“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” announced Trump.
“J.D. honorably served our Country in the Marine Corps, graduated from Ohio State University in two years, Summa Cum Laude, and is a Yale Law School Graduate, where he was Editor of The Yale Law Journal, and President of the Yale Law Veterans Association,” he added.
“As Vice President, J.D. will continue to fight for our Constitution, stand with our Troops, and will do everything he can to help me MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.”
“Congratulations to Senator J.D. Vance, his wife, Usha, who also graduated from Yale Law School, and their three beautiful children,” concluded Trump.
While Democrat incumbent Vice President, and her party’s presumptive nominee for President, Kamala Harris and Senator Vance may both have law degrees, they are political polar opposites.
Vice Presidential debate agreement shut down
While Harris has been more involved in the national political scene than Vance, the Republican Senator from Ohio has proven to be a much more effective speaker and skillful debater.
While Harris was still the VP nominee under Biden, she had agreed to debate J.D. Vance on three separate occasions, the first being as soon as July 23.
“On May 16, Vice President Harris accepted the very first invitation we received from a television network to host a Vice Presidential Debate,” Biden’s campaign shared in a prepared statement.
“She agreed at that time to participate in a CBS-hosted debate on either Tuesday, July 23 or Tuesday, August 13,” the campaign continued.
But J.D. Vance never accepted the terms of the debate with Kamala Harris.
“The Trump campaign has not agreed to a date for a Vice Presidential debate, even though the Biden campaign has said that Kamala Harris has agreed to three different times,” reported Deadline.
Donald Trump’s senior adviser for his campaign, Brian Hughes, came out to explain exactly why Vance had refused to schedule a debate with Vice President Harris.
And to the Left’s chagrin, the reason was not rooted in fear.
“We don’t know who the Democrat nominee for Vice President is going to be, so we can’t lock in a date before their convention,” Hughes argued in a recent statement.
“To do so would be unfair to Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, Gretchen Whitmer, or whoever Kamala Harris picks as her running mate,” continued the campaign adviser.
Team Trump responds to proposed VP debate dates:
“We don’t know who the Democrat nominee for Vice President is going to be, so we can’t lock in a date before their convention. To do so would be unfair to Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, Gretchen Whitmer, or whoever Kamala Harris picks… https://t.co/3TQXa6SpQz
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) July 17, 2024
Hughes’ argument hits the nail right on the head.
Because Biden had been facing increasing pressure from leaders within the Democrat Party to step aside and drop out of the race, it made no sense for Vance to agree to debating Harris.
It was becoming more obvious as time went on that Biden was not going to ultimately remain the Democrat nominee for President this year.
Much of that speculation came from rumors that could be traced directly back to former Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).
Which is why ultimately, J.D. Vance could spot the need to renegotiate debate terms with whomever ends up agreeing in the coming weeks to become the Democrats’ Vice Presidential candidate to run alongside Kamala Harris.
And Vance’s understanding of the situation proved accurate once Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he would no longer be running for President in a post on Twitter.