"The operating principle of JD Vance's life in politics seems to be as follows: How can I serve every powerful person while appealing to literally no normal person? There is no boot he won't lick, no special interest he won't kowtow to, no family member he won't throw under the bus, in order to advance his standing in the administration of a man he previously saw as "America's Hitler." He'll even take on the grimy work when necessary."
"So when it was time for Donald Trump's administration to address and blindly defend last week's killing of Renee Good by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross, they must have been relieved to remember this readily available cretin. Someone servile and charmless, someone who could absorb the reputational damage that might follow reckless endorsement of a point-blank execution by an officer of the federal government ... where was that guy when you need some shit eaten?"
JD Vance prioritizes serving powerful figures and special interests over appealing to ordinary voters. He willingly sacrifices family ties and integrity to advance within the Trump administration despite earlier harsh criticisms of Trump, including calling him America's Hitler. Vance publicly defended the ICE killing of Renee Good, adopting a servile, extreme posture that went beyond cautious regime messaging. He absorbed reputational risk by making broad, indefensible statements about a case still unfolding and by framing Good as part of a left-wing network. Vance functions as a loyal operative ready to do the administration's grimy work and absorb backlash.
Read at Defector
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]