Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance makes a string of blunders and uninspired speeches

The Ohio senator, Republican candidate for vice-president, has seen his popularity rating plummet in recent weeks, in particular due to the resurgence of several videos that have caused controversy.

Is the US presidential race taking a turn in the United States? With less than a hundred days to go until the November 5 presidential election, Kamala Harris is currently traveling to Atlanta, in the key state of Georgia. Since Joe Biden’s withdrawal, her vice-president, assured of the Democratic nomination, has remobilized her party and its voters while Donald Trump is in a trough, and he is not exactly helped by his running mate, Senator James David Vance.

“Childless and unhappy cat women” : this is how JD Vance described the Democrats in power in 2021. A little phrase that has sparked a deluge of criticism these days. “I have nothing against cats or dogs”he defends himself, alienating part of the female electorate in the process.

JD Vance has been collecting uninspired, even downright bad, speeches since his inauguration, such as during a meeting where he declared that “For Democrats, everything is racist. I had a soda yesterday, another one today, I’m sure they’ll call me racist.” A sentence that provokes only a few laughs – not everyone can be Trump – and yet another sequence that is making the rounds on social networks.

In just ten days, JD Vance has seen his popularity plummet to record lows, with minus six points nationally, according to CNN, and minus 16 at home in Ohio. A drag on Donald Trump, who had preferred to choose his ideological clone as his running mate, to galvanize the base, rather than a complementary partner. A strategy that he could pay for in November.