Vice-president faces challenges as he assumes potential role of point man in endeavor to end a war he opposed
As a man who wears his Christian beliefs on his sleeve, JD Vance is no doubt acutely conscious of Jesus Christ’s dictum from his sermon on the mount declaring that “blessed are the peacemakers”.
Yet the US vice-president, a Catholic convert who recently found himself at odds with Pope Leo, is discovering the difficulties of living up to that standard while serving a mercurial political master who is waging a war Vance once cautioned against.
“Jesus Christ does not support genocide,” a heckler shouted as Vance spoke during a meeting of the rightwing Turning Point USA group at the University of Georgia this month.
The episode illustrated the predicament facing the vice-president as he seeks to keep younger voters opposed to overseas military adventures on board while eyeing up a run for the presidency in 2028.
