A day after Donald Trump said flatly that someone else will be president in two-and-a-half years, Vice President JD Vance reignited the 2028 embers Thursday with another turn at the White House briefing room podium, though he played coy about his own plans.
Vance sparred with reporters over the conflict with Iran, gas prices, data centers, November’s midterm elections and other pressing issues. He reiterated Trump’s midterms pitch that a vote for any Democrat this fall is one for higher taxes and energy prices — and he declined to say whether he would endorse John Thune to continue as Senate GOP leader next year despite touting their “good relationship.”
The former Ohio senator also used the high-profile setting to push Trump’s midterms homestretch message with House and Senate gavels up for grabs. Like his boss, Vance stressed what Trump views as his second administration’s biggest accomplishments.
“My elevator pitch is actually … very simple. Do you want to live in a country that has safety and security and prosperity? If the answer is yes, and I think most Americans do, then vote for congressional Republicans over congressional Democrats,” Vance said, with the first mail ballots set to go out in North Carolina on Friday. “On every single issue, the Democrats have taken the side of fraudsters, of criminals, and of far-left interest groups over the side of the American people.”
