J.D. Vance adds veteran appeal to Trump’s populist campaign – Hugh Hewitt/WaPost
“The skills he acquired as a Marine took him to Big Law, then Big Tech, and on to Big Politics and the Ohio Senate contest of 2022. In a debate I moderated between the six candidates for the GOP nomination that year, Vance was cool and unflappable. He is rarely heard raising his voice, but he also never doesn’t make his point. He is a relentless advocate for his positions and views. As a warrior who deployed to Iraq in 2005, he saw firsthand what it is to operate as an American in uniform in a war zone, and is leery of committing U.S. troops to battle. But he is also an advocate of peace through strength…”
J.D. Vance is first veteran on Presidential ticket since John McCain – Task & Purpose
“In his autobiography, Vance recalled a sub-par fitness test as a Marine recruit that led a Drill Instructor to tell him: ‘If you’re not puking, you’re lazy!'”
Hope that Cpl. Hamel remembers where he came from.