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“If the Republican Party is trying to improve its image with women, I don’t think that this is working.”
— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) hit her party’s own vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), for what she called “offensive” comments about “childless cat ladies,” Politico reports.
“They are celebrating that choice, both in Milwaukee tonight and in Moscow.”
— Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), quoted by The Hill, on Donald Trump’s pick of J.D. Vance as his running mate.
Remember why Trump chose Mike Pence in 2016. Trump needed to reassure Republicans who were on the fence about him and unify the party. Pence was supposed to rein Trump in and prevent him from making erratic and potentially dangerous decisions as president. Vance, on the other hand, is a staunch Trump loyalist, and no elected Republican is voicing concerns — at least publicly — about him. Trump’s pick underscores the unity Republicans feel at this particular moment. Trump just survived an assassination attempt, Democrats are in crisis over President Joe Biden’s ability to win and Trump is leading in most swing states.
“I don’t know anybody I grew up with, I don’t know anybody I went to high school with, that would allow somebody to take their dignity like that and then get back up on stage. We need leaders who have courage to take on their own party, and I’ve proven that. And he was called an ass-kisser by the former president.”
— Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), in his Senate debate last night with J.D. Vance (R).
