In previously undisclosed messages, J.D. Vance said in February 2020 that Donald Trump had not fulfilled his economic agenda and predicted he would lose to Joe Biden, the Washington Post reports.
Said Vance: “Trump has just so thoroughly failed to deliver on his economic populism — excepting a disjointed China policy.”
“The critical messages, shared with The Post by their recipient on the condition of anonymity because of concerns about retaliation, cast doubt on Vance’s oft-recited account of how and when he embraced Trumpism. They were written years after Vance’s previously reported remarks attacking Trump, such as his statements in 2016 that Trump was ‘reprehensible,’ ‘cultural heroin’ and possibly ‘America’s Hitler.’”
The Harris campaign responds: “It is hard to conceive of a more scathing and definitive rejection of Donald Trump’s economic record than his own running mate stating categorically that Trump ‘failed’ on the economy.“
