Donald Trump may ditch JD Vance as VP after ‘damaging’ week

Published 2024-07-29
Speculation continues to grow over whether former US president Donald Trump will ditch JD Vance as his running mate after a “very damaging” week.

It comes as a 2021 interview with Tucker Carlson resurfaced last week, in which Mr Vance referred to Democrats like AOC and Vice President Kamala Harris as a ‘bunch of childless cat ladies’ who don’t have a stake in the future of the country.

The Republican vice president nominee has since defended his comments after facing backlash following the remarks he made back in 2021.

The Australian’s Washington Correspondent Adam Creighton joined Sky News host Chris Kenny to discuss the recent backlash the senator is facing and whether Trump will remove him from the ticket as the Republican vice president nominee.

“It’s been very damaging,” Mr Creighton said.

“I mean he's had to explain himself and as they say in politics if you’re explaining you're losing and there’s been a lot of explaining this week.”

All Comments (21)
  • @seandelap8587
    Says who you what evidence do you have that Trump is going to do that
  • @peterbardy1296
    "Every person who pays close attention has got to be thrilled" by the pick, Tucker Carlson said. "Every bad person in Washington I've ever met was aligned against J.D. Vance."
  • @smokenjoeful
    Childless cat ladies are angry he spoke the truth lmao
  • @chrislyons6951
    If you make a groveling apology, you will be finished off. Pity he didn't point out that law and order and safe spaces are Republican priorities that are important to single women.
  • @anth0ny.S.123
    Vance is absolutely right. It‘s just the brutal truth.
  • @B818Champ
    Trump should have picked Tulsi Gabbard if he really wanted to win
  • J.D is CORRECT,,, and he is RIGHT. GOVERNMENT LEADERS SHOULD BE FAMILY ORIENTED FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY, WHAT A BETTER WAY THAN TO HAVE A FAMILY......
  • @thunken
    The problem with the phrase "childless cat ladies" is that there's a lot of them, and they're voters. Also, any single man that is ageing, and childless, knows that the comment is not too distant from their own reality. Its just not a comment that is going to help aspirations of winning votes amongst that contingent of the population.
  • @cherrysimon
    Vance is right. I dont for a moment believe he was criticising those without children but was referring to the the Democratic Party's unwritten policy against families with children. Both of you are are making a mountain out of a molehill.
  • I couldn't see anything wrong with what JD Vance said . Pretty accurate really . 👍
  • @Cherrybee61
    Now Mainstream media is going after him like a rabbid wolverine. Just like they first started in on Trump. Here we go
  • @jason.martin
    JD Vances comments were bang on, this is not damaging at all, your just spinning it that way
  • The Trump team should have taken this into account when vetting Vance for VP.