From "Hillbilly" to sell-out: How a former Trump critic became the most irrelevant Vice President in modern American history and managed to make Dan Quayle look like a political heavyweight
The Fall from Grace
JD Vance's journey from respected author and Trump critic to becoming Trump's lapdog perfectly encapsulates everything wrong with modern Republican politics. At 40, this millennial VP who once called Trump "America's Hitler" now kisses the ring with unbridled enthusiasm, demonstrating a level of spinelessness that would make even Ted Cruz blush. The transformation has been so complete that it's almost impressive, if it wasn't so damn pathetic.
"He's a smart guy who knows exactly what he's doing," says political analyst Sarah Richardson. "He saw which way the wind was blowing and decided his principles were worth less than his ambition." [1] This cβ¦
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