Oh, this was ugly. Dare I say it was over before it began?
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance appeared on Sunday’s “Meet the Press” this week to make a fool out of moderator Kristen Welker. Lemme rephrase that: to lead Welker into making a fool out of herself.
At issue in the segment were Trump’s promised blanket tariffs — which are probably a bad idea that I’ll write about in a future article. (Hint: exporters don’t pay tariffs, as Trump claims; importers pay tariffs.)
Welker asked Vance: “How do you respond to that charge that Trump’s tariffs would hurt the middle class?”
JD was ready with an answer — and more than eager to respond:
If you sit back a little bit, Kristen, there’s this whole thing that Kamala Harris did at the convention where she made a bunch of claims about what would happen, and not enough … reflection on what already happened, because Donald…
