Perhaps J.D. Vance has become the quiet story of this election cycle. While his counterpart Tim Walz largely has hidden from reporters, Vance has turned into a very effective surrogate for his running mate. Last night, Vance displayed that quality not once but twice in pushing back against media narratives forming to discredit Republicans in general and Donald Trump in particular.
David wrote about Vance’s pushback on the Springfield issue last night on CNN, challenging reporters to actually go to the Ohio community and talk to its residents rather than just regurgitate reports from the local government. Vance also took ABC News to task directly after the debate over the pursuit of the false “national abortion ban” claim from Kamala Harris.
Harris had claimed that Trump would push for a national abortion ban if elected president, a position he has repeatedly denied. Trump had just…
