Chuck Darwin<p>Republicans are starting to second guess their party’s pick for vice president. </p><p>Much of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, <br>including the decision to tap Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate, <br>was structured around attacks on President Joe Biden. </p><p>But then, Biden announced Sunday that he was withdrawing from the presidential race altogether.<br>Trump campaign officials acknowledged that Trump selected the <a href="https://c.im/tags/inexperienced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inexperienced</span></a> Vance, <br>charged with all his <a href="https://c.im/tags/techno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techno</span></a>-<a href="https://c.im/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> ideas, <br>to boost support among their own base, <br>not extend a hand to swing voters, according to The Atlantic. <br>Vance was a symbol of the Trump team’s assuredness that they would win in 2024. <br>That assuredness appears to be shrinking.<br>“Most striking thing I heard from Trump allies yesterday was the second-guessing of JD Vance<br>—a selection, they acknowledged, that was borne of <a href="https://c.im/tags/cockiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cockiness</span></a>, meant to run up margins with the base in a blowout rather than persuade swing voters in a nail-biter,” <br>Atlantic staff writer Tim Alberta, who had written the piece about the <a href="https://c.im/tags/panicking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>panicking</span></a> Trump campaign, posted on X (formerly Twitter). </p><p>Trump decried Biden’s decision to drop out in a post on Truth Social, <br>🔥writing that his team would have to “start all over again” and asking to be reimbursed for the cost. ❗️</p><p>At the same time, Vance has set straight to work, calling for Biden to resign from the presidency. 🤣<br>Meanwhile, the Democrats possess a new potential nominee in the form of Vice President <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kamala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kamala</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harris</span></a>. <br>⭐️And as a result, the party had one of the best fundraising days ever.</p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/184106/trump-picking-jd-vance-mistake-biden-kamala-harris" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/184106/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-picking-jd-vance-mistake-biden-kamala-harris</span></a></p>