(WASHINGTON, DC – July 15, 2024) – Biden-Harris 2024 Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon released the following statement in response to Donald Trump naming J.D. Vance as his running mate:
“Donald Trump picked J.D. Vance as his running mate because Vance will do what Mike Pence wouldn’t on January 6: bend over backwards to enable Trump and his extreme MAGA agenda, even if it means breaking the law and no matter the harm to the American people.
“As Trump’s running mate, Vance will make it his mission to enact Trump’s Project 2025 agenda at the expense of American families. This is someone who supports banning abortion nationwide while criticizing exceptions for rape and incest survivors; railed against the Affordable Care Act , including its protections for millions with preexisting conditions; and has admitted he wouldn’t have certified the free and fair election in 2020.
“Billionaires and corporations are literally rooting for J.D. Vance: they know he and Trump will cut their taxes and send prices skyrocketing for everyone else.
“Over the next three and a half months, we will spend every single day making the case between the two starkly contrasting visions Americans will choose between at the ballot box this November: the Biden-Harris ticket who’s focused on uniting the country, creating opportunity for everyone, and lowering costs; or Trump-Vance – whose harmful agenda will take away Americans’ rights, hurt the middle class, and make life more expensive – all while benefiting the ultra-rich and greedy corporations.”
Like Trump, J.D. Vance supports a nationwide ban on abortion – and he criticizes exceptions for rape and incest.
- Like Donald Trump, J.D. Vance supports an abortion ban nationwide
- Vance opposes exceptions for rape and incest survivors, saying “two wrongs don’t make a right,” and calling those circumstances “inconvenient.”
- Vance thinks women should stay in “violent” marriages.
J.D. Vance supports Trump’s agenda to cut Social Security and rip away Americans’ health care.
- Vance railed against the Affordable Care Act, which includes protections for millions of Americans with preexisting conditions.
- Vance called Social Security and Medicare “the biggest roadblocks to any kind of real fiscal sanity.”
J.D. Vance denies the results of the 2020 election and makes excuses for political violence.
- J.D. Vance admitted he would not have certified the 2020 election results, and echoes Donald Trump’s baseless lies refusing to accept the results of the 2020 election.
- Vance has repeatedly attempted to whitewash the political violence that occurred on January 6.
- Vance has a reputation as one of the most far-right extremists in Washington, endorsing a January 6 rally member for Congress and calling Marjorie Taylor Greene, who trafficks in antisemitism and division, “a friend.”
