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J. D. Vance is an abject phony. He actually changed his last name to Vance, from Bowman, to make it sound cooler, at some point during his life. He significantly underperformed the rest of the Republicans on the ballot in Ohio during the 2022 midterm elections, perhaps, because many voters, even in what has in recent years become a right-wing state, took notice of this.

Not to mention, Vance also has an abysmal and extreme record on national security issues, and just about every other issue. He is one of the very small number of Senators from both parties who voted against the bipartisan FY 2024 Defense Budget. He also voted against the bipartisan foreign aid bill that Congress passed in April, which includes military assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, and humanitarian aid to the Palestinians.

Vance is also a lousy a human being for other reasons. He has a notorious history of making racist, nativist, antisemitic, misogynistic, homophobic, and transphobic comments and innuendos.

Ironically enough, Vance currently occupies the same Senate seat in Ohio that John Glenn, a bona fide American hero, once did. Can anyone imagine John Glenn, someone who was held in such high regard by the American people that President John F. Kennedy refused to send him back into outer space for fear of losing him, after he became the first person to orbit the Earth in February of 1962, saying in the middle of the Cold War the Soviet satellite states should submit and surrender to Khrushchev?

This is essentially what Vance has done with respect to Ukraine. Can anyone fathom Reagan doing anything like that during the 1980s when confronting “The Evil Empire?

A good way to emphasize this point would be for Vice President Kamala Harris to choose former astronaut and current Arizona Senator Mark Kelly as her running mate. He has one of the strongest records in the Congress on national security and border issues, and much like the late Senator Glenn, he had ‘The Right Stuff,’ when he was younger. Being that Vice President Harris is deadly serious about her goal of taking a sledgehammer to the ultimate glass ceiling, Senator Kelly may the best choice to help her accomplish this mission.

Kol Tuv,

David Hurwitz

Chicago, IL

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