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"Rubio would give Trump a little more of an edge with Hispanic voters, who have been drifting more rightward in recent years." I'm sure all the Hispanic voters loved to see all the mass deportation signs at the RNC. Vance got every job he ever had, including getting elected to the Senate, because of Thiel. Trump wants a close connection to Thiel's money. With Trump, it's always about the money. I'm also waiting for the long essays on how Trump-Vance will lose women voters over abortion and misogyny. Women voters, and only suburban women voters (i.e., white), get a sentence or two, as an after-thought. Trump's an adjudicated rapist, among other serious problems, who keeps reminding everyone how he lost that case, and will sign a national abortion ban. I doubt you could find many women that believe he won't. Vance has publicly said that there should be no abortion exceptions due to rape or incest because any resulting pregnancy is simply an inconvenience. Women who die, or who have serious medical complications, because doctors and hospitals won't/can't perform an abortion are simply collateral damage; they truly don't care. According to Vance, I'm a single crazy cat lady who's ruined the US (I need a T-shirt with that on it). I'm not certain if I've ruined the US because I'm single, or crazy (I need a definition), or because I have a cat. I am certain that Trump and Vance hate me and have no use for me. The anti-women policies in Project 2025 are even worse. They want to eliminate no fault divorce and Vance thinks women should stay in abusive marriages. They never ever talk about going after the men who are guilty of rape (well they can't since their candidate is guilty) and incest (too many Republicans at the state level like the idea of child marriages). They don't talk about providing funds to support the women who've been raped or subject to incest, or taking on the problems of abusive marriages or doing anything to help women. They don't support paid parental leave or any measure to provide support during pregnancy or afterwards. They want to use the 14th Amendment to give personhood to an embryo but not to allow a women to have the right to make decisions about her own body. More women have been enrolling in college and graduating. More women are registered to vote. The state abortion ballot initiatives have been organized by women, and there are 11 more initiatives on the November ballot. But sure, keep underestimating women, especially women of color. Talk more and more about white men and how important they are, women just love to hear that.

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