Vance ~2016:
Trump is a demagogue—the “fruit of the party’s collective neglect” and might even be America’s Hitler
Vance 2024:
I’ll join him
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Vance ~2016:
Trump is a demagogue—the “fruit of the party’s collective neglect” and might even be America’s Hitler
Vance 2024:
I’ll join him
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@dalfen Something in Vance gave him pause, noticing Trump’s actions were different.
So, it seems Vance has some sort of moral compass—
But instead, perhaps Vance recognized a demagogue at work & realized it was a way that he could also succeed—
Well damn, why didn’t I think of that?
And the “Hitler” reference might have only been remembering how another historical demagogue rose to power.
Vance might not be repulsed by the thought of Hitler, which is hard to understand from our lenses.
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For most of us, it would be unthinkable to align with someone you once compared to Hitler.
But Vance was likely thinking of how Hitler rose to power at the time. And he saw opportunity.
What is very hard to see here is that the mere thought of Hitler (in comparison to Trump) didn’t compel him to stay away.
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