The choice of Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate underscores how impossible it is to strike the balance Trump wants. Vance was clearly picked as a play for the bro vote. He may be awkward in most ways, but Vance channels both the male entitlement and unvarnished loathing of women that defines the angry male voter the Trump campaign wants. The problem is that Vance has a long history of arguing that the government’s job is frogmarching young people into marriage and parenthood, the sooner the better. Vance has spoken out against reproductive rights and divorce. And he has advocated for policies that punish people who don’t produce biological children.
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