Chuck Schumer calls out Trump's ‘incredibly bad choice’ of JD Vance as running mate: '...he has about 10 days'

Chuck Schumer said on Sunday, July 28, that Donald Trump should change his "incredibly bad choice" of JD Vance as his running mate.

Published on: Jul 29, 2024, 07:57:48 IST

By Sumanti Sen

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Chuck Schumer said on Sunday, July 28, that Donald Trump should change his "incredibly bad choice" of JD Vance as his running mate. The Senate Majority Leader addressed "the addition of JD Vance" to the GOP ticket during a discussion on CBS’ Face the Nation.

Chuck Schumer calls out Trump's ‘incredibly bad choice’ of JD Vance as running mate (Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg, AP/PTI(AP07_28_2024_000017A))

‘Trump is sitting there scratching his head and wondering, ‘Why did I pick this guy?’’

"It’s an incredibly bad choice," Schumer said. "I think Donald Trump, I know him, and he's probably sitting and watching the TV, and every day, Vance, it comes out Vance has done something more extreme, more weird, more erratic. Vance seems to be more erratic and more extreme than President Trump."

"And I'll bet President Trump is sitting there scratching his head and wondering, ‘Why did I pick this guy?’ The choice may be one of the best things he ever did for Democrats," he said, adding that the former president “has about 10 days – 10 days before the Ohio ballot is locked in."

"And he has a choice: does he keep Vance on the ticket?" Schumer added. "He already has a whole lot of baggage, he's probably going to be more baggage over the weeks because we'll hear more things about him, or does he pick someone new? What's his choice?"

In recent days, Vance has been under fire after he was seen saying in a resurfaced clip that the country was run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable too.” Trump 2024 senior campaign adviser Chris LaCivita recently appeared on an episode of Fox News’ The Brian Kilmeade Show and claimed that the Ohio senator’s 2021 comments are being "blatantly taken out of context.” LaCivita added that the Trump-Vance campaign has nothing against "childless women.”

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Sumanti Sen
Sumanti Sen covers everything that’s happening in the US, from politics to entertainment, but her expertise lies in covering crime news. She has comprehensively chronicled the Idaho student murders, the Laken Riley and Iryna Zarutska cases, and the killing of Charlie Kirk, among other incidents. Over the years, she has interviewed several victims/families of victims of crimes seeking justice. She digs up stories that might otherwise remain unheard, and does her bit to ensure that victims and survivors’ voices are heard. Sumanti’s many years of experience also include interviews with Hamas attack survivors and mental health experts, among others. Her coverage of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and interviews with survivors of the tragedy, coupled with her other works including the Titan submersible coverage, earned her the Digi Journo of the Quarter award during her first year at Hindustan Times. Sumanti actively tracks missing person cases in the United States, and peruses Reddit and other social media platforms to bring to light cases that frequently elude public attention. She has extensively covered the disappearances of Nancy Guthrie, Thomas Medlin, Beau Mann, and Sudiksha Konanki, among others. When not at work, you will either find her with her novels, or with her beloved rescue pooches.Read More