Description: J.D. Vance, who won the Ohio Republican Senate nomination, has called for Donald Trump to purge his enemies and defy the Supreme Court. Vance calls his political opponents corrupt scumbags, but has no program or reforms.
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The GOP Establishment is shocked and appalled that J.D. Vance won the race to the bottom that was the Ohio Republican Senate primary . A Senate Republican leadership source had previously said “that of all the Ohio Senate candidates, Vance caused the biggest headaches, but the good news was he wouldn’t win,” reports Axios , which observes that “the Republican establishment privately regards Vance with the same disgust many felt toward Donald Trump.”
However — stop me if you’ve heard this one before — the party is still supporting him as the nominee. There is no evidence it has even considered an alternative. Vance rival Matt Dolan (the least pro-Trump candidate in the race), retiring Establishmentarian Rob Portman — they have lined up behind Vance without hesitation. In case you still harbored the faintest hope that the party has some moral red line, its unquestioning affirmation of Vance ought to dispel it.