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J.D. Vance’s Thin Skin Makes Him Vulnerable

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David Frum: “Kamala Harris used Donald Trump’s psychic weaknesses against him in their televised debate on September 10. Can Governor Tim Walz do the same to Senator J. D. Vance when they meet on Tuesday?”

“Watch what happens when Vance is asked an unexpected question by a friendly Fox News reporter: ‘What makes you smile?’ Vance responds with ill temper and defensiveness: ‘I smile at a lot of things, including bogus questions from the media, man.’ That insult is followed by an unpleasant laugh.”

“It has been said that the Trump-Vance ticket is the angriest in recent history. But Vance doesn’t rage and roar onstage the way Trump does. Instead, he seethes with petty peevishness. His disdain for women who deviate from his script for their life is barely disguised, or not disguised at all. It’s an unattractive look. Walz’s job is to provoke Vance into showing that ugly side to a huge national audience. How to do it?”

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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