{"id":2325716,"date":"2024-08-16T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T18:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-defends-trump-against-criticisms-of-personal-attacks-on-harris-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T14:37:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T18:37:37","slug":"vance-defends-trump-against-criticisms-of-personal-attacks-on-harris-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-defends-trump-against-criticisms-of-personal-attacks-on-harris-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance defends Trump against criticisms of personal attacks on Harris &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvance-defends-trump-against-criticisms-of-personal-attacks-on-harris-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2325716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In recent\u200d remarks to \u2062the Milwaukee Police Association, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) defended former President Donald\u200c Trump&#8217;s approach to attacking Vice President Kamala Harris, even amid GOP \u200bconcerns over potential alienation \u200dof centrist voters. Vance suggested that Trump&#8217;s straightforward and authentic communication resonates with Americans, stating that he believes Trump should continue\u2063 being himself rather than shifting to less \u2064personal attacks \u200bfocused on policy differences. <\/p>\n<p>Despite \u200dcalls from GOP figures like\u2062 Vivek Ramaswamy and\u200d Nikki Haley for Trump to criticize Harris based on policy\u200b rather\u200d than personal remarks, \u2062Trump has persisted with his personal critiques, challenging Harris&#8217;s intelligence and suitability for the presidency. Vance emphasized that he values candidates \u2063who are genuine and candid, contrasting\u200c this with Harris&#8217;s reliance on prepared statements. He acknowledged Trump&#8217;s right to make personal attacks, asserting that Trump&#8217;s willingness to\u2064 engage in direct \u2063conversation is an asset\u200b for the campaign. <\/p>\n<p>Vance&#8217;s remarks come \u200bas he\u200c continues to advocate for focusing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-intends-to-throw-fastballs-at-rnc-debate-not-there-to-make-friends\/\" title=\"Megyn Kelly plans to challenge RNC debate participants, not seeking friendship\">substantive\u200b policy issues<\/a> while encouraging \u2064Trump to remain true to his\u2064 character on the campaign trail. This incident highlights the ongoing \u200dtension\u2064 within the GOP regarding campaign strategies as they gear\u2062 up\u2063 for the 2024 elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vance defends Trump against criticisms of personal attacks on Harris<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1731427\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) defended former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> against GOP warnings to refrain from personal attacks against Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> during remarks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/milwaukee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Milwaukee<\/a> Police Association on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think the president needs to pivot. And if I told him that, I can guess what he&rsquo;d say,&rdquo; Vance said to some laughter from the audience, when asked by a reporter. &ldquo;I think that the reason that President Trump has been so successful connecting with Americans is even when they disagree with something that he might say, they know that he just is who he is, right?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Since Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic 2024 presidential nominee, Trump has attacked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a> over her biracial identity, questioned her intelligence, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-of-speech-and-freedom-of-reach-elon-musk-tells-twitter-employees-users-should-be-able-to-tweet-pretty-outrageous-things\/\" title=\"\u2018Freedom Of Speech, And Freedom Of Reach\u2019: Elon Musk Tells Twitter Employees Users Should Be Able To Tweet \u2018Pretty Outrageous Things\u2019\">frequently commented<\/a> about a <em>Time <\/em>magazine cover featuring Harris.<\/p>\n<p>High-profile GOP leaders, including at least two former primary rivals, Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley, have implored Trump to criticize Harris over policy differences, which comes with far less risk of alienating centrist and independent voters in battleground states. But so far, Trump appears to be ignoring the advice.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d much rather have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-is-a-rico-case-and-it-involves-potentially-the-incoming-president-of-the-united-states-assuming-hes-installed-tom-fitton-on-hunter-bidens-criminal-c\/\" title=\"\u201cThis Is a RICO Case and It Involves Potentially the Incoming President of the United States, Assuming He\u2019s Installed\u201d \u2013 Tom Fitton on Hunter Biden\u2019s Criminal Case\">political candidate<\/a> who I disagreed with 25% of the time, but was a real human being and was willing to speak off the cuff, than to have somebody like Kamala Harris who hides behind a teleprompter and doesn&rsquo;t speak to the American people directly unless she&rsquo;s got a script in front of her telling her exactly what to say,&rdquo; Vance continued. <\/p>\n<p>One day earlier, Trump himself was unequivocal in his right to blast Harris. &ldquo;I think I&rsquo;m entitled to personal attacks,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3123391\/top-five-takeaways-trump-press-conference-bedminster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told reporters\">told reporters<\/a> at his golf club&nbsp;in Bedminster, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have a lot of respect for her. I don&rsquo;t have a lot of respect for her intelligence, and I think she&rsquo;ll be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-joe-biden-leads-the-way-with-open-defiance-of-stupid-mask-mandates\/\" title=\"Nolte: Joe Biden Leads the Way with Open Defiance of Stupid Mask Mandates\">terrible president<\/a>, and I think it&rsquo;s very important that we win,&rdquo; Trump added. &ldquo;And whether the personal attacks are good, bad, I mean, she certainly attacks me personally. She actually called me weird. &lsquo;He&rsquo;s weird.&rsquo; It was just a sound bite, and she called J.D. and I weird. He&rsquo;s not weird. He was a great student at Yale. He went to Ohio State, graduated in two years at the top of his class, and all of these different things.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign has frequently slammed Harris for dodging any substantive press conferences or interviews since Biden suspended his campaign. The former president held two press conferences in one week to needle Harris while also making mention of his policy stances on various topics, including the economy and the border.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was in Pennsylvania yesterday, talking about veterans issues. I was in Michigan the day before, talking about how we have to stop the trade and energy policies that ship all of our manufacturing jobs to China,&rdquo; Vance said, defending the GOP ticket&rsquo;s embrace of policy issues.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So we are talking about the policy, and we&rsquo;re talking about the issues,&rdquo; the Republican vice presidential candidate said. &ldquo;And we&rsquo;re going to keep on doing that, but my only advice to my running mate is be yourself and let people see who you are. And I think he&rsquo;s doing that every day on the campaign trail.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his second trip to the Badger State this month, Vance sought to disrupt Harris&rsquo;s embrace of her past role as a prosecutor in her battle against Trump, who was convicted of 34 felony counts by a jury in the New York borough of Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ohio senator also downplayed a new ABC News\/<em>Washington Post<\/em>\/Ipsos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/abc-news-washington-post-ipsos-august-survey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poll<\/a> showing Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN), Harris&rsquo;s running mate, as being viewed more favorably than Vance. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t put much stock in polls, especially at this early level,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;I think Gov. Walz was nominated just a couple of weeks ago. He&rsquo;s received a ridiculous media honeymoon where they&rsquo;ve hidden, a lot of press have hidden, some of the things that he said and done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think when people know the truth about Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, their anti-crime record, their pro-criminal record, the fact that he let rioters burn down the largest city in Minneapolis, I don&rsquo;t think his approval ratings are going to be that high,&rdquo; the senator added. &ldquo;And I think that Donald Trump and I are going to win this race.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After Vance&rsquo;s engagement with the media, the Milwaukee Police Association endorsed Vance and Trump&rsquo;s presidential ticket as the GOP bolsters its credentials with law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1731427\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1731427\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) came to the defense of former President Donald Trump in response to Republican concerns about his personal attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris during a speech at the Milwaukee Police Association on Friday. Vance remarked, \u201cI don\u2019t believe the president needs to change his approach. If I suggested that, I can imagine how he would respond,\u201d eliciting laughter from the audience when questioned by a reporter. He added that Trump&#8217;s ability to connect with Americans stems from his authenticity; even when people disagree with him, they appreciate that he is genuine.<\/p>\n<p>Since Harris became the Democratic nominee for president in 2024, Trump has criticized her for her biracial background and intelligence while frequently referencing a Time magazine cover featuring her. Prominent GOP figures like Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley have urged Trump to focus on policy critiques instead of personal jabs, as this strategy might better appeal to centrist voters in key states. However, Trump seems unfazed by this advice.<\/p>\n<p>Vance expressed a preference for candidates who are authentic and speak candidly rather than those who rely heavily on scripted speeches like Harris does. The day before Vance&#8217;s comments, Trump asserted his right to make personal attacks against Harris, stating he lacks respect for her intelligence and believes she would be a poor president.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign has criticized Harris for avoiding substantive press interactions since Biden paused his campaign efforts. In contrast, Trump has held multiple press conferences recently where he addressed various issues while also targeting Harris directly.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit to Wisconsin\u2014his second trip there this month\u2014Vance aimed to challenge Harris\u2019s portrayal of herself as a tough prosecutor against Trump&#8217;s legal troubles stemming from felony charges in New York City. He dismissed an ABC News\/Washington Post\/Ipsos poll indicating higher favorability ratings for Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), claiming early polls are unreliable and suggesting that once voters learn more about Walz&#8217;s record regarding crime and protests in Minneapolis, their opinions will shift negatively.<\/p>\n<p>Following Vance&#8217;s media engagement, the Milwaukee Police Association endorsed both him and Trump&#8217;s presidential bid as part of their effort to strengthen ties with law enforcement communities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2325717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JD-Vance-Milwaukee-Police-Association.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4021,38266,3634,15469,32076],"class_list":["post-2325716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-harris","tag-personal-attacks","tag-trump","tag-vance","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/JD-Vance-Milwaukee-Police-Association.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}