{"id":2327450,"date":"2024-08-20T11:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-dismisses-unity-among-democrats-at-dnc-as-mirage-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T11:38:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T15:38:57","slug":"vance-dismisses-unity-among-democrats-at-dnc-as-mirage-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-dismisses-unity-among-democrats-at-dnc-as-mirage-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance dismisses unity among Democrats at DNC as \u2018mirage\u2019 &#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\">24<\/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-dismisses-unity-among-democrats-at-dnc-as-mirage-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=2327450&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>Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) criticized\u200d the perceived unity among Democrats at the \u2063Democratic National \u200dConvention, \u200bcalling \u2062it a &#8220;mirage.&#8221; He\u2062 claimed that the Democratic Party has abandoned \u200dPresident Biden, whom they once defended as mentally fit for reelection, due to \u200chis declining political viability, opting instead to\u2062 support Vice President Kamala Harris. Vance, speaking on Fox\u200c News, suggested that Democrats are attempting to distance Harris from the administration despite her being the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-if-democrats-call-witnesses-at-trial-we-will-call-democrats-thatve-used-inflammatory-language\/\" title=\"Graham: If Democrats Call Witnesses At Trial We Will Call Democrats That\u2019ve Used Inflammatory Language\">sitting <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><\/a>. He argued \u2064that the Democrats are making a dubious pitch to voters by promoting a candidate\u200d who has been part of the administration for over three years, highlighting that they lack a solid foundation for their message. Furthermore, Vance expressed concerns about Harris&#8217;s plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-manchin-reconciliation-bill-a-recipe-for-economic-crisis\/\" title=\"Sen. Manchin: Reconciliation bill a \u2018recipe for economic crisis\u2019\">combat inflation<\/a>, accusing her of potentially raising the cost\u200d of essential goods while suggesting she would use ineffective methods to manage these issues. In contrast, he and Trump propose to\u2063 &#8220;unleash American \u200denergy&#8221; to tackle economic challenges.  <\/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 dismisses unity among Democrats at DNC as &lsquo;mirage&rsquo;<\/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_1734028\" 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) dismissed the unity Democrats are trying to display at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic National Convention<\/a> this week, arguing that it is merely a &ldquo;mirage.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s running mate noted that Biden administration officials had argued for months that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> was mentally fit enough to continue his reelection bid. However, the Democratic Party ditched Biden last month when it realized he was &ldquo;political dead weight,&rdquo; Vance argued, and it is instead running with Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that we&rsquo;ve just witnessed in this country a monthlong campaign to completely separate Kamala Harris from the administration where she is the vice president,&rdquo; Vance said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Jesse Watters Primetime<\/em>. &ldquo;It takes a lot of aggressive lying and a lot of shamelessness to pull it off, but you don&rsquo;t feel good when you look at yourself in the mirror after lying about Kamala Harris&rsquo;s record for the past month.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2556166&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=240988cb9c2afd0dc86846b7c7f370f7\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vance continued by arguing that the pitch Democrats are making to voters with Harris is to elect the candidate who has already been vice president for more than three years to address the issues that have been plaguing the country. As such, Vance contended that the DNC is underlining how the party does not &ldquo;really have a leg to stand on.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">vice presidential candidate<\/a> also warned against Harris&rsquo;s plan to combat price-gouging to address <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inflation<\/a>, claiming she would raise the cost of basic needs and then try to use &ldquo;her government magic wand&rdquo; to fix these prices. Conversely, he and Trump are planning to &ldquo;unleash American energy&rdquo; to address the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a totally different approach, and I don&rsquo;t think that any person believes that Kamala Harris can wave a magic wand and bring down the price of bacon,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;I do think that we believe that she can wave her magic wand and actually make things even worse than she&rsquo;s already made them, which is why Americans are not going to buy into this idea that Kamala Harris deserves a promotion.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3125453\/trump-vance-campaign-dnc-press-conference-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Surrogates of the Trump campaign were in Chicago on Monday<\/a> to conduct a press conference as counterprogramming to the DNC. It featured Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL) and Ron Johnson (R-WI) delivering speeches against Harris and her &ldquo;failed record as vice president.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former president is also conducting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>several campaign rallies in battleground states<\/a> throughout the DNC week, with Wednesday marking a visit to North Carolina and a stop in Arizona on Friday.<\/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_1734028\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1734028\"}});<\/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) has characterized the unity that Democrats are attempting to showcase at this week&#8217;s Democratic National Convention as nothing more than an illusion. He pointed out that officials from the Biden administration have spent months asserting President Joe Biden&#8217;s mental fitness for his reelection campaign. However, Vance contended that the Democratic Party abandoned Biden last month upon realizing he was &#8220;political dead weight&#8221; and is now backing Vice President Kamala Harris instead. On Fox News&#8217; Jesse Watters Primetime, Vance stated, &#8220;We\u2019ve just witnessed a month-long effort to completely distance Kamala Harris from the administration where she serves as vice president.&#8221; He criticized this strategy as requiring significant dishonesty and suggested it would leave those involved feeling guilty about misrepresenting Harris&#8217;s record over the past month.<\/p>\n<p>Vance further argued that Democrats are asking voters to support a candidate who has already been vice president for over three years in order to tackle ongoing national issues, which he believes highlights their lack of solid ground. He also expressed concern regarding Harris\u2019s approach to combating price-gouging amid inflation, claiming it would lead to increased costs for essential goods while she attempts to use &#8220;her government magic wand&#8221; to rectify these prices. In contrast, he and Trump plan to &#8220;unleash American energy&#8221; as a solution for rising living costs. \u201cIt\u2019s just a totally different approach,\u201d Vance remarked, adding that no one truly believes Harris can magically lower prices like bacon; rather, they fear her policies could worsen current conditions\u2014hence Americans will not support her promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump campaign surrogates held a press conference in Chicago on Monday as an alternative event during the DNC featuring Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Ron Johnson (R-WI), who spoke against Harris and her record as vice president. Former President Trump is also scheduled for several campaign rallies in key states throughout DNC week, including visits on Wednesday in North Carolina and Friday in Arizona<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2327451,"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\/Vance-on-DNC-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,7705,32171,5017,15469],"class_list":["post-2327450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-dnc","tag-political-commentary","tag-unity","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Vance-on-DNC-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327450","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}