Expert: Trump and Vance formally nominated for 2024 presidential election at RNC
Donald Trump US Sen. JD Vance as his running mate, further elevating the Ohio Republican who has adopted the former president’s populist agenda after years of pointed criticism of Trump. “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform. ()
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Barry Eidlin, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
“In choosing J. D. Vance as his running mate, Donald Trump overcame his ego and made the politically astute choice. At 39, Vance is one of the youngest vice-presidential nominees in history, which will highlight Trump’s advanced age. And while few can rival Trump’s thirst for publicity, Vance comes close. But Trump was able to look past these issues and pick Vance because of the Ohio senator’s ability to communicate the extreme racist and xenophobic positions of his MAGA base in a less bombastic, more genteel style befitting his Yale Law School pedigree. Vance will add to Trump’s faux-populist gambit to redirect anger about the real problems facing working-class Americans—stagnating wages, declining job quality, eroding communities—away from the root causes and towards vulnerable scapegoats, particularly immigrants.”
Barry Eidlin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology. His research interests include political sociology, economic sociology, organizations and institutions, comparative historical sociology, inequality and social policy, social theory, logic of inquiry, work, labor, social movements.
Barry.eidlin [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)
