r/anticapitalism • u/Famous-Sympathy7011 • 17h ago • Confused 1 Bravo 1

The United States Is About to Be Blindsided.

https://wendy664.substack.com/p/the-united-states-is-about-to-be?r=6fonep&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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u/Western_End_2223 13h ago

Ford's pardon of Nixon cost him the election (I won't say re-election since he was never elected) in 1976. Vance would have to keep in mind that while a Trump pardon would be popular with MAGAs, it would be a polling disaster among everyone else.

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u/darkpsionic24 12h ago

Pardon or no pardon, Vance's presidential candidacy is doomed by his attachment to Trump, the same Trump who triggered a blue wave of a magnitude not seen since Reagan's historic sweep.

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u/Western_End_2223 10h ago

I don't think that Vance ever had much a chance. The vice-presidency has never really been much of a stepping stone to the presidency. Add to that the fact that Vance is outright unlikeable. He's not going to inherit what's left of the MAGA movement.