Congressional Republicans acknowledge that Vance hasn’t necessarily developed longstanding relationships on Capitol Hill during his abbreviated time in Washington.
His coattails turned a 49-51 senate to a 53-47 senate,” Vance wrote on X on Wednesday.
The three developed a bond that predates the campaign and has carried into the early days of Trump’s transition.
But when you look at the effectiveness of JD in the campaign, there’s no better surrogate for President Trump’s agenda,” the adviser said.
“In JD’s view, his role of VP is to take on any issue that President Trump would like him to take on,” the person close to Vance told CNN.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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