Alabama native and former Director of Message Strategy for the Trump White House, Cliff Sims, joined Trey Gowdy’s show on FOX News over the weekend to highlight JD Vance’s strength and potential as a running mate for Trump — especially in contrast to the most “radical” party nominee in the history of American politics: Kamala Harris.
“JD Vance is the ideal person to go into the states that are going to decide this election,” said Sims. “Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, these rust belt states who don’t see him as a politician, who don’t see him as someone just reciting talking points, they see one of their own on stage prosecuting the case on those issues.”
Sims told Gowdy that Vance was the “perfect choice” for Trump’s VP because he’s a “fighter.”
You could not create in a lab a better vice presidential running mate for @realDonaldTrump than @JDVance. pic.twitter.com/xKq3MrwaM9
— Cliff Sims (@cliffsims) July 29, 2024
“He’s somebody who can go out on TV, can get out on the stump in these states, around the country, and prosecute this case. And for the past two years, I don’t think there has been a better surrogate for Donald Trump and his message than JD Vance.”
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Sims believes that ultimately the VP candidate selected by the Democrats will be irrelevant.
“I think no matter who is at the top of the ticket, the Democrats have a problem because of what they’ve done to this country,” he said.
“And no matter who is on the top of the ticket, you could not create in a lab a better vice presidential candidate than JD Vance for Donald Trump specifically.”
He then touched on Kamala Harris’ established radical record showing that she supports offenders, not law enforcement.
“We saw this in the protests, the Black Lives Matter movement, consistently, from that to the border to everything. She is consistently on the side of criminals, not on the side of law and order,” Sims said. “If you’re talking to suburban moms around this country, if you’re talking to people in inner cities around this country, they want law and order. They want safe streets, safe communities, and safe schools. Donald Trump is going to deliver that.”
“Consistently, Kamala Harris has not done that throughout her career.”
Austen Shipley is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @ShipleyAusten
