Opinion: Trump’s Bro-Pocalypse Advisers Got Him ‘Cat Lady’ Vance

Since assuming the mantle, Donald Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, has pretty much shit the couch.

The embarrassments keep mounting. Vance’s dull speech at the convention may have lulled Trump to sleep, but women sat up when the Ohio senator was caught on a recording slagging off childless women, calling them miserable “cat ladies” with “no direct stake” in the future of America.

How could Team Trump think Vance was a winning idea? The answer could lie in a parallel moment eight years ago, the last time Trump had to decide on a running mate. It was the summer of 2016, and the then-reality TV host had whittled the field down to three final contenders: former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, then-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana.

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