quote: I thought the whole thing was someone trying to kill off Eric Schmitt once and for all by briefing out the VP lin | Hanami
quote: I thought the whole thing was someone trying to kill off Eric Schmitt once and for all by briefing out the VP line on an already embarrassing day https://x.com/dcexaminer/status/2106459274931052605 | OPINION: Sen. Eric Schmitt’s (R-MO) unsubtle bid for the 2028 vice presidency lasted less than six hours. It lived at the hands of a press even more idiotic than our politicians, and it died by suicide through hubris.
Around 6 a.m., Axios published a puff piece declaring that the senator, who has just three years in the chamber under his belt, is “drawing buzz” as a possible running mate to Vice President JD Vance, the man broadly considered President Donald Trump’s most likely successor. The piece, which describes Schmitt as “trustworthy, intelligent, articulate and a deft political operator,” was notably written not by some autumn intern, but by Axios CEO Jim VandeHei.
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