'Worse than I expected him to be': GOP strategist unsure about Vance after almost 2 weeks

During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, a former key adviser to ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) admitted that he is stunned at how badly things have gone for Sen. J.D. Vance since Donald Trump chose him as his presidential running mate, and questioned whether the Ohio Republican can stop his downward spiral.

Speaking with host Alex Witt, the topic turned to the wide array of controversies that have arisen after Don Trump Jr. and his brother Eric pushed their dad to select Vance which has GOP insiders now wondering how much damage he will do to not only their presidential hopes but also down-ticket GOP candidates.

According to Brendan Buck, Vance has been a mess that the GOP is trying to clean up due to comments he made that are insulting to women before his selection.

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"If there is remorse for Vance, I have very little sympathy for that," Buck began. "The things that he's been getting hit on were not secrets. This was the appeal to a lot of Trump supporters, why they liked him; that he would say outrageous things and he would own the libs."

"That's what you are looking for, but I think the other big part of this is that it's a very different election when they chose him, they thought they were running against [President Joe] Biden and they could just have somebody go out there and poke fun at Biden being old and it really wouldn't matter very much," he elaborated.

"That's a terrible way to choose your VP and he's been worse than I expected him to be," he added. "Nobody likes a scold and that's what Vance has turned into and a lot of people are frankly offended by a 39-year-old man telling people how they should live their lives."

"I expect him to be smarter than what he has shown but it's been a rough start," he admitted.

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