'Shouldn’t have been elected': Head of Ohio paper blames Vance for GOP readers’ dwindling

At the conclusion of the Republican National Convention last month, CNN's Harry Enten reported that Senator JD Vance (R-Ohio) made "as the least liked VP nominee (non-incumbent) since 1980 following his/her party's convention."

Enten added that Vance's "net negative favorable rating" — a first for any VP nominee — is "not surprising given how weak he ran in Ohio in 2022. Far worse than the average Ohio Republican."

Chris Quinn, who's editor of Cleveland's leading newspaper The Plain Dealer, on Monday submitted that based on the Ohio senator's constant pivots on policies, he should have never been elected in the first place.

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"The biggest problem with JD Vance is that he can't land any of the attacks Trump needs him to land," MSNBC's Deadline: White House host Nicolle Wallace said to Quinn. "He can't call Harris a chameleon because he described Donald Trump in more harsh and brutal terms than anyone I've ever had on this show. He called him 'America's Hitler.' He can't attack anyone for changing their positions on anything, because he changed his view on the most fundamental basic thing in American political and civic life."

Quinn replied, "Right, you cannot tie him down and that is what's frightening, is the other candidates we're talking about on the Democratic side, have a lifetime of positions. They are who they always were. And with JD Vance, you don't have that."

The longtime newspaper editor continued, "I'm telling you, just from 2016 until now, the number of gyrations Ohio saw — it's hard to understand. He really shouldn't have been elected. He doesn't fit with what Ohio thinks. I'm glad to hear that others think Ohio could be in play. I think it's in addition to getting all the cities out, you're also going to need the Trump vote to not be as rabid to show up."

"I'm getting a lot of feedback from our readers, and it's kind of hollow — the messages I get about Trump now," Quinn noted. "It's not the same fervor. It's almost like they thought they were going to win, and now they're pretty sure they're going to lose, and they don't know what to make of it. And so they might stay home. They may not have the enthusiasm that the other side has."

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