The choice of J.D. Vance is a middle finger to identity politics

It makes no sense.

Why would Donald Trump pick as a running mate a white man from Middle America who’s just like him?

Wasn’t Trump supposed to broaden his base to increase his chances of winning in November, and pick someone like a woman or a person of color or a more classic conservative?

Instead of expanding his reach, Trump has doubled down on his ideology, choosing J.D. Vance, someone who once called him “cultural heroin” for Middle America while musing that he may be “America’s Hitler.”

Evidently, Trump must have been so eager to build a MAGA future for America that he forgave Vance for t...