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'Weak and tired' Trump 'steamrolled' into picking 'the guy who made the least sense'

Despite the over-inflated praise of Donald Trump for picking Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his 2024 running mate at the Republican Party Convention being held in Milwaukee, there are serious questions being raised over whether the freshman senator brings anything to the ticket that it didn't already have.According to Salon political analyst, Heather "Digby" Parton — no fan of the convicted felon ex-president — he had so many better candidates to choose from and it looks like he blew it.Parton began by admitting she thought Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) would have fit the bill better had she not confessed to shooting a puppy named Cricket, as she argues that Noem "has the Mar-a-Lago Barbie look, which Trump obviously loves, and putting a woman on the ticket might have helped with those suburban moms who don't like him very much." She then added skipping over North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum (R) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) could come back to haunt Trump.RELATED: 'Scared to death': Many Republicans are silently shuddering at Trump's VP pick"Of all the choices discussed over the past few weeks, Senator JD Vance of Ohio was the guy who made the least sense," the Salon columnist wrote before adding that the very MAGA Vance "seems like the least likely to gain him any votes he didn't already have." If there is anyone to blame for the selection of Vance — with confidante Kellyanne Conway pushing hard for Rubio to no avail — it would be Trump sons Don Jr. and Eric who reportedly "steamrolled" their father."I have to say that in all the articles written about this decision, what comes across to me is that Donald Trump has lost a step," Parton wrote. "Maybe he's just so cocky about winning that he doesn't think it matters, which is possible. But from the way it sounds, he let himself be steamrolled into picking someone who on some level he knows wasn't the best choice for his electoral prospects.""Maybe the 78 year old Trump is just as weak and tired as that other old guy he's running against," she concluded.You can read more here.