When Charlie Kirk was killed by an assassin this fall, Republican leaders credited the organization he founded for enabling President Trump’s return to power.

Now that organization is mobilizing behind JD Vance.

Uninterested in a competitive Republican primary in 2028, Turning Point USA plans to deploy representatives across Iowa’s 99 counties in the coming months to build the campaign infrastructure it believes could deliver Vance, a Midwesterner from nearby Ohio, a decisive victory, potentially short-circuiting a fractious GOP race, insiders said.

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    7 hours ago

    I say Vance being the best they got could be considered hilarious, but then I said the same fucking thing about Trump.

    And now I’m seeing a huge surge in astroturfing trying to shoehorn Newsom in as the nominee. It’s like we never learn.

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      5 hours ago

      It isn’t quite that we never learn, it’s that the billionaires have their preferred candidates. And when money is involved… Well… You see what’s happening, again.