Vance takes a step toward 2028 in MAGA power play
Topics: JD Vance2028 Presidential Race
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- Axios reports: “Vice President Vance stepped out of President Trump's shadow Wednesday, seizing on the GOP's midterm catastrophe to begin the explosive task of claiming MAGA as his own."The reason we lost is the w…”
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