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J.D. Vance VP Pick: How Trump's Choice Will Permanently Transform the Republican Party
Join Malcolm and Simone Collins as they break down the significance of Trump choosing J.D. Vance as his running mate for the 2024 election. This in-depth analysis covers the shifting landscape of conservative politics, the rise of tech conservatives, and what this means for the future of the Republican party. The Collins couple offers their unique perspective on Vance's background, his transformation from Trump critic to ally, and the implications for upcoming elections.
Key points covered:
* The two main factions in current conservative politics
* J.D. Vance's background and political evolution
* Trump's strategy in choosing a younger, tech-savvy running mate
* The decline of traditional GOP Inc. and rise of tech conservatives
* Immigration policy and border control strategies
* The importance of religious engagement in modern conservatism
* Implications for the 2024 election and beyond
Whether you're a political junkie or simply interested in understanding the changing face of American conservatism, this video offers valuable insights into the current state of Republican politics.
Malcolm Collins: [00:00:00] Hello, Simone. It is so exciting to be here with you today. Again, the world has changed and. In an incredibly positive direction. I should think previous episode. I had said that there are two paths Trump could take with his VP pick and which path he takes is going to show which team he is on and it is going to set the future of Republican politics in this country
Would you like to know more?
Malcolm Collins: and right now there are two core Republican.
factions that are like cultural groups. One is the GOP Inc. Remnants. This is the theocratic faction, which believes in a deontological theocratic morality and wants to enforce that morality on the general public.
Simone Collins: performative Cultural conservatism, [00:01:00] what a lot of people think about when they think about traditional conservatives, like religious and typically very Christian, that kind of thing.
No, the other faction is
Malcolm Collins: religious and Christian as well. Yeah, but in
Simone Collins: a very different way. Yeah, that's what I,
Malcolm Collins: that's why I didn't say religious, because that's not the important part. The important part is that they are theists. Theocratic and morally deontological. So what I mean by that is these are the types of people, that wants to do things like, you saw in project 2025 in their mission, ban pornography force young men to do programs that basically put them on military enlistment lists.
This is very different from the ideology that Trump represents, right? Yes. It's much
Simone Collins: more socialist leaning, much less libertarian, much less classically liberal too.
Malcolm Collins: Yeah but, yeah it's very much like the government's role is to enforce a moral system. Yes. And this was the party that Mike Pence, his last running mate, [00:02:00] represented.
Very, I can't be in another room with a woman without my wife there sort of stuff, oh the horror of this and it's not that we have anything against being in an alliance with this group or anything like that, but there is always, or up until I would say really just two days ago, there was always a chance that the conservative party post Trump reorganized around this group.
But then there's been a new conservative faction growing this is the faction that's represented by individuals like Elon and Vivek and Tamath and they are the tech conservatives, I guess some people would call them. Where Peter Thiel's in
Simone Collins: there too.
Malcolm Collins: Yeah. Peter Thiel's in there. They've been around for a while, but the
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