Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson ‘Secretly Lobbied’ for Vance

The nomination of J.D. Vance as Donald Trump’s running mate was backed by a whispering campaign from Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson and David Sacks.

Axios reports all three were swift to drop the former president a line after Saturday’s botched assassination, pushing Vance’s VP virtues despite the Ohio senator’s historic criticism of Trump’s first stint at the White House.

Carlson’s understood to have said Vance “doesn’t secretly hate Trump, as all the rest of them do,” citing a hardline stance against further aid to Ukraine as a sign of shared fundamental values.

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