Donald Trump picks a bigoted white male extremist as his running mate and we’re all shocked – shocked, we tell you!

The last Republican National Convention before the US election is underway in Milwaukee – basically its party conference – and the major moment of Day 1 was the announcement of Donald Trump‘s running mate, J.D. Vance.

Vance is introduced at the RNC as Trump's VP choice pic.twitter.com/PNcPNwJdIp

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 15, 2024

The junior senator from Ohio and author of the best-selling Hillbilly Elegy has done a complete 180 on Donald Trump, having vehemently opposed him ahead of his election in 2016, even comparing him to Hitler.

Here is the message JD Vance sent to his friend suggesting Donald Trump might be "America's Hitler." pic.twitter.com/8zN1E0vrbJ

— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) July 15, 2024

You once called him "America's Hitler." So what changed, @JDVance1? pic.twitter.com/PxC7zHSu7z

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 15, 2024

After the attempted assassination of Trump, he immediately tried to blame Joe Biden for encouraging the shooting – before hastily deleting his post as facts emerged.

J.D. Vance quickly blamed Joe Biden for the shooting at the Trump rally a couple days ago. We then learned that the shooter was a 20-year-old registered Republican.

Vance isn't a 'unity' pick that will cool the temperature. He is a flamethrower. pic.twitter.com/3nwWLjrF8G

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) July 15, 2024

He’s the potential VP Trump would have liked Mike Pence to be – a total sycophant.

JD Vance has made it clear he would not have certified the 2020 election results.

In February, he said, "If I had been vice president, I would have told the states, like Pennsylvania, Georgia, and so many others that we needed to have multiple slates of electors and I think the…

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 15, 2024

Here are the edited highlights, or lowlights, of Vance’s worse opinions.

A quick primer on J.D. Vance, Trump’s VP nominee:

-once called Trump “America’s Hitler”

-supports nat’l abortion ban without exceptions for rape/incest

-doesn’t believe in gay marriage

-proponent of white supremacist Great Replacement Theory

-supports Russia’s war on Ukraine

— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) July 15, 2024

You can probably imagine how his nomination has been received, but you don’t need to. This pretty much covers it.

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If anyone fancies joining me on Twitch tomorrow night I'm going to do a tutorial on how to achieve a beautiful JD Vance eye. pic.twitter.com/6OtOLLfN02

— Sooz Kempner is doing Edinburgh and then a tour (@SoozUK) July 15, 2024

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My son and I are celebrating President Trump’s VP pick, as today we are all JD Vance. pic.twitter.com/3923tHtV1D

— Gary Peterson (@GaryPetersonUSA) July 15, 2024

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On one hand Vance is the worst possible choice electorally speaking, on the other hand he’s the choice if you really are committed to throwing Ukraine to the wolves, giving up on NATO, and launching large-scale authoritarian domestic crackdowns.

So I guess it makes sense.

— James (@GravitysRa1nbow) July 15, 2024

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I'm ready for her to eat him alive. pic.twitter.com/KY0u4yuVsm

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) July 15, 2024

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Great pick… pic.twitter.com/hSpQ4Y2OW1

— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) July 15, 2024

6.

OK, so if a Democrat calls Trump “America’s Hitler,” they’re responsible for someone shooting at him, but if a Republican calls him that, they get picked to be his VP

— Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) July 15, 2024

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Unity is about a vice president who will break his oath and try to overturn an election to in order to serve Donald Trump. https://t.co/2wDLeskATF

— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) July 15, 2024

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Does he sell trainers? https://t.co/AB8ff2zaqA

— Malcolm V Tucker ‍☠️ (@Tucker5law) July 15, 2024

9.

JD Vance is gonna suck on dancing with the stars.

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) July 15, 2024

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Donald Trump kicking off his “unity convention” by picking the guy that blamed Joe Biden within an hour of the shooting as his VP should not go unnoticed.

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) July 15, 2024

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JD Vance has only been a senator since last year but somehow Kamala Harris is the least qualified person to ever be Vice President

— snek (@thee_snek) July 15, 2024