Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk said her organization’s efforts to support a potential JD Vance presidential campaign in 2028 are “in the works.”
Kirk’s comments on an episode of The Megyn Kelly Show that was released on Monday were not unexpected.
Her late husband, Charlie Kirk, was an early advocate of Vance during Donald Trump’s vice presidential selection process in 2024, and the two remained close friends until Kirk’s assassination in Utah in September.
But the promise of the group’s backing is a critical acquisition for Vance’s hypothetical future presidential campaign. While Vance remains the most obvious apparent heir to Trump’s MAGA movement, other prominent Republicans have been making subtle moves to position themselves as candidates in 2028.
He might. The thing about cults of personality is that they absolutely need a magnetic personality to cultivate around. Trump has proved intuitively capable at offering just that, while Vance has very much not. Money and power don’t make up for a lack of charisma, which has been thoroughly exemplified by Musk and Zuck in recent years.
Vance is not left entirely without a chance at this ofc, but the momentum that brought him to his current office is not the same momentum he’d be riding to the next one up. He would have to ‘git gud’ essentially, and we dont really have any reason to believe he’s capable of it atm.
It’s possible, but I think they’re going to keep shopping around for a more fitting charismatic leader. Vance just doesn’t have the cheeks to fit that saddle, so they’re only going to stick him on it if they fail to find someone they actually like/want.