ROOKE: Trump’s Best Communicator Has Been Front And Center, Speaking The Base’s Language

Vice President JD Vance has emerged as the Trump administration's main public messenger ahead of the midterm elections, according to Daily Caller commentator Mary Rooke. President Donald Trump remains prominent, but Vance is cast as the one who finishes the argument, speaking to a restless Republican base worried about grocery prices, housing costs and wage pressure, all aggravated by the Iran War. Rooke argues his strength is that he admits those problems exist while saying the work begun by the administration is unfinished.

On Tuesday Vance appeared on The VINCE show, hosted by Vince Coglianese, the Daily Caller's editorial director. He covered immigration, fraud and the Senate, and named specific senators he said keep the White House from controlling the floor. On immigration, Rooke highlights Vance's stance on the H-1B visa program. In a video his office posted Sunday, he said it "should not exist to replace American workers with low-wage foreigners." Rooke says companies cite worker shortages and file for thousands of visas after laying off thousands of Americans.

Rooke also points to Vance's role running the fraud task force; reports put its findings at about $250 billion since January. She cautions the sum may seem too large to be real, but says standing in front of a fake hospice, daycare or insurance enrollment business makes the theft concrete. Finally, she says he asks disappointed supporters to stay engaged and keep pressing the administration, offering an alternative to both triumphalism and apology.

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