Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) has long been an advocate for Vice President JD Vance. Before the 2024 GOP convention, Banks urged President Donald Trump to pick Vance as his running mate. Now Banks says, “After President Trump, [Vance] is the next best thing” and is a lock to be the next Republican nominee for president.
“JD Vance will be the nominee in 2028 — mark my words,” Banks told a dinner in Washington last week organized by American Spectator Editor-in-Chief R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. Banks also predicted Vance will win the 2028 general election if Republicans follow the prescription Banks laid out for lasting GOP success: diminishing the influence of China and reorienting global trade, becoming a pro-worker party, pursuing peace through strength, restoring American manufacturing, and replacing wokeism with patriotism.
‘JD Vance will be the nominee in 2028 — mark my words’ – Washington Examiner