"I hate the police" - Leaked emails put Trump's vice-candidate under pressure

WELT "I hate the police" - Leaked emails put Trump's vice-candidate under pressure 5 hours • 3 minutes reading time A former friend of J.D. Vance makes older emails from the Republican vice-candidate public. The messages contain criticism of Donald Trump and the police. All developments in the US election campaign in the news blog. There will be presidential elections in the USA on November 5th. After the withdrawal of US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris is to run for the Democrats. Former President Donald Trump is campaigning with Senator J.D. Vance. Older emails from Trump's vice-candidate J.D. Vance underline the Republican's change of heart. The former Trump critic describes the billionaire as a "demagogue" or "morally reprehensible person". The messages come from a private conversation from 2014 to 2017 between Vance and a college friend at the time. The latter leaked them to the New York Times. The two met at the elite US university Yale. The friend now lives as a woman, the lawyer Sofia Nelson. In December 2015, Vance sharply criticized Trump's election campaign rhetoric. "I am of course outraged by Trump's rhetoric, and I am particularly concerned about how welcome Muslim citizens feel in their own country," he wrote. "And there have always been demagogues who are willing to exploit people who believe crazy crap. What seems different to me is that the Republican Party offers nothing that is as attractive as the demagogue." In October 2014, Vance also commented on police violence in the USA. "I hate the police," the US newspaper quoted him as saying. "Given the many negative experiences I've had in recent years, I can't imagine what a black person has to go through." Sofia Nelson, who now rejects Trump and Vance, says she wants to give voters information about Vance. The Republican and author has already made some critical statements about Trump, and in 2016 he called Trump "cultural heroin." A spokesman for his campaign team called the publication of the emails "regrettable." Vance speaks openly about the fact that some of his views have changed over the years. The senator values ​​his friendships with people from across the political spectrum and wishes Sofia Nelson all the best.