'Behaving like a jerk is aspirational': Analyst explains 'dark' reason MAGA loves JD Vance

Sen. J.D. Vance's popularity problem hasn't stopped former President Donald Trump from placing him front and center on his reelection campaign, which one political analyst suggested reveals a disturbing truth about conservative thinking.

Salon's Amanda Marcotte expressed surprise in her latest column that the growing number of questionable soundbites — including a conversation on the "whole purpose of the postmenopausal female" — and support for ultra-conservative views — among them that...