1. “I go back and forth between thinking Trump is a cynical asshole like Nixon who wouldn’t be that bad (and might even prove useful) or that he’s America’s Hitler,” J.D. Vance, 2016

2. “Fellow Christians, everyone is watching us when we apologize for this man. Lord help us,” J.D. Vance, 2016 

3. “I’m definitely not gonna vote for Trump because I think that he’s projecting very complex problems onto simple villains,” J.D. Vance, 2016

4. “And I cannot stand Trump because I think he’s a fraud, “I think he’s a total fraud that is exploiting these people.” J.D. Vance, 2016

5 “I think Trump provides that sense of community that many in the White working class would have, if they actually went to church, I think if folks went to church a little bit more, they may not be as excited or as attracted to the sort of social experience that Trump provides.” J.D. Vance 2016

 

6 “Definitely some people who voted for Trump were racist and they voted for him for racist reasons,” J.D. Vance 2016 

 

7 “It’s not just that Donald Trump doesn’t speak to issues of special concern of minority voters or Black voters, it’s that he seems to like actively antagonizing a lot of the Black voters,”  J.D. Vance 2016

 

8 “Trump makes people I care about afraid. Immigrants, Muslims, etc. Because of this I find him reprehensible. God wants better of us,” J.D. Vance 2016

 

9 “To every complex problem, he promises a simple solution, He never offers details for how these plans will work, because he can’t. Trump’s promises are the needle in America’s collective vein.” J.D. Vance 2016

 

10 “Trump is cultural heroin. He makes some feel better for a bit. But he cannot fix what ails them, and one day they’ll realize it,” J.D. Vance 2016

 

11 “But I think that I’m going to vote third party because I can’t stomach Trump. I think that he’s noxious and is leading the White working class to a very dark place. J.D. Vance 2016

 

12 “One of the biggest drivers of Trump support, and one of the things that’s most predictive of Trump support, is that you express cynicism about the future,” J.D. Vance 2016