Conservative attorney George Conway had a logical explanation for Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), disappearing from the campaign trail on Monday.
Conway, a long-time “never Trumper,” shared an MSNBC report noting that Trump and Vance were MIA on Labor Day ― then snarked that their absence could help the GOP ticket.
“Actually, Trump and Vance are better off the less people see of them,” he wrote;
Trump fired off a few messages on his Truth Social website, but neither he nor Vance held any public events on the holiday.
The Harris camp called them out over it.
“Donald Trump is ditching workers on Labor Day because he is an anti-worker, anti-union extremist who will sell out working families for his billionaire donors if he takes power,” Harris campaign spokesperson Joseph Costello said in a statement. “Vice President Harris is the only candidate for president who stands firmly on the side of labor and working Americans, and she is fighting to build up the middle class by cutting taxes, lowering costs, and creating opportunity.”
The campaign also taunted the former president on X:
