The BBB had as many open violations of Trump campaign promises as it had victories, particularly massively increasing the deficit that I was told would be lowered. I would say it was a net positive legislation, but it had more pork than a slaughterhouse, and a good amount of what was in there I did not like. I will admit that increasing ICE funding is great, though ICE's response has left a lot to be desired. Vance isn't the worst by a long shot, but I also do not see enough actions of his to outweigh his massive shortcomings.
Yes, you just said that Vance doesn't win by appealing to guys like me. Which I hope is true, because he will need lots of boomercons to outvote the inevitable cheating. I am still living through brown invasion, robbery through welfare, and political prosecution. The nation is drowning in foreign browns, like the one Vance married. I am still being robbed of most of my paycheck through various taxes to fuel the welfare state. I will still get fired from my job if I say something contrary to progressivism. None of these things have actually been fixed, they just aren't getting worse as quickly as before. Is that really what they have to offer me? "We will sort of slow down how much worse things are getting" isn't much of a selling point for me.
Who knows, maybe the next three years will prove me wrong and those 3 things will actually be meaningfully addressed. If things change meaningfully, then my stance might change with it.