“Vice President Vance’s call for fellow Republicans to ‘stop whining’ about Vivek Ramaswamy’s controversial attack ad in Ohio’s race for governor showed a key part of his political mindset ahead of his expected run for president in 2028: Never back down,” Axios reports.“Channeling President Trump, Vance has shown contempt for what he sees as the old-guard GOP’s reflex to cave under pressure from Democrats and the media.””He thinks too many Republicans sacrifice allies to make controversies go away, and that giving critics a political scalp only encourages them to demand another.”