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As Quillll says, its because he's a bully, a malignant, manipulative narcissist.
But also, another element is the way that fascists don't ever let up on 'campaigning', ie, demagoguery.
Remember how it was very strange that Trump was basically campaigning for himself, pretty much for the entirety of Biden's term?
American Presidential political campaign seasons are notorious for being horrendously long compared to actual functioning democracies, where its often no longer than 2 months.
EDIT (I somehow accidentally a sentence): //
Even for longer US campaigns... its historically more like 6 to 9 months. Not... 3 to 4 years.
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Well, the traditional role a VP plays in a US Presidential campaign is to be a sort of attack dog, someone who is a bit more cutting, blunt, rude or direct in terms of expressing the President's platform, countering its critics.
So, when you go from neocon to full fascist, you're explicitly campaigning all the time, even while in office.
Vance's job is to be a 24/7, professional gaslighting bully. Its why they picked him.
His job is to be the perpetually offended and offensive 'best friend' of the leader of a Mean Girls style clique of entitled, bratty popular girls in high school.