Despite rival Tim Walz suggesting Vance had been replaced by Elon Musk on Donald Trump’s ticket, Vance was warmly welcomed in the crucial state of Arizona.
Moments before Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance took to the stage in Peoria, in the suburbs of Phoenix, a man in the outside overflow area collapsed in the Arizona heat, falling head first to the concrete floor with a loud “splat”.
It’s a common refrain from fans of the Republican vice-presidential nominee, who turned out in force in the crucial swing state of Arizona on Wednesday as Vance fronted two public events with a fortnight to go in this lineball election campaign. It was an issue Vance prosecuted stridently during his one-day visit, albeit with a fraction less of Trump’s inflammatory and meandering rhetoric. Instead, he accused the Democrats of rolling out the red carpet to illegal immigrants, and vowed that under Trump, social security benefits would go “to the people who paid for them, not illegal aliens”.
He replied that “we’re in a better place than we were in 2020”, though it was not clear if he was referring to the electoral system or the Trump campaign. He mentioned printer failures in the 2022 congressional elections and did not commit to accepting next month’s outcome.“I’m going to talk about his running mate; his running mate, Elon Musk,” the Democrat said to sustained applause. “Look, Elon’s on that stage, jumping around, skipping like a dipshit.
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