JD Vance attacks Democrats for hosting DNC in Chicago
Before a Harris-Walz rally in Wisconsin, JD Vance addressed a small crowd and reporters and attacked Democrats’ policies on public safety and crime.
During the campaign, vice presidential candidate JD Vance has stopped at local restaurants, most recently at an A&W in Big Rapids, Michigan. Speaking to NBC News, Vance reacted to an impromptu stop that didn’t quite go according to plan: the now-viral donut shop video.
In the clip, shared on social media last week, Vance, members of his team and Secret Service agents visited a bakery in Valdosta, Georgia. An employee asked not to be on camera while the Ohio senator tried to make small talk and buy doughnuts.
“I just felt terrible for the woman,” Vance told NBC in an article published Wednesday, referring to the bakery worker. “We went in and there were 20 Secret Service agents and 15 cameras. She obviously hadn’t been properly warned and was terrified, right? I just felt terrible for her.”
Vance said his visits were not “planned events,” referring to Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ recent visit to a Sheetz store in Pennsylvania, but he said he had told his team that future visits would need to be planned more carefully.
“I like to get out there and talk to people. And we want to make sure we do that. But we definitely have to make sure that people at least don’t have a problem being on camera. Otherwise we come in and have a person who is basically having a panic attack because there are 15 cameras shining in their face,” he said.
Vance’s mother supports son in election campaign
Vance’s mother, Beverly Aikins, who lives in Middletown, accompanied him to his campaign rally in Michigan on Tuesday.
“I just want everyone to know him like I know him,” Aikins told NBC. “He’s an amazing human being and he really believes he can make a difference.”
What JD Vance told Georgia Governor Kemp
Vance also told the news agency that he had spoken to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on the phone to possibly express his opinion on the Republican’s decision to publicly express his support for Republicans on Fox News.
Donald Trump later praised Kemp on social media, ending a years-long dispute that Republicans had feared could affect the vote in the swing state.
