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J.D. Vance’s final question from reporters in Newton was what would happen to mass deportations in southeastern Pennsylvania.
“We’re going to support the Blues, make sure they can do their jobs, and keep us all safe,” Vance said. “We’re going to fight for them every day.”
JD Vance concluded his second speech of the day.
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Updated to 18.22 EDT
J.D. Vance was also asked how Trump plans to win in the suburbs, a key voting district that cost Trump the 2020 election.
“Probably the single issue that worries me the most, other than the border, is young people telling me they can’t afford to buy a home because we have to control the border,” Vance said. “We must restore home prices to reasonable levels and give Americans the right to their homeland.”
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Updated to 18.21 EDT
J.D. Vance was asked about the Gaza-Ukraine conflict and what the Trump administration will do about it.
“If Donald Trump had been president, Hamas would never have attacked Israel,” Vance said. “We have to make the bad guys fear that if they do something bad, someone will make them pay for it.”
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J.D. Vance was asked by a reporter about his position on the Affordable Care Act and whether it would survive a possible second term for President Trump.
He did not say whether the Trump administration would repeal Obamacare, but said, “We don’t want people to die on the streets in the greatest country in the world. We want Americans to have access to the best health care.” , we want to make sure you have access to the best health care options.”
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Updated to 18.05 EDT
During a speech in Pennsylvania, J.D. Vance attacked Kamala Harris’ position against policies that restrict how schools teach students about race and sexuality.
“We do not support policies that introduce transgender ideas into schools,” Vance said. “Thanks to Kamala Harris, many American children can’t add five plus five, but they can tell there are 87 different genders.”
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Updated to 18.06 EDT
Vance accuses Harris of flip-flopping on key issues
J.D. Vance accused Kamala Harris of flipping out on a series of key issues, including fracking, Medicare for illegal immigrants, private health insurance, and defunding the police.
“Kamala, if you support fracking, if you support police, if you support lower prices, if you want to close the southern border, you can support Donald J. Trump,” Vance said. . “We all made it, and we welcome you to join the team.”
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Updated to 18.04 EDT
J.D. Vance argued that Harris played a role in worsening inflation and worsening the economy.
He linked the country’s economic woes to immigration and accused Harris of what she called an “invasion” amid inadequate border controls.
Vance argued that the presence of immigrants in the United States contributes to rising housing costs.
He continued to make anti-immigrant statements.
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Updated to 18.03 EDT
J.D. Vance was quick to point out something remarkable about Pennsylvania: natural gas.
Kamala Harris has said she is not opposed to fracking despite her previous claims, but Republicans are still using the vice president’s former position to gain support from voters.
“If Donald Trump becomes president, we’re going to drill and drill and drill and build back America’s great energy economy,” Vance said in his speech. “She’s a candidate who won’t buy oil and gas from Americans and Pennsylvanians. Kamala Harris wants us to buy energy from every tin-pot dictator in the world.”
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Updated to 18.03 EDT
J.D. Vance returned to his first solo interview on Wednesday and attacked Kamala Harris, saying she dodged questions about the economy by talking about her middle-class background and former job at McDonald’s.
“The problem with Kamala Harris is that she has no substance,” he says. “The problem with Kamala Harris is that she doesn’t have a plan. And the problem with Kamala Harris is that she has been vice president for three and a half years and has failed this country.”
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Updated to 17.37 EDT
J.D. Vance takes the stage and vows to “turn Pennsylvania red.”
Senator J.D. Vance took to the stage in Pennsylvania.
“We have a tremendous crowd here in Pennsylvania,” he said at the beginning of his speech. “We’re going to turn Pennsylvania red, we’re going to send Kamala Harris back, we’re going to send Donald Trump back to the White House.”
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Updated to 17.37 EDT
Sen. J.D. Vance is scheduled to speak in Newton, Pennsylvania, in the next few minutes.
The event at the Newtown Sports and Event Center came as polls show the presidential race in battleground Pennsylvania as close.
Let’s take a look at the Republican vice presidential candidate’s remarks.
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Updated to 17.36 EDT