{"id":2302570,"date":"2024-07-20T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T19:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-and-vance-hold-first-joint-rally-in-grand-rapids-michiganwatch-live-trump-and-vance-hold-first-joint-rally-in-grand-rapids-michigan-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-20T15:33:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T19:33:39","slug":"live-coverage-trump-and-vance-host-their-inaugural-rally-together-in-grand-rapids-michigan-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-coverage-trump-and-vance-host-their-inaugural-rally-together-in-grand-rapids-michigan-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Live coverage: Trump and Vance host their inaugural rally together in Grand Rapids, Michigan &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flive-coverage-trump-and-vance-host-their-inaugural-rally-together-in-grand-rapids-michigan-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2302570&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former\u200b President Donald Trump \u200cis holding his first campaign\u2062 rally since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-democrats-criminalize-opposition-and-cripple-the-court-democracy-is-dead\/\" title=\"Democracy dies if Democrats criminalize opposition and weaken the court.\">assassination\u200c attempt<\/a> on July 13 in Michigan. The \u200crally, which is being held in Grand \u200cRapids, features Trump alongside JD Vance. The\u2064 event is being livestreamed online for viewers to watch. \u2064During his speech, Trump is expected to \u2062touch on a variety of topics including \u2064the economy, border \u200dsecurity, and \u200bthe challenges facing the United States at home and abroad. Vance, a conservative author and potential Senate candidate, is also speaking at the rally to show his \u200dsupport for the former \u2062president.<\/p>\n<p>The rally is\u2062 drawing a large crowd of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadas-conservative-establishment-turns-on-truckers-take-down-the-barricades\/\" title=\"Canada&#039;s Conservative Establishment Turns on Truckers: &#039;Take Down the Barricades&#039;\">enthusiastic supporters<\/a> who are eager to hear Trump&#8217;s message and show their continued support for his \u200cpolitical agenda. \u200dMany attendees are wearing MAGA hats and carrying signs \u200dexpressing their admiration for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s return to the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drews-receipts-so-called-whistleblowers\/\" title=\"Drew&#039;s Receipts: Discrediting Whistleblowers\">campaign \u200ctrail<\/a> comes as he continues\u2064 to tease a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candace-owens-teases-presidential-run\/\" title=\"Candace Owens Teases Presidential Run\">potential run<\/a> for the presidency\u200c in 2024. His appearance at the rally is seen as a way for him to gauge his\u200d popularity and energize his base \u200bof supporters.<\/p>\n<p>the rally is generating a lot \u200cof excitement and attention,\u2064 showcasing the continued influence and appeal of Donald Trump\u200b within the Republican Party.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">WATCH LIVE: Trump and Vance hold first joint rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video\">\n<div id=\"Brid_22452\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"sBY8xOgWMXI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE: President Trump and JD Vance Hold Major Rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan - 7\/20\/24\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sBY8xOgWMXI?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> is appearing in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3089484\/trump-vance-hosting-first-post-assassination-attempt-rally-in-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"first campaign rally\">first campaign rally<\/a> since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3092193\/viewership-of-trump-speech-25-million-viewers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">assassination attempt<\/a> at his July 13 event in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The rally in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Grand Rapids\">Grand Rapids<\/a>, Michigan, which starts at 5:00 PM ET, will also be the first in which Vice Presidential candidate<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" J.D. Vance \"> J.D. Vance <\/a>joins Trump on the stage following his nomination at the Republican National Convention this week.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say there is a heightened local and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbotts-bold-move-at-texas-border-draws-ire-of-democrats-and-applause-from-republicans\/\" title=\"Abbott&#039;s border move sparks Dems&#039; ire, GOP&#039;s applause\">state police presence<\/a> at the event, but the crowds waiting to see the former president and his running mate do not appear to be concerned about safety.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michigan&rsquo;s 15 Electoral College votes make it a key battleground region for the campaign. Trump won the state in 2016 but lost it to President Joe Biden in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Recent <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>polls <\/a>have Trump ahead of Biden by as much as 3 points in a matchup in the key swing state. When compared head-to-head, Trump polls ahead by 5 points against Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_22452\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"playlist\":\"22452\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tune in to watch Trump and Vance&#8217;s first joint rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, following recent events. Security is tight, but attendees are not worried. Michigan&#8217;s 15 Electoral College votes are crucial in this battleground state, where recent polls show Trump leading Biden and Harris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2666,"featured_media":2302571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Vance-Poll-Trump-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35681,35680,32629,4601,3634,15469],"class_list":["post-2302570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-grand-rapids","tag-inaugural-rally","tag-live-coverage","tag-michigan","tag-trump","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Vance-Poll-Trump-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2302571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}