{"id":2302659,"date":"2024-07-20T17:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T21:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-takes-on-harris-in-campaign-debut-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-20T17:04:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T21:04:50","slug":"vance-makes-campaign-debut-against-harris-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-makes-campaign-debut-against-harris-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance makes campaign debut against Harris &#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\">18<\/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%2Fvance-makes-campaign-debut-against-harris-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=2302659&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>The summary\u2063 is about Republican vice presidential \u200bnominee\u2063 J.D. Vance taking \u200con\u2063 Vice President Kamala\u200b Harris during his campaign trail debut in Grand Rapids, \u200cMichigan. Vance \u2062criticized Harris for her remarks about \u2062his\u200b loyalty to the\u2064 country and highlighted his own service in the Marine Corps and business success. He also called for President \u200bTrump to close\u200c the border and \u2064bring security to the\u2063 country. \u2064Vance reflected on being chosen as Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">running mate<\/a> and expressed gratitude for the opportunity to\u2063 campaign. The summary \u200calso mentions Trump&#8217;s return to the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowans-react-to-tucker-carlsons-forum-with-2024-candidates\/\" title=\"Iowans respond to Tucker Carlson&#039;s 2024 Candidates Forum.\">campaign\u2063 trail<\/a> after an assassination attempt and Vance&#8217;s criticism of the media labeling Trump as radical and dangerous.  <\/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\">Vance takes on Harris in Trump campaign debut<\/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 id=\"Brid_1706111\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan &mdash;<\/strong> Republican vice presidential nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>J.D. Vance<\/a> dinged Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> during his campaign trail debut in Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>, Kamala Harris, she doesn&rsquo;t like me,&rdquo; Vance told the crowd Saturday. &ldquo;Kamala Harris said something to the effect of that I have no loyalty to this country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I don&rsquo;t know Kamala,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I did serve in the United States Marine Corps and built a business. What the hell have you done other than collect a check? &hellip; We have to give her credit, my friends, she did serve as border czar during the biggest disaster open border that we&rsquo;ve ever had in the country. Let&rsquo;s get President Trump back there, close down that border, and bring some common sense and security to this country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance, appearing at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>former President Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s first rally since last week&rsquo;s assassination attempt a week ago a few hours away in Butler, Pennsylvania, reflected on the past seven days, which included Trump tapping the Ohio senator, 39, as his running mate Monday during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican National Convention<\/a> in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I find it hard to believe that a week ago, an assassin tried to take Donald Trump&rsquo;s life and now we&rsquo;ve got a hell of a crowd in Michigan to welcome him back on the campaign trail,&rdquo; Vance said, warming up the audience in Van Andel Arena in downtown Grand Rapids for the former president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just so blessed and so grateful to be up here,&rdquo; he added before introducing himself to those in attendance and criticizing the media for claiming Trump is &ldquo;radical&rdquo; and &ldquo;dangerous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s still a little bit weird to see my name on those signs,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;Such an honor, such an incredible honor. You think about how I grew up, and you think about nobody in my immediate family had ever gone to college, and here I am getting to represent this ticket in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-michigan-house-member-files-to-impeach-governor-gretchen-whitmer\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Michigan House Member Files to Impeach Governor Gretchen Whitmer\">great state<\/a> of Michigan, getting an opportunity to earn your vote as the next vice president of the United States. What a great country this is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign chose Grand Rapids as the backdrop to Vance&rsquo;s first rally with the hope that his Ohio upbringing would appeal to Midwest voters, despite the rivalry between the University of Michigan and the Ohio State University, Vance&rsquo;s alma mater. President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign, should he remain in the race, will be decided by the blue wall states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, where he polls better against Trump compared to Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada, but is still behind.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to win Michigan, that&rsquo;s the most important thing in this election cycle,&rdquo; Vance said, quipping to his &ldquo;Ohio brethren&rdquo; that he will &ldquo;respect&rdquo; Michigan by not responding to &ldquo;Ohio&rdquo; chants.<\/p>\n<p>Vance&rsquo;s next rally, on Monday, will be his first solo one, an event in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio. He is also expected to debate Harris this or next month on CBS, though negotiations are still ongoing.<\/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_1706111\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1706111\"}});<\/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>Vance made his debut on the Trump campaign trail in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he criticized Vice President Kamala Harris and emphasized his own accomplishments. He also reflected on the past week, which included an assassination attempt on Trump and his selection as the vice presidential nominee. Vance expressed gratitude for the opportunity and highlighted the importance of winning Michigan in the upcoming election. His next rally will be in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, and he is expected to debate Harris on CBS in the near future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3319,"featured_media":2302660,"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-2-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35687,4021,5894,15469,32076],"class_list":["post-2302659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign-debut","tag-harris","tag-politics","tag-vance","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/vance-2-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302659","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\/3319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2302660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}