{"id":2333592,"date":"2024-08-29T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T18:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-tries-to-woo-trump-skeptics-at-boston-union-event-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T14:36:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T18:36:31","slug":"vance-tries-to-woo-trump-skeptics-at-boston-union-event-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-tries-to-woo-trump-skeptics-at-boston-union-event-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance tries to woo Trump skeptics at Boston union event &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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-tries-to-woo-trump-skeptics-at-boston-union-event-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=2333592&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>During \u2062a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-to-address-boston-firefighters-convention-day-after-walz-speech-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Vance to address Boston firefighters convention day after Walz speech - Washington Examiner\">firefighters convention<\/a> in Boston,\u200b Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) sought to \u200cappeal to Democratic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-one-hundred-days-of-hubris\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s One Hundred Days of Hubris\">independent voters<\/a>, particularly in light of skepticism about former President Donald Trump. Despite facing\u2063 boos from some attendees, Vance continued to advocate\u200c for Trump, mentioning his own\u200d change of heart regarding the \u2064former president. He shared a personal story\u200c from his\u200c childhood involving\u2064 first responders,\u200d aiming to connect \u2064with the audience\u2062 emotionally. His\u200c speech, which\u200d lasted under 15 minutes, was part\u200d of a \u2062broader effort\u2062 to win over union voters\u2014an important demographic\u2062 that \u200ctraditionally leans Democratic, having supported President Joe\u2063 Biden\u200d in the \u200c2020 election. Vance acknowledged the mixed reception\u200c and encouraged the crowd to listen \u2062to his message about making a difference\u200b in their \u2064community.  <\/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 tries to woo Trump skeptics at Boston union event<\/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_1731427\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/j-d-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"J.D. Vance\">J.D. Vance<\/a> (R-OH) asked Democratic and independent voters to reconsider former President <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> at a firefighters convention in which he was met with boos from some in the audience.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3137255\/vance-boston-firefighters-convention-walz-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"spoke to the same crowd\">spoke to the same crowd<\/a> in Boston one day earlier as Vice President Kamala Harris also courts the group for its endorsement. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sounds like we&rsquo;ve got some fans and some haters,&rdquo; Vance responded as he appeared onstage at the International Association of Firefighters conference. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s OK. Listen to what I have to say here, and I&rsquo;ll make my pitch.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He faced some additional jeers while closing out his less than 15-minute speech that centered on appealing to union voters, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-security-is-going-broke-in-13-years\/\" title=\"Social Security Is Going Broke in 13 Years\">powerful voting bloc<\/a> that typically sides with Democrats. The same group sided with President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Vance acknowledged there might be &ldquo;skeptics&rdquo; of Republican politicians in the crowd but sought to make a personal appeal by noting his change of mind on Trump and by reflecting on his experience with first responders when his mother suffered an overdose episode when he was 12 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I want you to know that for us, we did get a second chance,&rdquo; Vance said. &ldquo;So if you&rsquo;re ever worried that you&rsquo;re not making a difference, listen to this from a sad and tearful 12-year-old to a 40-year-old who&rsquo;s now going to be your <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>. You do make a difference every single day, and I thank you for it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance also addressed the elephant in the room, which was Walz&rsquo;s address to the group just 24 hours prior, making the case that endorsing Biden&rsquo;s last go-around led to empty promises.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m asking you to ignore the campaign rhetoric and look at the record,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;In 2019, this union endorsed a Democrat for president with high hopes. But sadly, I believe you&rsquo;ve been let down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As evidence, Vance cited an inflation and affordability crisis that has strained budgets and pensions, in addition to the influx of illegal immigration and drugs he said have burdened first responders like firefighters and EMTs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we don&rsquo;t secure our border soon, my friends, our cities are going to have to cut vital police, fire, and emergency medical services to the bone,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s you who&rsquo;s going to suffer and the people you serve who are going to suffer. We shouldn&rsquo;t be forced to spend billions of dollars on people who aren&rsquo;t even supposed to be here. We should be spending that money on schools, police and fire departments, and our citizens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1731427\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1731427\"}});<\/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>Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) attempted to persuade Democratic and independent voters to rethink their stance on former President Donald Trump during a firefighters convention, where he faced boos from parts of the audience. The day before, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) had addressed the same group in Boston, while Vice President Kamala Harris was also seeking their endorsement. Vance acknowledged the mixed reactions he received as he took the stage at the International Association of Firefighters conference, saying, \u201cSounds like we\u2019ve got some fans and some haters.\u201d He encouraged attendees to listen to his message as he aimed to connect with union voters\u2014a significant demographic that often supports Democrats. This group had backed President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Vance recognized that there might be &#8220;skeptics&#8221; among Republican politicians present but made a personal appeal by sharing his changed perspective on Trump and recalling his experience with first responders when his mother suffered an overdose when he was 12 years old. \u201cI want you to know that for us, we did get a second chance,\u201d Vance stated. He expressed gratitude for their daily contributions and emphasized their impact.<\/p>\n<p>He also addressed Walz\u2019s previous speech by arguing that endorsing Biden led to unfulfilled promises. \u201cI\u2019m asking you to ignore the campaign rhetoric and look at the record,\u201d he urged, pointing out that in 2019 this union endorsed a Democrat with high expectations but felt let down since then.<\/p>\n<p>Vance cited issues such as inflation affecting budgets and pensions along with challenges posed by illegal immigration and drug influxes impacting first responders like firefighters and EMTs. He warned that without securing borders soon, cities would have no choice but to drastically cut essential services like police and fire departments: \u201cIt\u2019s you who\u2019s going to suffer along with those you serve.\u201d He argued funds should be allocated towards schools, public safety services, and citizens rather than spending billions on undocumented individuals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2333593,"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\/08\/vance-courts-boston-firefighters-union.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[12742,5894,3634,39673,15469],"class_list":["post-2333592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-boston","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-union-event","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/vance-courts-boston-firefighters-union.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333592","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}