J.D. Vance Gives Surprisingly Low Key Delivery Of Biographical Speech Aimed At “Forgotten Communities” Of Key Swing States
deadline.comJ.D. Vance, formally accepting the Republican nomination for vice president tonight, gave a speech that aimed over key swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as he shared heartwarming and sometimes amusing biographical details of his life.
But in his first address on the national stage, he was surprisingly low key, less fiery in delivery than much of his social media posts would suggest.
It was the type of speech that Donald Trump, who was watching from the VIP box, might have even labeled “low energy,” at least compared to the speech delivered earlier in the hour by his son, Donald Trump Jr. “To the people of Middletown, Ohio and all of the forgotten communities in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Ohio and every corner of our nation, I promise you this: I will be a vice president who never forgets where he came from,” Vance said.
Per CBS News, Vance mentioned Michigan five times, Pennsylvania five times and Wisconsin three times. All three are President Joe Biden’s main path to reelection.
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