JD Vance makes his VP pitch to America
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4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
On day three of the Republican National Convention, it was the turn of JD Vance to pitch his story to the nation after being chosen as Donald Trump's vice presidential pick.
He vowed to fight for forgotten Americans in a primetime speech that charted a difficult childhood in Ohio before joining the US Marines, Yale Law School and ultimately the US Senate.
Elsewhere, it was another difficult day for Joe Biden. Before it was confirmed he had tested positive for Covid, the embattled president received another public call to step down, this time from top Democrat Adam Schiff.
Sarah and Anthony take us through another huge day in American politics.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hey Anthony, we've found a real good spot to record tonight's podcast in, haven't we? |
| 0:08.9 | We've kicked our TV colleagues out and we've got their booth, which gives us a great view right down onto the |
| 0:14.4 | stage. Right and just above the VIP box we're about half an hour ago |
| 0:18.7 | Donald Trump was sitting watching tonight's proceeding and where JD Vance on the stage behind |
| 0:24.1 | this was delivering his vice presidential acceptance speech. |
| 0:27.2 | President Trump represents America's last best hope to restore what if lost |
| 0:32.2 | may never be found again. A country where a working-class boy born |
| 0:37.3 | far from the halls of power can stand on this stage as the next Vice president of the United States of America. |
| 0:47.0 | Yes, we're going to be talking about that, but there's a lot of news from the |
| 0:49.7 | Democrat side of things as well, so we be leaving Milwaukee to to talk about Joe Biden |
| 0:54.2 | and whether or not he might be closer to leaving the race. It's a big news day |
| 0:58.5 | welcome to America's. |
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| 1:09.0 | I'm not running for state here. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm running for president. |
| 1:12.0 | I did everything right and they indicted me. |
| 1:14.4 | I can chew and walk them at the same time. |
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| 1:20.6 | We will fight the woke in education. We will fight the woke in the |
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