JD Vance, Trump's VP Pick, Speaks On RNC Night Three

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🗓️ 18 July 2024

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J.D. Vance is 39 years-old and has been in office as Ohio's junior U.S. senator for less than two years. He said in an interview that this is his first time attending the Republican National Convention. Wednesday night, he gave his debut speech as the GOP vice presidential nominee. Here's what delegates, and the candidate himself, had to say about Vance.

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0:30.0	I'm Asma Khalid.
0:31.0	I cover the White House and I'm with our fabulous
0:33.6	podcast producer Casey Morel and we're kicking off today's podcast a little
0:38.8	differently. We're here right now on the third day of the Republican National Convention in
0:44.4	Milwaukee and we wanted to get a sense of why people are here at this convention.
0:49.1	What excites them about Donald Trump being the Republican presidential nominee,
0:53.6	and in particular on the night when Ohio Senator J.D. Vance is set to speak
0:58.5	what they think about the vice presidential pick
1:01.2	for the Republican ticket. So let's go talk to some folks.
1:04.0	Joshua Bryant's. I'm 46 years old from Northwest Arkansas. I'm currently in
1:09.0	the Arkansas Senate. I just thought it was an opportunity to come see the events and how the RNC works as I want
1:16.8	to further advance myself and become more involved in politics.
1:21.6	I think the parties are further divided and you're able to see
1:24.4	it more of a contrast between the directions that each party is going and so it
1:30.3	excites me as I think I think most Americans when they step back and look at it they want the
1:35.4	politics of the 90s versus the politics of today which I believe in my opinion are more of a
1:41.8	conservative slowdown not as progressive not as as liberal as
1:45.4	what the Democrat Party today wants it to be and then the final thing I wanted to
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