GOP Vice Presidential nominee and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance was the finale of day three at the RNC, and he spoke about his upbringing, unity, and free speech as he accepted the nomination to become Vice President of the United States of America.
Here is what Vance said when accepting the nomination to become VP:
And so tonight, Mr. Chairman, I stand here humbled and I’m overwhelmed with gratitude to say I officially accept your nomination to be Vice President of the United States of America.
When speaking about the assassination attempt on Trump, here is part of what Vance said:
Now consider what they said. They said he was a tyrant. They said he must be stopped at all costs. But how did he respond? He called for national unity, for national calm, literally right after an assassin nearly took his life.
Vance continued speaking about Trump:
For the last 8 years, President Trump has given everything he has to fight for the people of our country. Instead of choosing the easy path, he chose to endure abuse, slander, and persecution. And he did it because he loves this country.
Vance called out Biden’s failures as a career politician:
When I was in the 4th grade, a career politician by the name of Joe Biden supported NAFTA — a bad trade deal that sent thousands of good jobs to Mexico … When I was a senior, that same Joe Biden supported the disastrous invasion of Iraq.
.@JDVance1: Joe Biden has been a politician in Washington for longer than I’ve been alive.
For half-a-CENTURY, he’s been THE CHAMPION of every major policy initiative to make America WEAKER and POORER. pic.twitter.com/7fpJqr0Iy9
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) July 18, 2024
Vance on Trump calling for unity:
I want to respond to his call for unity myself. We have a big tent in this party on everything from national security to economic policy. But my message to you, my fellow Republicans, is: We love this country, and we are united to win. I think our disagreements actually make us stronger. That’s what I’ve learned in my time in the United States Senate, where sometimes I persuade my colleagues, and sometimes they persuade me. And my message to my fellow Americans, those watching from across the country, is: Shouldn’t we be governed by a party that is unafraid to debate ideas and come to the best solution? That’s the Republican Party of the next four years. United in our love for this country and committed to free speech and the open exchange of ideas.
He spoke about the community that he grew up in and will never forget that community or the communities nearby:
Things did not work out well for a lot of kids I grew up with. Every now and then, I will get a call from a relative from back home who asks, ‘did you know so and so?…They died of an overdose.’ America’s ruling class wrote the checks. Communities like mine paid the price.
Vance was raised by his grandparents as his mother struggled with substance abuse and addiction. He referred to his grandparents as Papaw and Mamaw. He spoke about his grandmother:
Now, I was lucky. Despite the closing factories and the growing addiction in towns like mine, in my life, I had a guardian angel by my side. She was an old woman who could barely walk, but she was tough as nails. I called her Mamaw; the name we hillbilly’s gave to our grandmothers. Mamaw raised me, as my mother struggled with addiction. Mamaw was in so many ways a woman of contradiction. She loved the Lord, ladies and gentleman. She was a woman of very deep Christian faith.
.@JDVance1: Joe Biden screwed up, and my community paid the price.
Now, I was lucky. Despite the closing factories and the growing addiction in towns like mine, in my life, I had a guardian angel by my side. She was an old woman who could barely walk but was tough as nails.
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) July 18, 2024
Vance’s mother was at the convention on Wednesday, and he made sure to give her a shoutout for being nearly 10 years sober.
And I’m proud to say that tonight, my mom is here. Ten years, clean and sober. I love you, mom.
JD Vance: “I love you mom.”
JD’s mom: “That’s my boy.”
What. A. Moment.
Truly the American dream for a parent. pic.twitter.com/xMmPayTI3J
— Graham Allen (@GrahamAllen_1) July 18, 2024
Vance, 39, grew up in the struggle, went to Ohio State University and Yale Law School, served in the Marines, became a U.S. Senator, and is now inching closer to becoming the next Vice President of the U.S. He is the epitome of the American Dream.
