Trump now picks Ohio senator JD Vance as his GOP running mate picking a onetime critic who became a loyal ally.
JD Vance is the first millennial to join a major-party ticket at a time of deep concern about the advanced age of America’s political leaders.
“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network as the Republican National Convention got underway in Milwaukee.
The 39-year-old Vance rose to national fame with the 2016 publication of his memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.”
He was elected to the Senate in 2022 and has become one of the staunchest champions of the former president’s “Make America Great Again” agenda, particularly on trade, foreign policy and immigration, per WFMZ.
But he is largely untested in national politics and is joining the Trump ticket at an extraordinary moment.
An attempted assassination of Trump at a rally Saturday has shaken the campaign, bringing new attention to the nation’s coarse political rhetoric and reinforcing the importance of those who are one heartbeat away from the presidency.
Vance himself faced criticism in the wake of the shooting for a post on X that suggested President Joe Biden was to blame for the violence.
“The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs,” Vance wrote.
“That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”
Law enforcement has not yet specified a motivation for the shooting.
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Biden now orders a review on how the gunman got close to Trump after a Pennsylvania rally almost witnessed a presidential tragedy.
Donald Trump arrived on Sunday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he will be formally nominated as the Republican presidential candidate later this week after surviving an assassination attempt that has aggravated an already bitter U.S. political divide.
President Joe Biden, a Democrat, has now ordered a review of how a 20-year-old man with an AR-15-style rifle got close enough to shoot at Trump from a rooftop on Saturday, reports Reuters.
Trump, as a former president, has lifetime protection by the U.S. Secret Service.
Trump, 78, was holding a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania – a key state in the Nov. 5 election – when shots rang out, hitting his right ear and leaving his face streaked with blood.
The crowd behind the former president was in shock, with supporters confused about whether to protect the candidate or not, per evidence from the video footage.
His campaign said he was doing well.
“That reality is just setting in,” Trump told the Washington Examiner on Sunday.
“I rarely look away from the crowd. Had I not done that in that moment, well, we would not be talking today, would we?”
Sadly, one person in the crowd was killed and two others wounded before Secret Service agents fatally shot the suspect.
Both Trump and Biden on Sunday sought calm and unity.
Trump is due to accept his party’s formal nomination at the Republican National Convention with a speech on Thursday.
He pumped his fist in the air several times as he descended the stairs from his plane after arriving in Milwaukee.
“This is a chance to bring the whole country, even the whole world, together.
The speech will be a lot different, a lot different than it would’ve been two days ago,” Trump told the Washington Examiner.
Biden delivered a televised address from the Oval Office in the White House on Sunday.
“There is no place in America for this kind of violence, for any violence ever. Period. No exceptions.
We can’t allow this violence to be normalized,” he said.
“The political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated.
It’s time to cool it down.”
Biden and Trump spoke to each other on Saturday night after the shooting.
First Lady Jill Biden also spoke with former First Lady Melania Trump on Sunday afternoon, said a White House official.
There are many speculations floating online about how the gunman was allowed to get so close to Trump.
What are your thoughts? Leave a comment below.
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