Tag: Vance
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Vance says Republicans need ‘to do so much better of a job’ winning back ‘trust’ on abortion
On the vice presidential debate stage Tuesday night, Ohio Sen. JD Vance conceded that Republicans needed to do a better job of talking to women about the issue of abortion. Vance recalled growing up in a working-class family where he knew “a lot of young women who decided to terminate those pregnancies.” He specifically called…
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Vance claims Trump ‘salvaged’ Obamacare. Trump tried, and failed, to kill it.
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Tuesday night claimed — in contradiction of history — that his running mate, former President Donald Trump, “salvaged Obamacare,” the health insurance program that Trump tried to kill. During the vice presidential debate on CBS against Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Ohio senator echoed Trump’s own recent revisionism.…
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Harris launches a new ad that hits Trump’s age in criticizing Vance
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is launching a new digital ad Tuesday slamming Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. J.D. Vance as “extremist” and a “danger to our democracy.” The spot argues Vance “could be a heartbeat away” from the presidency if Donald Trump wins in November, marking the first time the Democratic ticket has gone after the…
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Vance, Walz square off tonight ahead of 2024 election
Share What to watch for at Tuesday’s VP debate between Vance and Walz When Vance and Walz take the stage in New York City for tonight’s vice presidential debate, it will be their first in-person meeting. But Vance and Walz have been nipping at each other from afar for weeks, playing the customary role of…
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JD Vance vs. Tim Walz vice presidential debate: What to expect
When Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz take the stage in New York City for Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, it will be their first in-person meeting. But Vance and Walz have been nipping at each other from afar for weeks, playing the customary role of attack dog on opposing tickets. The…
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Vance and Walz lean on their wives in different ways on the trail — and ahead of the VP debate
As JD Vance and Tim Walz prepare to face off in their Tuesday debate, the vice presidential hopefuls have banked several months of campaigning across the country after their sudden elevations into national politics. So have two key players helping shape their messaging and public images: their wives. While Usha Vance has acted more as…
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JD Vance to hold event with evangelist who said Kamala Harris used ‘witchcraft’
Ohio Sen. JD Vance is set to participate in a town hall in Pennsylvania on Saturday with evangelical religious leader Lance Wallnau, who said after this month’s presidential debate that Vice President Kamala Harris used “witchcraft.” Wallnau, a Texas-based celebrity evangelist, is a self-described prophet. Two decades ago, he coined and popularized the Seven Mountains…
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Vance preps for VP debate with help from his wife, advisers and a Minnesota stand-in for Walz
Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., will play Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in Sen. JD Vance’s final vice presidential debate rehearsals, a source directly involved with the preparations told NBC News. Those final sessions will cap more than a month of work to ready Vance, an Ohio Republican, for next week’s face-off with Walz in New York.…
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Vance says allegations against Mark Robinson ‘aren’t necessarily reality’
LEESPORT, Pa. — Sen. JD Vance on Saturday reacted for the first time to the bombshell report about Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, saying that the allegations against Robinson “aren’t necessarily reality.” “The allegations are pretty far out there, of course, but I know that allegations aren’t necessarily reality,” Vance,…
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Trump courts Jewish voters; Harris to appear with Oprah Winfrey; Walz, Vance attend CEOs event
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., denied today that Trump’s campaign asked him to visit Nebraska yesterday, as NBC News reported, insisting he was sent by Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Gov. Jim Pillen to discuss foreign policy. “Senator Ricketts and the governor asked me to come out to talk to the caucus, I guess that’s what you…