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JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, calls on America to choose “a new path”

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Senator JD Vance, who was chosen by Donald Trump as his running mate in the race for the White House, called the United States. “Choose New Path”, Wednesday, July 17, is the third day of the Republican Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After paying tribute to the former US president, the Ohio-elected official, very relaxed, accepted the Republican nomination to the cheers of a crowd that chanted his first name. “JD”

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“We love this country and we are united to win. Our differences make us stronger” He launched an appeal to undecided voters. Just before JD Vance began his speech, he gave his wife Usha, a distinguished lawyer of Indian origin, a long hug as she announced him on stage. “A Powerful Interpretation of the American Dream”.

In fact, the Ohio senator used his personal story extensively during his speech. He chronicled his life in a best-selling biography detailing a forgotten rural and deindustrialized America. The child from a humble background admired his former drug addict mother, who was in the room “Ten Years Sober”. He also paid tribute to his late grandmother who raised him, noting that he owned 19 guns.

The working class at the crossroads

“I grew up in Middletown, Ohio, a small town where people spoke their minds, built with their hands, and loved God, family, community and country wholeheartedly.”said the vice-presidential candidate. “But it was also a place marginalized and forgotten by the ruling class in Washington, USA.”He added, reprimanding those who presented him “Professional Politicians”Trade policies that hurt families like Joe Biden’s, starting with him.

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“We’re done taking care of Wall Street, we’re going to dedicate ourselves to workers”J.D. Vance spoke directly to the working and middle class of three states: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. The Rust BeltThe country’s industrial sector is seen as crucial for the November 5 presidential election. “Importing foreign workers is over. We will fight for American citizens, their jobs and their wages.He promised. « I will be a Vice President who never forgets where he came from.”He also promised.

A staunch critic of US aid to Ukraine in the past, he pledged on Wednesday not to directly quote Kyiv. “Our allies share the burden of maintaining peace in the world.”. He also launched a long anti-immigration campaign, blaming Democrats “Flooding this country with millions of illegal immigrants”.

Youth Card

With 81-year-old Joe Biden pressured by more Democrats to drop out of the presidential race, 39-year-old JD Vance played the youth card to the hilt on stage. Mr. After recalling that Biden entered politics before he was even born, he enlisted Vice President Kamala Harris, 59, in the past.

If 78-year-old Donald Trump is elected in November, JT Vance will be the third youngest vice president in US history. Elected against the establishment with a unique background, having worked in the military and in Silicon Valley, he should reassure the party’s far-right voters as Donald Trump tries to make inroads among moderates. But one quality may have counted more than anything else to explain his selection by the Republican nominee: loyalty.

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Although he has been a vocal critic of Donald Trump in the past — even going so far as to compare him to Hitler in private messages — JD Vance has made a complete U-turn to position himself as one of the billionaire and his MAGA’s most ardent defenders. (Make America Great Again) ideology, “Make America Great Again”.

The world with AFP

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