The 42-year-old vice president was greeted by a huge roar and chants of"JD! JD! " as he took the stage at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
"This fall, the Democrats are running candidates who will tell your children what they're allowed to say, how they're allowed to live, and, importantly, who they ought to hate," Vance claimed.
"The Democrats are the party of hatred. They're the party that despises America and the people who built it. They're the party that can find sympathy for the terrorists who perpetrated
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"I'm not asking you to agree with every policy of our administration," Vance told the crowd. "I'm asking you to recognise the contrast with the radicals, and the achievements of the last 18 months. " Family and fatherhood were recurring themes as Vance sought to contrast what he described as traditional values with the political left. His appearance immediately before Trump's closing remarks gave him one of the convention's most prominent speaking slots as Republicans begin to consider their post-Trump future. Speaking to reporters on the tarmac before departing
Vance's appearance added the longer-term question of whether one of Trump's potential successors can eventually inherit the political coalition he built.
Ed Williams, a 59-year-old engineer from Dallas, told AFP Vance had come across as "very charismatic", and hit the issues important to "the America that I want".
"I'm considering Vance very strongly for my presidential pick in 2028," he said, as jubilant Republicans streamed out of the convention hall and into a steamy Dallas night.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP)
