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J.D. Vance at a Republican Convention: When Pence and the Secret Service Assisted a Pennsylvania Democrat assassination

During his campaign for Senate, it was during a meeting with Trump that he got to know him better. “Like some others, J.D. Vance may have said some not so great things about me in the past, but he gets it now, and I have seen that in spades,” the former president said in a statement at the time. Vance has since said that he would not have voted to certify the results of the 2020 election, allowing states to send multiple electors, which former vice president Mike Pence refused to do.

On the first day of the GOP convention in Milwaukee, the selection came, and just a few days after Trump escaped an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally. Trump said on Truth Social that a bullet pierced the upper part of his ear, and law enforcement confirmed one spectator died during the incident and two were critically injured. The Secret Service killed the gunman, who the FBI has identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania.

After his close call, Trump called for unity, though he quickly returned to more familiar rhetoric railing against what he called legal “Witch Hunts” against him by “the Democrat Justice Department.”

Velvett vs. Thiel: The Silicon Valley Connection to Donald J.Vance’s Voyage for the Democratic Presidential Campaign

Vance has positioned himself as a liaison to Silicon Valley, reportedly courting key tech figures to support Trump. Tech investor David Sacks told Axios that he and fellow investor Chamath Palihapitiya came to life when they hosted a Trump fundraiser. Vance has also maintained a close relationship with Peter Thiel, one of Silicon Valley’s most famous conservatives, who helped bankroll Vance’s Senate candidacy.

Trump pointed out in his Truth Social post that he and his wife had both graduated from Ohio State University and Yale Law School. Hillbilly Elegy was a memoir about his family and hometown of MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, which was later made into a film. During the presidential campaign, Trump focused on the people he fought so hard for, the American Workers and Farmers in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and far beyond.