Donald Trump on Monday chose Ohio Senator JD Vance as his vice presidential nominee. Florida Senator Marco Rubio and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum have been notified that they would not be Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominees, Fox News and CNN reported on Monday.
Rubio and Burgum were two of the four Republican leaders most likely to win the post, along with senators JD Vance, who was ultimately chosen, and Tim Scott.
Trump announced the nominee on Monday, during the first day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Vance, 39, is a political newcomer who entered the Senate last year but has spent that time rising in the conservative field.
He was once a fierce critic of Trump — attacking him as “reprehensible” and calling him a “cultural heroine” — and won Trump’s endorsement in his 2022 Senate race by fully embracing his politics and his lies about a stolen election.
The support lifted him over a crowded field and ultimately into the Senate.
Vance rose to fame with his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. A former Trump critic and now a fervent supporter, he claims to be fighting for the working class by taking on the liberals who “populate the highest echelons of American government, business, media, entertainment and academia.”
It also fuels the former president’s populist views on immigration and an “America First” foreign policy in Ukraine. His friend Donald Trump Jr told Newsmax in January: “I would love to see a JD Vance. People aligned and aggressive.”
Trump, after the attack
In an exclusive interview with the diary Washington Examinerthe Republican Party candidate revealed on Monday that he has changed the speech he will give this week at the Republican National Convention, which starts on Monday and where Trump’s nomination will be made official.
“The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be spectacular. If this hadn’t happened, it would have been one of the most incredible speeches,” he said. But his words will no longer focus on his opponent, President Joe Biden. “Honestly, it will be a completely different speech now,” he promised. Before flying from Bedminster (New Jersey) to Milwaukee, where his party’s convention is taking place, Trump told the newspaper that his speech “will live up to the moment that history requires.”
The former president arrived in Milwaukee on Sunday night and, before leaving, he indicated on his Truth Social network that what happened made him consider delaying his arrival to the event for two days. However, he later decided that he could not allow a “shooter or potential assassin” to disrupt his schedule. After spending a day secluded in his golf club in New Jersey, he assured in a comment on that social network that he is “not afraid” and will remain strong and “defiant.”
Meanwhile, his campaign has confirmed that the Republican convention in Wisconsin on Monday and Thursday will go ahead, albeit with increased security. In a statement, Trump campaign officials Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles said security measures would be extended at the venue and that staff should stay away from the campaign offices in Washington and Palm Beach, Florida, “while locations are being assessed and new security measures are implemented.”
“We also urge you to recognize the political polarization in this heated election. If something looks amiss, please report it immediately to your on-site bosses or security team,” they said in the statement.
Source: www.eldiario.es
