Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (OH) and household visited the Park Diner in Waite Park, Minnesota on Sunday morning the place he was given a hero’s welcome by cheering crowds of supporters inside and outside the diner.
Vance’s speech at a rally with President Trump in St. Cloud on Saturday evening by which he lampooned Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris for questioning her loyalty to the nation went viral in a single day with greater than seven million views.
Kamala Harris questions my loyalty to America. I enlisted within the Marines for this nation. I went to Iraq for this nation. I’ve constructed a enterprise for this nation. And my operating mate took the bullet for this nation. What has Orange accomplished to query our loyalty to America? pic.twitter.com/WykF5pRY4Y
— JD Vance (@JDVance) July 28, 2024
A couple of hundred supporters gathered outdoors to greet Vance, his spouse Usha and their two kids as they stopped by for a deliberate marketing campaign cease, the dinner crammed with supporters, lots of whom had attended the rally the evening earlier than.
Trump’s marketing campaign is making a play for Minnesota, which got here shut however fell brief in 2016 and misplaced the state by a large margin in 2020.
Vance spoke to diners after which a co-owner and a state GOP donor whereas children drank chocolate milk on the counter. Vance took a carryout order and left a $200 money tip with the Trump marketing campaign message “No Tax on Ideas” written above his signature on the receipt.
Picture posted by Trump senior adviser Jason Miller:
#TrumpVance2024 pic.twitter.com/YC6VzBwJ3S
— Jason Miller (@jasonmillerinDC) July 28, 2024
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— Jason Miller (@jasonmillerinDC) July 28, 2024
.@JDVance Says “No tax on suggestions!”#TrumpVance2024 pic.twitter.com/jsos68YIPf
— Jason Miller (@jasonmillerinDC) July 28, 2024
A number of extra photographs from this morning @JDVance Dinner go to!
Thanks once more, Minnesota! #TrumpVance2024 pic.twitter.com/oq9r3e6iIR
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) July 28, 2024
Reported by KMSP-TV:
Vanshe Murdoch posted video from outdoors the diner:
Uncooked video from contained in the diner posted by WFAA-TV:
Minneapolis Star Tribune (excerpt):
Vance, a senator from Ohio, was thrust into the nationwide highlight two weeks in the past when he was named Trump’s vice presidential nominee. At Park Diner in Waite Park, simply west of St. Cloud, voters mentioned they like what they’re seeing up to now.
“I am very impressed. It is good to see a younger man with good values, good morals, good widespread sense,” mentioned Ken Cruz, 64, of Sartel. “It is encouraging for the following technology.”
Joyce Heffron, 67, of Little Falls realized about Vance’s breakfast tour whereas volunteering at a Saturday rally at St. Cloud State College. He mentioned he was excited to see Vance’s spouse and kids be a part of him, saying it symbolized “Midwestern values.”
Heffron mentioned the power he felt on the rally — which had a capability of 8,000 individuals on the Herb Brooks Nationwide Hockey Heart, in addition to a number of hundred extra outdoors the venue — made him suppose the Trump-Vance ticket might flip Minnesota pink this fall.
“We have by no means seen a lot power on one candidate,” he mentioned. “This would be the 12 months for them to do it.”
After chatting with individuals contained in the diner, Vance was cheered by a bunch of greater than 100 voters gathered outdoors.
Democrats and their allies within the media have been attacking Vance, spreading false rumors and attempting to undermine him on the ticket by operating psy-ops like this one by Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-NY):
Chief Schumer: JD Vance was an extremely unhealthy selection for VP. I do know Donald Trump. Whereas he most likely watches TV day by day, Vance has accomplished one thing extra excessive, extra bizarre, extra erratic. I guess Trump is scratching his head and questioning why he selected her pic.twitter.com/vwyO70MURW
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) July 28, 2024
In the meantime, assist for Vance is rising, with “66% of Trump’s 2020 voters having a positive opinion of JD Vance, up from 38% earlier than his vice presidential decide,” in keeping with a Morning Seek the advice of ballot launched Thursday.
66% of Trump’s 2020 voters maintain a positive opinion of JD Vance, up from 38% earlier than his VP election https://t.co/uSaB6cuhVO
— Morning Seek the advice of (@MorningConsult) July 25, 2024