2024-07-23 11:12:30
Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance spoke about his personal life in a speech, fondly remembering his grandmother, who owned a 19 pistols.
During the Republican convention, the candidate for vice president of the United States for the Republican Party, referred to his grandmother as “a guardian angel (…) She was an old woman who could barely walk, but she had a extraordinary strength“, he stressed.
The senator, originally from Ohio, whose hometown was devastated by the “factory closures and addiction”said that his grandmother died in 2005, shortly before he left for the Iraq war.
“When we went through his belongings, we found 19 loaded pistols“Vance said, prompting applause in her honor.
The candidate revealed that the weapons were found throughout the house “to protect your familyno matter where he was (…) That is the real American Spirit “that’s what we’re fighting for,” Vance said.
The Republican took advantage of the moment to honor his motherwho overcame an addiction and has been “sober for almost a decade.” Vence suggested the possibility of celebrating a sobriety anniversary at the White House in January, “if President Trump is okay with it.”
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2024-07-23 11:12:30