Overview
- Vance asserted that Ohio has shifted from a swing state to a solidly Republican state and forecast it remaining red for years.
- He outlined the Trump doctrine, praising the use of overwhelming military force to target Iran’s nuclear facilities and exit before conflicts drag on.
- Vance criticized the Biden administration’s economic policies with an anecdote about a grandmother raising grandchildren facing rising living costs.
- At a sold-out fundraising dinner of about 950 attendees, he thanked GOP activists for his vice presidential nomination and highlighted grassroots cultivation of candidates.
- He provoked controversy by raising his middle finger in a joke about “pink-haired” Washington critics.