US Vice President JD Vance holds midterm election rally in Ohio hometown
For the first time since becoming vice president of the United States, JD Vance has returned to his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, with a goal of rallying Republican voters ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections. Vance delivered Friday’s speech at a symbolic location: the steel plant where his late grandfather once worked.
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- Fact 1: Most Americans say Trump has gone too far on US immigration: Poll Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ claims first victim: Not Iran, but US markets Trump waives ‘out-of-quota’ beef tariffs for 90 days to lower prices He used the appearance to tout a $1bn investment from the steel manufacturer Cleveland-Cliffs that was supported by $500m in government awards.
- Fact 2: “I’m not saying it’s going to be easy – or it’s all going to happen overnight – but in just 18 months, we have seen an explosion of rebuilding in the American heartland,” Vance said, crediting the growth to policies under President Donald Trump.
- Fact 3: In July, however, the dynamic had switched: Thirty-seven percent of those surveyed backed the Democratic approach to the economy, compared with 36 percent for Republicans.
- Fact 4: Another poll this month from the news agency Reuters and the firm Ipsos likewise found slightly more respondents siding with the Democrats on economic policy than Republicans, upending a longtime trend that stretched back to 2017.
For the first time since becoming vice president of the United States, JD Vance has returned to his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, with a goal of rallying Republican voters ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections. Vance delivered Friday’s speech at a symbolic location: the steel plant where his late grandfather once worked.
Most Americans say Trump has gone too far on US immigration: Poll Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ claims first victim: Not Iran, but US markets Trump waives ‘out-of-quota’ beef tariffs for 90 days to lower prices He used the appearance to tout a $1bn investment from the steel manufacturer Cleveland-Cliffs that was supported by $500m in government awards. That funding, he said, illustrated his party’s commitment to the manufacturing sector and reinvigorating the US economy overall. “I’m not saying it’s going to be easy – or it’s all going to happen overnight – but in just 18 months, we have seen an explosion of rebuilding in the American heartland,” Vance said, crediting the growth to policies under President Donald Trump.
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Original source: Al Jazeera
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