Vance promises to fight for working-class Americans in VP acceptance speech

Updated On: 18 July, 2024 02:29 PM IST | ronak mastakar

US Republican vice presidential nominee J D Vance praised former president Donald Trump and promised to fight for working-class Americans "cast aside and forgotten" by the Democrats, as he made his debut at the Republican National Convention. (Pics/AFP)

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<p>Vance, 39, formally accepted the Republican vice-presidential nomination on the third day of the convention on Wednesday, making him among the youngest Americans to ever fill that role</p>

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Vance, 39, formally accepted the Republican vice-presidential nomination on the third day of the convention on Wednesday, making him among the youngest Americans to ever fill that role

<p>Introducing himself to millions of Americans, the Ohio Senator channelled his humble roots in the Midwest as he assailed politicians like President Joe Biden</p>

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Introducing himself to millions of Americans, the Ohio Senator channelled his humble roots in the Midwest as he assailed politicians like President Joe Biden

<p>Trump and his running mate Vance will challenge President Biden and his Vice-President Kamala Harris from the Democratic Party in the November 5 presidential election</p>

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Trump and his running mate Vance will challenge President Biden and his Vice-President Kamala Harris from the Democratic Party in the November 5 presidential election

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Vance said for the last eight years, President Trump has given everything he has to fight for the people of our country

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Trump didn`t need politics, but the country needed him, he said

<p>"Prior to running for president, he was one of the most successful businessmen in the world. He had everything anyone could ever want in life. And yet, instead of choosing the easy path, he chose to endure abuse, slander, and persecution," he said</p>

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"Prior to running for president, he was one of the most successful businessmen in the world. He had everything anyone could ever want in life. And yet, instead of choosing the easy path, he chose to endure abuse, slander, and persecution," he said

<p>The author of the best-selling memoir Hillbilly Elegy, about his impoverished family, said "America`s ruling class" had destroyed communities like his hometown with trade agreements and foreign wars</p>

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The author of the best-selling memoir Hillbilly Elegy, about his impoverished family, said "America`s ruling class" had destroyed communities like his hometown with trade agreements and foreign wars

<p>"From Iraq to Afghanistan, from the financial crisis to the Great Recession, from open borders to stagnating wages, the people who govern this country have failed and failed again," he said</p>

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"From Iraq to Afghanistan, from the financial crisis to the Great Recession, from open borders to stagnating wages, the people who govern this country have failed and failed again," he said

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Trump represents America`s last best hope to restore what "if lost" may never be found again, he said

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