His understanding of the population that turned out to support Trump’s first presidential run made him a frequent guest on cable news programs during Trump’s run and presidency.
Recent Trump supportSince receiving Trump’s endorsement for Senate, Vance has become a strong ally of the former president.
Ahead of his Senate campaign, Vance apologized for previously calling Trump “reprehensible.”“Like a lot of people, I criticized Trump back in 2016,” Vance told CNN in 2021.
Following Saturday’s attempted assassination of Trump, Vance posted on social media in part blaming Biden’s campaign: “Today is not just some isolated incident.
That rhetoric led directly to President Trump’s attempted assassination.”CNN’s Kit Maher, Em Steck, Andrew Kaczynski, Allison Gordon, Alayna Treene, Rashard Rose, and reporter Dan Merica contributed to this report.
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