Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (Ohio) and his family visited the Park Restaurant in Waite Park, Minnesota, on Sunday morning, where he was given a hero’s welcome by cheering supporters inside and outside the restaurant.
Vance spoke at a rally with President Trump in St. Cloud on Saturday night and criticized Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris for questioning his loyalty to the country. Overnight, browse More than 7 million times.
Kamala Harris questions my loyalty to America. I enlisted in the Marine Corps to serve this country. I went to Iraq for this country. I built a business for this country. My running mate took a bullet for this country. What has Kamala done to question our loyalty to the United States? pic.twitter.com/WykF5pRY4Y
— JD Vance (@JDVance) July 28, 2024
About a hundred supporters gathered outside to greet Vance, his wife Usha and their two children as they planned a stop during the campaign. of gatherings.
The Trump campaign is pursuing Minnesota, a state it came close to but fell short of in 2016 and lost by a wider margin in 2020.
Vance talked to diners and then a co-owner and a state Republican donor while children drank chocolate milk at the counter. Vance picked up a to-go order, left a $200 cash tip, and wrote the Trump campaign’s slogan “Tip is not taxed” above his signature on the receipt.
Photo posted by Trump senior adviser Jason Miller:
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— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) July 28, 2024
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— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) July 28, 2024
.@JDVance It says “Tip is not taxed!”#TrumpVance2024 pic.twitter.com/jsos68YIPf
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) July 28, 2024
A few more photos from this morning @JDVance Diners are visiting!
Thanks again, Minnesota! #TrumpVance2024 pic.twitter.com/oq9r3e6iIR
— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) July 28, 2024
KMSP-TV reports:
Video outside the restaurant posted by Vanshay Murdock:
Original footage of the restaurant interior released by WFAA-TV:
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune (excerpt), voters liked what they saw in Vance:
Vance, a senator from Ohio, thrust into the national spotlight two weeks ago when he was named Trump’s vice presidential nominee. At the Park Restaurant in Waite Park, west of St. Cloud, voters said they like what they’re seeing so far.
“I’m very impressed. It’s nice to see a young man with good values, good morals and good common sense,” said Ken Cruze, 64, of Suttle. “This is encouraging for the next generation.”
Joyce Heffron, 67, of Little Falls, learned of Vance’s breakfast visit while volunteering at a Saturday rally at St. Cloud State University. She said she was pleased to see Vance’s wife and children join him, calling it a reflection of “Midwestern values.”
Heffron said the energy she felt at the rally — the 8,000-capacity crowd at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, with hundreds more outside the arena — made her think Trump-Vance’s citation could lead to a ban this fall. Minnesota turns red.
“We have never seen so much energy focused on one candidate,” she said. “This will be the year they do that.”
After speaking with people inside the restaurant, Vance was cheered by more than 100 voters who gathered outside the restaurant.
Democrats and their allies in the media have been attacking Vance, trying to weaken his vote by spreading false rumors and engaging in psychological maneuvers like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.):
Leader Schumer: JD Vance is a very bad choice for VP. I know Donald Trump. He’s probably watching TV, and Vance is doing something more extreme, weird, and erratic every day. I bet Trump is scratching his head wondering why he chose him pic.twitter.com/vwyO70MURW
— Kamala Headquarters (@KamalaHQ) July 28, 2024
Meanwhile, support for Vance is growing, with “66% of Trump’s 2020 voters having a favorable view of J.D. Vance, up from 38% before he was elected vice president,” according to a Morning Consult poll released Thursday. %.
66% of Trump voters in 2020 have a favorable opinion of JD Vance, up from 38% before he was elected vice president https://t.co/uSaB6cuhVO
— Morning Consult (@MorningConsult) July 25, 2024
