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Vance attacks Democrats at Iowa rally ahead of midterms
The vice president framed the midterm elections as a choice between common sense and extremism. He also endorsed several Republican candidates in Iowa.
Vice President JD Vance criticized Democrats during a Friday campaign stop in Iowa, arguing that the midterm elections will be, in his view, a contest between common sense and extreme ideas.
According to Fox News Politics, Vance said Democrats no longer resemble the party his grandparents talked about, invoking Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton to contrast past Democratic leaders with the party as he described it today. He argued that current Democrats do not want to build on the country’s foundations but to transform it entirely.
Fox News Politics reported that Vance also targeted Democratic candidates in New York, saying they have called for the total eradication of Western civilization. In that part of the speech, he also referred to a congressional candidate whom he said had framed the Fourth of July as being about the liberation of Palestine and Puerto Rico.
The outlet added that Vance drew a distinction between Democrats he portrayed as openly radical and others who, he argued, present themselves in a more subtle way. Among them, he singled out Kansas Democratic Senate candidate Adam Hamilton, criticizing his religious message and his views on white privilege.
Fox News Politics also said recent polling has shown a tightening race between Hamilton and Kansas Republican Sen. Roger Marshall. During the Iowa event, Vance backed several Republicans in the state, including gubernatorial nominee Zach Lane, Rep. Ashley Hinson and congressional candidate Chris McGowan.
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