In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Senator JD Vance (R-OH), who is running as former President Donald Trump’s vice-presidential candidate, criticized the Democrats' messaging, particularly regarding Vice President Kamala Harris. He claimed that despite the frequent use of the word “joy” at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) to promote Harris’s campaign, the underlying message is “dark and ominous.”
“About this joy thing, dude, the thing I don’t understand is they say they are joyful,” Vance said during the interview at the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office last week. “Yet you actually watch their convention, it’s actually pretty dark and ominous. Their entire pitch is not ‘we’re going to lower your gas prices, we’re going to lower your food prices, we’re going to bring back manufacturing jobs from China.’ They can’t say that because Kamala Harris hasn’t done that. Their entire argument is that if you vote for Donald Trump and you want to change the direction of this country, you’re a bad person. I think waging war on the citizens of your own country and saying they are bad people for their electoral choices, that’s not joyful — that’s very, very dark. And unfortunately, that’s where the Democratic Party is going. So they can talk about joy all they want, but I think most Americans who watched that convention didn’t see a whole lot of joy.”
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When asked to contrast the Republican and Democratic visions for the country, Vance outlined the GOP’s approach as straightforward. “It’s if you work hard and play by the rules, you ought to be able to raise your family and have a good life in this country,” Vance explained. “You ought to be able to work at a good job where you’re paid a fair wage. You ought to be able to grow up in a community with safety and security. You ought to be able to send your kids to schools where they are not indoctrinated. And you ought to be able to build a life in a neighborhood that is not overrun with Mexican drug cartels and fentanyl trafficking.”